Jeff, Users are going to expect chamfering if there is an option for it. I don't see how you are going to avoid adding chamfering to the spokes unless we decide to do away with chamfering as an option. I don't think that's good idea because right angles on board geometry is generally frowned upon.
Wayne On 6/20/19 4:24 PM, Jeff Young wrote: > Turns out there’s a slightly unintended side effect. > > Before: > > Note the two truncated thermal spokes to the surface-mount pads at the > lower right. > > After: > > > > > The bug is fixed, but not that the junctions between the spokes and the > zone body are no longer chamfered. > > I’d say the “after” is better in that respect too, but again it’s > definitely different. > > Thoughts? > > Cheers, > Jeff. > > >> On 20 Jun 2019, at 19:50, Reece Pollack <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Memory is the second thing to go as one ages. >> >> I can't remember what the first one is. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From: *"Jeff Young" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> *To: *"jp charras" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> *Cc: *"KiCad Developers" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> *Sent: *Thursday, June 20, 2019 2:46:58 PM >> *Subject: *Re: [Kicad-developers] 6.0 Zone filling differences >> >> Wow. That’s sobering. I wrote the board outline clearance changes…. >> >> Age sucks. >> >> >> On 20 Jun 2019, at 19:04, jp charras <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Le 20/06/2019 à 19:24, Jeff Young a écrit : >> >> I believe we now have a warning, but I can’t remember what >> change it was for. I thought it was for the outline changes, >> but from what I can find on the mailing list archive it looks >> like we were satisfied that one wouldn’t change anything. >> >> So remind me what the warning is for? >> >> >> AFAIK, it is for board outline clearance change (taking in accounf or >> not the edge cut graphic items thickness, if I correctly remember). >> Zone outline changes (only activated if the kicad_advanced >> "ForceThickZones=0" option enables it), do not need any warning. >> >> >> The reason behind this request is that I have a new fill >> algorithm which fixes a long-standing bug regarding one pad’s >> thermal ring knocking out another pad’s thermal spoke. It >> also allows thermal spokes on custom pad shapes (and would >> allow us to support custom number of spokes if we wished). >> >> While this should only change zone fills which would have been >> considered errors in the past, it nevertheless changes them. >> What’s the prescription for that? >> >> Cheers, >> Jeff. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[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 > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
