Add preference for whether Flip flips across X or Y axis

[Jeff Young]

We currently flip across X (like a flip-chart).

I'd like it to flip across Y (like pages of a book).

[ocb-hd-ccb (ocb-hd-ccb)]

Would keep me from hitting "F" + "R" + "R" for each part. So, it affects me too.

+1

[ocb-hd-ccb (ocb-hd-ccb)]

Could this be a option set in prefs or would it be best to 'hardcode' it?

[Nick Østergaard (nickoe)]

Flipping PCB's like a book? That is a strange way to flip a PCB :D.

It reminds me of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHX-SjgQvQ

[Wayne Stambaugh (stambaughw)]

@Nick, that's hysterical! I image the transition from scrolls to books was confusing ;)

[Jeff Young (jeyjey)]

I found this interesting bit of code in the Eagle importer:

double orientation = e.rot->degrees + 180.0;
m->SetOrientation( orientation * 10 );
m->Flip( m->GetPosition() );

Evidently Eagle flips left/right.

[KiCad Janitor (kicad-janitor)]

Fixed in revision 37af3adffb0e4dc8643f40f644c982c1c44fe2be
https://git.launchpad.net/kicad/patch/?id=37af3adffb0e4dc8643f40f644c982c1c44fe2be

[ocb-hd-ccb (ocb-hd-ccb)]

@Jeff

I just tried to find the option to 'flip like a book' in 20190721 Nightly. Where would I go about looking for that option?

Thanks!

```
Application: KiCad
Version: (5.1.0-1341-g0d8ab12ad), debug build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.4
    libcurl/7.54.0 LibreSSL/2.6.5 zlib/1.2.11 nghttp2/1.24.1
Platform: Mac OS X (Darwin 18.6.0 x86_64), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,STL containers,compatible with 2.8)
    Boost: 1.69.0
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
    Curl: 7.54.0
    Compiler: Clang 9.0.0 with C++ ABI 1002

Build settings:
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON
```

[Jeff Young (jeyjey)]

@ocb-hd-ccb, Preferences > Pcbnew > Editing Options > Flip board items L/R

[ocb-hd-ccb (ocb-hd-ccb)]

Thanks I will keep an eye out for that since I don't see it in the current nightly.

https://imgur.com/a/HSXZX4J

[Jeff Young (jeyjey)]

Actually, that's the best news I've heard all day. It means the 'e' bug is also fixed and that the builds just aren't up-to-date. :)

[ocb-hd-ccb (ocb-hd-ccb)]

Whats odd about that is the “grid origin” bug is fixed in the newest nightly. That was committed 5 days after this one...

I will continue testing the nightlies for the bug fixes...

Would be nice to have commit hashes on the macOS builds that make sense.

[ocb-hd-ccb (ocb-hd-ccb)]

@Jeff haha I am blind. If you look at the above screenshot the option is there! but the 'e' bug is still present...

[Ian McInerney (imcinerney)]

Is https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1780318 a duplicate of this report?

[Jeff Young (jeyjey)]

No. Imagine you were trying to draw a heatsink in a footprint. It's probably symmetric across at least one (if not two) axes, so you could draw just a quarter of it and then copy/mirror twice.