base_units.h

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#ifndef _BASE_UNITS_H_
#define _BASE_UNITS_H_
 
/* Note about internal units and max size for boards and items
 
 The largest distance that we (and Kicad) can support is INT_MAX, since it represents
 distance often in a wxCoord or wxSize. As a scalar, a distance is always
 positive. Because int is 32 bits and INT_MAX is
 2147483647. The most difficult distance for a virtual (world) cartesian
 space is the hypotenuse, or diagonal measurement at a 45 degree angle. This
 puts the most stress on the distance magnitude within the bounded virtual
 space. So if we allow this distance to be our constraint of <= INT_MAX, this
 constraint then propagates to the maximum distance in X and in Y that can be
 supported on each axis. Remember that the hypotenuse of a 1x1 square is
 sqrt( 1x1 + 1x1 ) = sqrt(2) = 1.41421356.
 
 hypotenuse of any square = sqrt(2) * deltaX;
 
 Let maximum supported hypotenuse be INT_MAX, then:
 
 MAX_AXIS = INT_MAX / sqrt(2) = 2147483647 / 1.41421356 = 1518500251
 
 The next choice is what to use for internal units (IU), sometimes called
 world units. If nanometers, then the virtual space must be limited to
 about 1.5 x 1.5 meters square. This is 1518500251 divided by 1e9 nm/meter.
 
 The maximum zoom factor then depends on the client window size. If we ask
 wx to handle something outside INT_MIN to INT_MAX, there are unreported
 problems in the non-Debug build because wxRound() goes silent.
 
 Pcbnew uses nanometers because we need to convert coordinates and size between
 millimeters and inches. using a iu = 1 nm avoid rounding issues
 
 Gerbview uses iu = 10 nm because we can have coordinates far from origin, and
 1 nm is too small to avoid int overflow.
 (Conversions between millimeters and inches are not critical)
*/
 
constexpr double GERB_IU_PER_MM = 1e5; // Gerbview IU is 10 nanometers.
constexpr double PCB_IU_PER_MM = 1e6; // Pcbnew IU is 1 nanometer.
constexpr double PL_IU_PER_MM = 1e3; // internal units in micron (should be enough)
constexpr double SCH_IU_PER_MM = 1e4; // Schematic internal units 1=100nm
 
struct EDA_IU_SCALE
{
 const double IU_PER_MM;
 const double IU_PER_MILS;
 const double MM_PER_IU;
 
 
 constexpr EDA_IU_SCALE( double aIUPerMM ) :
 IU_PER_MM( aIUPerMM ), IU_PER_MILS( aIUPerMM * 0.0254 ), MM_PER_IU( 1 / IU_PER_MM )
 {
 }
 
 constexpr inline double IUTomm( int iu ) const { return iu / IU_PER_MM; }
 
 constexpr inline int mmToIU( double mm ) const
 {
 return (int) ( mm < 0 ? ( mm * IU_PER_MM - 0.5 ) : ( mm * IU_PER_MM + 0.5 ) );
 }
 
 constexpr inline int MilsToIU( int mils ) const
 {
 double x = mils * IU_PER_MILS;
 return int( x < 0 ? x - 0.5 : x + 0.5 );
 }
 
 constexpr inline int IUToMils( int iu ) const
 {
 double mils = iu / IU_PER_MILS;
 
 return static_cast<int>( mils < 0 ? mils - 0.5 : mils + 0.5 );
 }
};
 
constexpr EDA_IU_SCALE gerbIUScale = EDA_IU_SCALE( GERB_IU_PER_MM );
constexpr EDA_IU_SCALE pcbIUScale = EDA_IU_SCALE( PCB_IU_PER_MM );
constexpr EDA_IU_SCALE drawSheetIUScale = EDA_IU_SCALE( PL_IU_PER_MM );
constexpr EDA_IU_SCALE schIUScale = EDA_IU_SCALE( SCH_IU_PER_MM );
constexpr EDA_IU_SCALE unityScale = EDA_IU_SCALE( 1 );
 
#ifndef SWIG
// The max error is the distance between the middle of a segment, and the circle
// for circle/arc to segment approximation.
// Warning: too small values can create very long calculation time in zone filling
// 0.05 to 0.005 mm are reasonable values
 
constexpr int ARC_LOW_DEF = pcbIUScale.mmToIU( 0.02 );
constexpr int ARC_HIGH_DEF = pcbIUScale.mmToIU( 0.005 );
#endif
 
#endif // _BASE_UNITS_H_