Module pads rotation is in global coordinates in PCB files

[Alexis jeandet]

Hi,
It's weird, it seems that PCB modules pads are rotated in PCB coordinates while they are translated in module coordinates.

Example:

A pad on a module with 0° rotation:
(pad 4 smd rect (at -1.4 0.75) (size 0.7 0.25) (layers F.Cu F.Paste F.Mask)
      (net 17 "Net-(R204-Pad1)"))

The same pad on the same module rotated by 30°:
(pad 4 smd rect (at -1.4 0.75 30) (size 0.7 0.25) (layers F.Cu F.Paste F.Mask)
      (net 7 "Net-(R105-Pad1)"))

It seems inconsistent to me since the module is already rotated.

Best regards,
Alexis.

[Jeff Young (jeyjey)]

It is at best odd, but changing it would break anyone's scripts written to process the current format. There's probably too little gain to make that worthwhile.