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Re: number notation in official parts
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lugnet.cad.dev
Date: 
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 06:34:42 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Michael Heidemann wrote:
If I rotate a part in LDDP the result may look like this:

1 16 4E-15 4 -20 0 0 1 0 -1 0 -1 0 0 stud4.dat

This can be read by LDView and MLCad as a valid number.
Is such notation allowed in official parts? It is nowhere explicit allowed or
disallowed. The value 4E-15 is surely very small, but it could also be 4E-2 for
example.
I just want to know how to deal with such numbers in DATHeader.

cu
mikeheide

Such notation is not noted in any specs.. neither allowed or forbidden. At
least, I can't find such. Maybe we should bring this up at LSC at some point?

-Santeri



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  Re: number notation in official parts
 
(...) I think it should be forbidden in official files as the benefit is very small and it is not good human readable. Benefit would be smaller filesize, as 0.0004 (6 characters) has more characters than 4E-4 (4 characters). Against could be 0.4 (3 (...) (15 years ago, 10-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  number notation in official parts
 
If I rotate a part in LDDP the result may look like this: 1 16 4E-15 4 -20 0 0 1 0 -1 0 -1 0 0 stud4.dat This can be read by LDView and MLCad as a valid number. Is such notation allowed in official parts? It is nowhere explicit allowed or (...) (15 years ago, 8-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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