gEDA-user: anyone using PCB .xy files?

[joe tarantino]

On Jan 2, 2008 6:31 PM, Dan McMahill <dan at mcmahill.net> wrote:

> Is anyone using or has anyone used the centroid files (.xy files) that
> pcb exports?
>
> I'm asking because I just fixed a bug which has been there since the
> code was first written that flipped everything about the x-axis and also
> translated it in the y direction by the height of the board.
>
> I just fixed that bug, but it makes me wonder if anyone has ever
> actually used the output.
>
> This came up while one of the gerbv developers was fixing up the code
> for displaying pcb .xy files.


>
> If anyone is or has used these files, were there other issues that
> should be fixed?
>
> Thanks,
> -Dan
>
>
>
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I've  supplied the .xy files to our board stuffer, in some cases also
supplying them hints as to
the orientation and origin of the data (especially if the gerber files have
a different orientation).

They have always figured it out.

Joe T
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