On Jun 12, 2013 5:15 PM, "JESSICH Jasmin" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi! > > This is my first message to this list, so let me introduce myself. > > I live in Vienna, Austria, so please be lenient with my English. > I am a SW developer since 24 years. I am working in the telecommunication > area since my first contact with SW. In the beginning assembler and then in > C/C++. > Currently my daily business is Kernel driver developing and I did the design and > implementation of the communication protocol of our system. The latter in C++. > And yes, I am a girl and maybe the first girl in the team, when I look to all the > team names ;) > > I am completely new to KiCAD, but I want to add some features, which I thing > are missing. I know Autocad Inventor and a little bit of Eagle. > And why I am starting with the module editor although I have no practice with > KiCAD or board development? Because I work on diving equipment in my > spare time and need a PCB. So I needed an EDA tool. I selected KiCAD, because > it is the best Open Source tool and I like the Open Source thought. During my > first tests I came quickly to the point to dram a new part and so I found some > missing issues in the module editor. > > I started to compile the testing version and was surprised with new things. I > liked the new feature to show the solder mask and other layers in the module > editor in the 3D Viewer. > > The problem: > I wonder why the solder mask was so big. It was illogical for me that the size > wasn't changed with the settings dialog. Moreover, after setting them and > program restart, the size was still the same (default). > So I tracked it down to the design settings and here to m_SolderMaskMargin, > which is initialized with its default in any case. > The default comes from moduleframe.cpp/181, where a new board is allocated. > > Is there any reason, why it doesn't use the settings from the current board? > Once the module editor board is allocated, it uses always the same empty > board. This means the values are never changed. > > Any hint if I shall try to add this feature and how would be the best way to do > it? I mean, how the core developers would like to see this implemented. > > BR > Jasmin
It's been awhile since l I looked at the module editor BOARD. I don't remember why it is retained accross modedit window open/closes. A simple fix is to bring in a new BOARD_DESIGN_SETTINGS from board editor on each modedit open, say using copy construction or assignment from PCB_EDIT_FRAME's board's BOARD_DESIGN_SETTINGS. This simple fix is worth trying, since it is easy to code, but it is unlikely to be optimal. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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