On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 09:55:19AM -0500, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
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1) If there was a single boolean in the export UI (checkbox) to control
the nature of the export in this regard, do you still need component
specific control over whether this technique is used on specific
components? i.e. would it be acceptable to treat all through hole
components this way when the boolean is set?
It is not strictly necessary to have individual component control, but
it certainly is advantagous. DIL-chips and capacitors for instance are
easy to solder on both sides which saves a lot of vias. Pin arrays, on
the other hand, are not, and I think it also depends on how much effort
you are willing to put into soldering them.
2) Have you tested the idea of putting a keepout under the component,
but not modifying the padstacks? How does freerouter respond this this?
Good question. I tested it now, and FreeRouting behaves correctly,
thus it is not necessary to modify the padstacks to connect only on one
side.
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Håvard Espeland
