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[Marco Serantoni <marco.serantoni@xxxxxxxxx>]

jp, probably he wants an incremental DRC.
Could be usefully check and signalate the error during the drawing, such
kind of feature could avoid an feedback/reiteration phase.


--
Marco


On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 12:05 PM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Le 19/05/2014 10:55, Tomasz Wlostowski a écrit :
> > On 19.05.2014 01:45, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> >> I finally got around to finishing up and committing the initial draft
> >> KiCad road map.  You can build it into the standard developer
> >> documentation by running `make doxygen-docs` or as a stand alone road
> >> map by running `make dev-docs`.  I'm still not terribly thrilled with
> >> the formatting but I'm not a CSS developer so I'll stick with the
> >> default Doxygen formatting for now.
> >>
> >
> > Hi Wayne,
> >
> > Thanks a lot, great document!
> >
> > I found one package missing (wrs to the CERN roadmap).
> >
> > Improved DRC:
> > Depends on: geometry library
> > Goal: Additional DRC checks.
> > Status: planning
> > Plan:
> > - replace all existing geometry code with the new geometry library.
> > - ensure there is no floating point in any clearance-related
> > calculations (rounding!).
> > - add DRC checks: component/silkscreen/mask clearance.
> > - fix polygon stitching issue
> > - remove DRC-related limitations such as no arcs/text on copper layers.
> > - on-line DRC (for less CPU-consuming checks).
> > - add option for saving/loading DRC rules settings
> >
> > -- my 5 cents,
> > Tom
>
> Thanks, Wayne.
>
> Tom,
> For my info, what do you mean with "on-line DRC (for less CPU-consuming
> checks)" ? (the current on-line DRC is not very CPU time consuming).
>
> I am thinking one other package could be added to Gerber plot generation
> + Gerbview:
> This is the "Gerber file function attribute".
>
>
> see:
>
> www.ucamco.com/files/downloads/file/5/Extending_the_Gerber_Format_with_Attributes.pdf
> and:
>
> www.ucamco.com/files/downloads/file/22/Kick_Starting_a_Revolution_IPC-2581_Meets_Gerber.pdf
>
> (Karel Tavernier, the technical manager of Ucamco contacted me some time
> ago about this extension).
>
>
> A pending issue in current Gerber format is the fact you are never
> surehow gerber files and stackup are related (mainly for internal layers).
>
> This is an extension to add inside Gerber files
> the ".FileFunction file attribute" which identifies the function of the
> file.
> Add also a "stackup" file descriptor ( see an idea in
> Kick_Starting_a_Revolution_IPC-2581_Meets_Gerber.pdf), which could be
> read by Gerbview to automatically load gerber files
>
>
>
> --
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
>
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