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pcb-rnd - [propedit]
+Since 1.1.2, pcb-rnd core is able to attach user defined attributes +(arbitrary textual key=value pairs) to any object. The original mainline +pcb-rnd was forked from already supported attributes on some objects (e.g. +board attributes, net attributes) but not on all. However, the user had +very little access to the attributes - no GUI or action would handle them. ++Propedit introduces a property editor window in gtk that is able to +edit attributes and core properties of all selected objects. Core properties +include all hardwired properties of objects, such as geometry (e.g. +trace width, hole diameter, clearance) or textual data (e.g. string of +a text). +
+Properties and attributes of the selected objects are collected in a +sorted list - each row of the list is a property (starting with p/) or +an attribute (starting with a/). For each row all values seen in the selection +are also collected so that the following values can be presented on the list, +per row: +
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- the most common value +
- minimum value (for numeric value types) +
- maximum value (for numeric value types) +
- average value (for numeric value types) +
+When the user clicks on a row, an edit box is activated and the value can +be changed. A combo box lists all existing values for the given row, so +it is easy to unify the value of a property or attribute among all selected +objects to one of the existing values, but the user is also free to enter +a new value. +
+It is also possible to remove existing attributes or to add new attributes. + +