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svg width and height, dpi recommendation #3644

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Fritzing needs the physical size of parts and graphics.
This is crucial in the PCB and Breadboard output for print or etching. It is also important for correct rendering and having parts at the same scale.
Guessing which dpi a graphic was designed in might be convenient, but it does more harm than good.

The best way to do that is to specify graphics height and width in inches or mm.
Therefore
[ ] adapt all recommendation on the wiki
[ ] adapt all recommendation on the webpage
[ ] replace template files for creating parts
[ ] add instructions how to configure "inch" or "mm" in Illustrator
[ ] add instructions how to configure "inch" or "mm" in Inkscape
[ ] add a warning in the parts checker for core

The general recommendation to use 1 as "one mil" (meaning 1000dpi) makes sense. There is nothing against using 1 as 0.1mm (254dpi) or similar. But this independent from the recommendation to specify the image size. Using lower resolution 96 dpi is fine, as long as the unit of width and height is given in milimeter or inches.

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