Autocrop plugin

Use the autocrop action to resize your pcb-board to extants

Description

Autocrop finds the extents of your existing layout and resizes the board dimensions to contain only your parts plus a margin along the edge.

Syntax:

autocrop();

Use:

Bind autocrop to a key in the appropriate pcb-menu-*.lht for your preferred pcb-rnd gui.

Issues:

  • Autocrop will move the objects to crop the layout, and as a consequence autocrop() plugin will take time to calcaulate for complex layouts.
  • Autocrop was originally written for the old geda pcb with undo for board size
  • Edge clearance is fixed at 5*line spacing