Dimension lines obscure value

Bug #1705431 reported by Stephen
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
KiCad
Fix Released
Low
Jon Evans

Bug Description

Very often, the lines extending from the two dimension end points run through the text of the dimension, making it un-readable.

Application: pcbnew
Version: 4.0.6 release build
wxWidgets: Version 3.0.2 (debug,wchar_t,compiler with C++ ABI 1010,GCC 6.3.0,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
Platform: Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1), 32 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
Boost version: 1.60.0
Curl version: libcurl/7.52.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2k zlib/1.2.11 libssh2/1.8.0 nghttp2/1.19.0 librtmp/2.3
         USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
         USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
         KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
         KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
         KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
         USE_FP_LIB_TABLE=HARD_CODED_ON
         BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON

Tags: pcbnew
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Stephen (steejb) wrote :
Eldar Khayrullin (eldar)
tags: added: gal pcbnew
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Stephen (steejb) wrote :

Also:

(1) For narrow dimensions, it would be better with arrows 'outside'

---->| narrow <----

(Not |<-narrow->|

(2) How can I set a default 'dimension line width'?

tags: removed: gal
Jeff Young (jeyjey)
Changed in kicad:
status: New → Confirmed
Jon Evans (craftyjon)
Changed in kicad:
importance: Undecided → Low
Jon Evans (craftyjon)
Changed in kicad:
assignee: nobody → Jon Evans (craftyjon)
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Jon Evans (craftyjon) wrote :

The attached patch is something of an improvement (but does not implement internal/external arrows support yet).

Changed in kicad:
milestone: none → 5.0.0-rc2
Jon Evans (craftyjon)
Changed in kicad:
milestone: 5.0.0-rc2 → none
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Wayne Stambaugh (stambaughw) wrote : Re: [Bug 1705431] Re: Dimension lines obscure value

This patch looks fine to me. Go ahead and push it when you are ready.

On 2/27/2018 12:35 AM, Jon Evans wrote:
> The attached patch is something of an improvement (but does not
> implement internal/external arrows support yet).
>
> ** Patch added: "0001-Change-dimension-style-to-improve-display-and-be-mor.patch"
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1705431/+attachment/5064178/+files/0001-Change-dimension-style-to-improve-display-and-be-mor.patch
>
> ** Changed in: kicad
> Milestone: None => 5.0.0-rc2
>

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Nick Østergaard (nickoe) wrote :

This was committed in a8b1c2a8f200ced7877c2283102e698aaf12bb30 master

Changed in kicad:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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