gEDA-dev: Re: VHDL as a file format

[Svenn Are Bjerkem]

On 3/21/07, al davis <ad136 at freeelectron.net> wrote:
> It isn't necessary to describe lines, arcs, and circles.  They
> are primitives.  It is necessary to describe objects that are
> made of lines, arcs, and circles, which can be done easily.

I have only used VHDL as a behavioural language, so I would like to
know how to save the coordinates needed for the start/end points of a
line for example.

>
> When I look at a pcb file, I don't see any place where lines,
> arcs, and circles are defined.  I see only the use of them.

Yes, and the use of a line is its start point, its end point, its
width, its layer etc.

Kind regards,
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Svenn