kmk wrote:
ST de Feber wrote:
Can PCB remove dead copper ?
No.
This is a feature still missing in pcb.
If anyone wants to contribute this, I'm sure it would be welcomed. I'd
recommend having an option that sets some area threshold so the user can
specify "remove islands less than X mil^2 in area".
I think the challenge is going to be that the copper fill is implemented
as a polygon with clearances drawn on top of it so island removal will
entail drawing more clears. This is as opposed to a fill which is done
with lots of line segments where you simply delete those which don't
connect anywhere.
It may be useful to look into the ability to specify that a copper fill
is done with lines vs a polygon, but I haven't really put much thought
into that.
-Dan
