> On Jun 27, 2015, at 2:40 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 27.06.2015 08:17, Andy Peters wrote: >> BAR 5822 with Adam’s nightly builds on OS X 10.9 and 10.10. >> >> a) bug # 1469359. In the default canvas, we see the nice outlines for the >> trace clearance. The clearance indication is not displayed in GAL mode. > Hi Andy, > > Does this happen on OSX only? In either case, the interactive router > works a bit different to the old one: > - draws clearances in the 'highlight collisions' mode only (in > shove/walkaround, the clearance is obviously visible...) > - draws clearance zones of the colliding traces instead of the trace > being routed. The reason is the trace being drawn may have different > clearance requirements for different nets/types of colliding objects, so > it's not possible in many cases to draw a single clearance zone. See the > attached drawing. > > Cheers, > Tom > <clearance_zones.png>
I only work in OS X; I do have Kicad installed in a Windows machine just for the hell of it but I never really use it. OK, I got it. I always work in the avoid-collisions mode, where the interactive router always avoids a clearance failure. After switching to “highlight collisions” — which I admit I had not tried previously! -- and routing a trace that would violate clearance rules, yes indeedy the violations light up like a christmas tree. So it’s not a bug, per se, it’s a user’s expectations issue. Chris added my expectations (and I’m sure others have the same expectation) to the wishlist, but I don’t think it merits much attention unless the devs run out of things to do. -a _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
