Below you will find the release notes for each revision of GBRPRep/split274x and the changes or fixes made.
The new version fixes a problem found in the synthesize flash module.
Updated the user interface and command line to reflect additional rotate and mirror options.
Command LineNew command line options. Please review the web page for a list of all the command line options.
Fixed a bug in the GUI's viewer launch button that crashed instead of launching GBRVU.
GBRPrep includes a Windows GUI and the split274x engine so that the data prep can be run either from a conventional Windows program (gbrprep64.exe) or directly from the underlying engine via a command line. This release and all future releases will be under the GBRPrep name.
The chord error is used when either decomposing arcs into segments or converting a series of segments back into arcs.
-chord_error:VU
where V = value i.e. 0.001 and
where U = the units i.e. mm | um | inch | mil
New Circularize Function
Many files can be greatly reduced in size if their arcs are converted from a series of short segments into true arcs. The argument -cicularize followed by an optional chord error turns this on. i.e.
-circularize:0.5um
If the optional value/units is not specified, then the chord value is taken from the -chord argument