Hi Orson,
very nice work, this gets KiCad to a new level.
In my opinion custom pad shapes are for today's PCB designs a important feature. There are some parts like MEMS microphones which require arcs as pads.
Do you have any access to professional tools like Altium Designer or Mentor Graphics Expedition for inspirations how that works? (I've used both) Many tools have a separate padstack editor.
This video shows how complex pad shapes can be created using the Altium Designer:
Also zones can be useful for modules, such as keepout areas.
Maybe that's something for a wishlist.
Bye,
Torsten
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2014 um 10:16 Uhr
Von: "Maciej Sumiński" <[email protected]>
An: [email protected]
Betreff: Re: [Kicad-developers] Module editor branch merged
Von: "Maciej Sumiński" <[email protected]>
An: [email protected]
Betreff: Re: [Kicad-developers] Module editor branch merged
On 07/16/2014 10:08 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> 2014-07-15 17:45 GMT+02:00 Maciej Sumiński <[email protected]>:
>> Hi Nick,
>>
>> In my opinion drawing on copper layers with drawing tools instead of laying
>> out tracks should not be allowed unless it is supported by the DRC
>> algorithm.
>
> Sure, the DRC should handle it, but refresh my memory -- as far as I
> remember there was some talk about including tracks in footprints. I
> don't remember the outcome of that or it it is allow or not.
For the time being tracks are not supported by the module editor. The
reason is the same as - it would have to be handled by all algorithms
use tracks as input data (DRC, ratsnest, just to give an example).
It could be relatively easy to implement using iterators that go through
the list of tracks that belong to a board and then do the same for all
tracks that are stored in modules placed on the same board. It is just
an idea that may need some further consideration - I do not volunteer to
code it now.
Regards,
Orson
>>> 6. no new update yet
>>
>> Fix pushed to the product branch.
>
> Yep works now by giving no error.
>
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> 2014-07-15 17:45 GMT+02:00 Maciej Sumiński <[email protected]>:
>> Hi Nick,
>>
>> In my opinion drawing on copper layers with drawing tools instead of laying
>> out tracks should not be allowed unless it is supported by the DRC
>> algorithm.
>
> Sure, the DRC should handle it, but refresh my memory -- as far as I
> remember there was some talk about including tracks in footprints. I
> don't remember the outcome of that or it it is allow or not.
For the time being tracks are not supported by the module editor. The
reason is the same as - it would have to be handled by all algorithms
use tracks as input data (DRC, ratsnest, just to give an example).
It could be relatively easy to implement using iterators that go through
the list of tracks that belong to a board and then do the same for all
tracks that are stored in modules placed on the same board. It is just
an idea that may need some further consideration - I do not volunteer to
code it now.
Regards,
Orson
>>> 6. no new update yet
>>
>> Fix pushed to the product branch.
>
> Yep works now by giving no error.
>
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