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diff --git a/docs/utilities.rst b/docs/utilities.rst index 80ce5ec..5e75df5 100644 --- a/docs/utilities.rst +++ b/docs/utilities.rst @@ -1,8 +1,23 @@ Utilities ========= +Physical units +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Gerbonara tracks length units using the :py:class:`.LengthUnit` class. :py:class:`.LengthUnit` contains a number of +conventient conversion functions. Everywhere where Gerbonara accepts units as a method argument, it automatically +converts a string ``'mm'`` or ``'inch'`` to the corresponding :py:class:`.LengthUnit`. + .. autoclass:: gerbonara.utils.LengthUnit :members: +Format settings +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +When reading or writing Gerber or Excellon, Gerbonara stores information about file format options such as zero +suppression or number of decimal places in a :py:class:`.FileSettings` instance. When you are writing a Gerber file, +Gerbonara picks reasonable defaults, but allows you to specify your own :py:class:`.FileSettings` to override these +defaults. + .. autoclass:: gerbonara.cam.FileSettings :members: |