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[Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 07:03:48AM -0500, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> Alfons, in munich, worked for zucken (spelling), an eda company, for 15
> years, well bfore writing freerouter.  His UI includes netclass features.
> It is not obvious that they merely mimic the specctra spec.  If not, is
> this his experience being injected to trump something he thought was
> imperfect?

I can't say... SPECCTRA was a pre-existing product, and simply became the
defacto interface. Maybe it's simply well engineered for the things it
needs to do, but then every company will 'personalize' it depending on
the requirements (so they can say "our specctra is better than yours!").
The same freerouter AFAIK don't implement it in full (no arcs, for
example, seeing the kicad code).

Or maybe the author of freerouter simply added the extra features
because they were convenient (and to hell with the specctra standard).

> Kicad  evolves based on individual need.  Try and stay close to your
> individual use cases, else you may end up creating something few will use.
> Einstein: as simple as possible, but not simpler.

That's why we are discussing if/how enhanced rules can be applied.

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Lorenzo Marcantonio
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