Composer grid dots

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2 total messages Started by mjruss@magnaspee Thu, 07 Aug 2003 09:59

#4029

Author: mjruss@magnaspee
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 09:59

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Hi All,

I can not see the small dots that composer uses for the grid.   Even
if I zoom in the dots are hard to see.   I have tried changing the
background color and this helps some.

Is the display of the grid dots customizable by skill commands or
display.drf?

I would like a bold dot, or larger dot used as a grid in Composer.

Re: Composer grid dots

#4034

Author: jayl-news@accele
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 17:12

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mjruss@magnaspeed.net (Mike Russell) wrote in message news:<860dbd30.0308070859.122301ff@posting.google.com>...
> Hi All,
>
> I can not see the small dots that composer uses for the grid.   Even
> if I zoom in the dots are hard to see.   I have tried changing the
> background color and this helps some.

If changing the background color helped, chances are somebody
*already* mucked around with the defaults, so you can "thank"
them.  :-)  The default-default background color, determined by:

dfII/etc/cdsDefTechLib
share/cdssetup/dfII/default.drf

is (0 0 0) black, and the default schematic grid is light
grey ("slate", (140 140 166)).

Now, dot-grid on schematics with this combo *is* a little hard
to see, have you tried line grid?  I dislike it, but I know
designers that love it.

> Is the display of the grid dots customizable by skill commands or
> display.drf?

Yes, layers (grid drawing) and (grid drawing1), with packet
names set in the tech file (default grid and grid1).

> I would like a bold dot, or larger dot used as a grid in Composer.

That, I think, you cannot get.  You can change the color, and you can
have lines instead of dots.

-Jay-

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