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Subject: Re: [geda-user] PCB: clearouts in polygons slightly off, fix?
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Yes for cases where the output is demonstrably "wrong" there is a problem hidden somewhere.

Approximation is more about needed accuracy, in real life accuracy is never perfect. If approximation start to add up for example each time an object is moved it is however a problem, I guess a grid more course than total approximation error could solve this.

Nicklas Karlsson



On Tue, 1 Dec 2015 13:41:13 -0500
DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> 
> My personal preference is that, for cases where the output is
> demonstrably "wrong", we should fix it.  In this particular case,
> we're producing incorrect gerbers (although only *slightly* incorrect,
> but if you're pushing the limits, that might be enough) and if
> correcting our mistake causes warnings for others, those are warnings
> they should have been getting all along anyway ;-)
> 
> One could argue that by approximating curves with lines we're "wrong"
> anyway, but then again, since the user has no control over how we do
> that, a minor tweak in how we do that should still be within our
> domain.