On 01.05.2017 08:39, jp charras wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Lachlan sent me a complex board in Eagle that has several copper zones, >> each with different clearances, which filled incorrectly or didn't fill >> at all. There were some trivial issues (e.g. inverted filling priority), >> but there is one that needs discussion: >> >> In pcbnew, each zone must have manually assignned clearance (in the >> property window). In Eagle or Altium, if there's no clearance specified, >> the program takes the clearance set in the Design Rules for the net the >> zone belongs to. >> >> I propose to add a similar feature to Kicad, that is: >> - add a checkbox "use custom clearance" in the zone properties window >> - if not checked, take the netclass clearance. >> >> This unfortunately requires a small file format change. Would you agree >> with that? >> >> Also, many thanks to Lachlan for spotting this problem! >> >> Cheers, >> Tom > > About zones clearances: > the actual clearance is the min between the zone clearance and the netclass > clearance. > ^ max, of course!
Hi Jean-Pierre, You're perfectly right, I've missed that. The eagle plugin still needs fixing - for instance most of the vias have incorrect dimensions (no antipad, etc.) Thanks, Tom _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
