I agree strongly with Nick. A DXF import for the PCB outline is a must have,
not just a nice to have.
During my professional life, I always pushed the PCB design center to import
the PCB outline from the mechanical design.
My $0.02,
Jean-Paul
AC9GH
> On Jun 15, 2015, at 3:54 AM, Nick Østergaard
I am not quite sure where you are going with this mail, but I agree
that DXF import is a good way to get complex board shapes in pcbnew.
The drawing tools are sort of limited at the time of writing.
But often when you need a complex board shape it is because you are
constrained by the end product
Lately I have seen more people asking about board shapes which are
not easily described by a small number of line segments and circular
arcs, and Jean-Pierre mentioned STEP Import for a board shape. I
think the best mechanism for complex board shapes will remain the
DXF format since STEP (or even I
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