> On Feb 9, 2017, at 10:09 AM, José Ignacio <[email protected]> wrote: > > I do like KiCad's behavior quite a bit, though maybe there could be a better > way to signal users about it. In any case it is much better than E**le's > tendency to fill zones even though things are disconnected. I have a box with > 100 fully assembled coasters from a previous designer that used a ground > plane in E**le and did not see first go that all the grounds were > disconnected, going to isolated pours.
For what it’s worth, I agree with the need for better user feedback. There is a question about this on forum.kicad.info today (https://forum.kicad.info/t/zone-filling-confusion/5245). Kicad’s behavior is correct (IMHO). I will check the pcbnew documentation and see if there is anything about this behavior, and maybe add something if necessary. -a > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Andy Peters <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Feb 9, 2017, at 12:18 AM, Maciej Suminski <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Hi Andy, > > > > I have just checked, and apparently it is not a GAL issue. To have a > > zone filled, one needs a pad or via placed in the zone area. The > > intention is to avoid creating unconnected islands of copper. > > I see. I just did a test. Because the zone an inner layer on a board with all > SMT devices, there are no pads connected to it. And I hadn’t dropped any vias > from the parts on the top and bottom layer to the pour. Once I did that, the > zone filled. That makes sense once the reasoning is known. > > Thanks for the help! > > -a > > > > > > Regards, > > Orson > > > > On 02/03/2017 12:22 AM, Andy Peters wrote: > >> This is odd. I’m doing a four-layer board, with the usual two inner layers > >> for power (In1.Cu) and ground (In2.Cu) planes. I’m using the OpenGL canvas. > >> > >> I added a pour that covered the entire In2.Cu layer, attached it to the > >> GND net, and the pour shows as solid fills. I put a couple of small pours > >> on F.Cu and B.Cu and those pours show as solid fills, too. > >> > >> I added a couple of non-overlapping pours on In1.Cu, with nets attached, > >> and only the outline of the pour is displayed. In Legacy canvas, the pours > >> on this layer show as whatever is specified by the Outline Style (Line, > >> Hatched, Fully Hatched) but it is not showing a solid fill. The three Zone > >> Fill buttons on the left-hand toolbar do nothing on this layer, too. > >> > >> I tried the same design on a Mac running 10.12.3 (Kicad details below) as > >> well as a Win7-64 machine using last night’s nightly build, and both have > >> the exact same issue. > >> > >> > >> Application: kicad > >> Version: (2017-01-31 revision e03fef3)-master, release build > >> Libraries: wxWidgets 3.0.2 > >> libcurl/7.51.0 SecureTransport zlib/1.2.8 > >> Platform: Mac OS X (Darwin 16.4.0 x86_64), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac > >> - Build Info - > >> wxWidgets: 3.0.2 (UTF-8,STL containers,compatible with 2.8) > >> Boost: 1.61.0 > >> Curl: 7.43.0 > >> KiCad - Compiler: Clang 7.3.0 with C++ ABI 1002 > >> Settings: USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=ON > >> USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON > >> KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON > >> KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON > >> KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON > >> KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=OFF > >> BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON > >> KICAD_USE_SCH_IO_MANAGER=OFF > >> KICAD_USE_OCE=ON > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> Post to : [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > Andy Peters > 5511 E Rosewood St > Tucson, AZ 85711 > 520-907-2262 > [email protected] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > Andy Peters 5511 E Rosewood St Tucson, AZ 85711 520-907-2262 [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
