Eagle wire flat is NOT

On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 22:51:25 -0800, Robert Baer Gave us:

Photoplot uses a round SPOT to 'strike a line', so it plots a straight line which ends with a rounded nose? Put a square SMD pad at the end of the "line".

On Sun, 08 Dec 2013 10:14:25 -0500, Martin Riddle Gave us:

The "plotting tool" is a round point. If you photoplotted with a square "plotting tool", you lines would vary in width as the tool transitioned through various angles other than straight x and y runs.

Like I said before. PLACE a square pad at the end of your run if you want a squared end on it.

Layout packages have the manufacturer tooling in mind. Any time you end a line not on a pad or via, it will have a rounded end.

UV, Laser, Xray, etc. All types of photo plotting/etching involves a "light source" which is round. So all PCB software will operate this way. Some modern packages allow the designer to get around it with a feature they incorporated, which eagle would likely not be at yet.

Put a square SMD pad there.

The FLAT modifier only applies to ARC's, Otherwise wire ends are rounded.

Cheers

LOOK at the results IN eagle; ignore the photoplot.

UG-lee.

So you are saying that once again,the "help" is inaccurate and incomplete. The syntax allows FLAT as well as ROUND; the so-called help file eXplicitly sez so.

On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 19:47:47 -0800, Robert Baer Gave us:

I did not write that. Learn to quote and respond to the right post.

On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 19:54:27 -0800, Robert Baer Gave us:

Then contact the authors. Jeez.

If both are there, yet only one works as expected, either YOU or the application has an issue.