I had no luck with the Linux executables so I tried on my Windows machine. The problem with the DRC checks on the zones was not fixed in the latest version (r1914). I did manage to get everything explicitly connected my placing traces in the middle of the zones as was suggested. Perhaps when the DRC checking gets fixed I can go back and take those superfluous traces back out.
I did run into another strange issue. I had some tracks with overlapping segments and the DRC did not realize they were connected! I had to spend a couple of hours deleting and recreating those tracks. Is there possibly a "cleanup" function or program that I can run to detect such conditions and "merge" overlaying segments into a single segment? It would have saved me a LOT of time. Thanks again to the entire KiCAD community for such a wonderful product and support! Next time I will pick a much simpler board for my first attempt! Greg ________________________________ From: Brian Sidebotham <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:49:15 PM Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Strange problem with Zones and DRC > 3. Wait for the DRC checks to get fixed so that they detect a connection to > zones. This is the preferable option, but I understand it may not be a > priority for those who are so graciously donating their time to make KiCAD > the tremendously terrific tool it already is. Is there a way to find out if > someone is already looking into this issue? > > Hmmm, maybe option 4 is that I offer my time to fix it? OK, guess I will > try to figure out how to build everything and start looking into it. > > Thoughts, suggestions, comments?? > > Thanks, > Greg This issue was dealt with, but I can't remember when it was dealt with. You can try an SVN snapshot version to see if a more up-to-date one simply eliminates your problems. You can get an SVN snapshot from http://kicad.1301.cz/ Best Regards, Brian. ------------------------------------ Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your symbols/modules to the kicad library. For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups Links
