I just downloaded build 20090118 (unstable) and all problems were gone immideately! Because it's an intermediate version I won't use it for general editing but for the filling process at the end.
I think the developers have done a brilliant job in the last few months! Cheers, Heiko > I played a bit more and I can reproducably crash PCBnew when adding a > new rectangular zone anywhere on my PCB! > I also tried to remove parts (tracks, components, etc) to find out > what might hold up the zone filling function. Aa a result, it really > comes down to stating with a bare board again :-( > > Have you tried the latest build - and if yes, is there any improvement? > > Thanks, Heiko > > > > Just to say I was doing something similar recently and kicad crashed on > > me a number of times whilst zone filling (the crash generally being > > preceded by a delay), so it looks like something's not quite right in > > the zone filling code. The crashes seemed completely random, so I've > > not been able to put together a useful bug report. > > > > I have some Windows crash interception and reporting code if the Kicad > > authors are interested. Unfortunately I don't think it could be made > > to work on Linux because it traps structured exceptions, but it sure > > beats trawling through the code looking for oversights. > > > > Regards, > > > > Robert. > > > > oecherexpat wrote: > > > I did create some (around 5) zones on one layer. When trying to fill > > > the first one, PCBnew did freeze. Same result when trying to fill all > > > zones. > > > Is anyone else experiencing similar issues. Or does it just take ages > > > for PCBnew to do the filling? Does it depend on the complexity/shapes > > > of the zones? > > > I am using V20080825c on WinXP > > > Thanks, Heiko >
