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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/3/2014 12:33 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote:
> On 3 September 2014 17:03, Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 10:22:03AM +0200, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
>>>> Healing could be done another way. Instead of moving vertices,
>>>> it could be better to add the missing segments. If they are no
>>>> longer than a line thickness, then it is not noticeable to bare
>>>> eye and should fix the manufacturing problem. User should be
>>>> notified of such changes, so he could verify them.
>>
>> Jean-Pierre,
>>
>> What do you think about it? Maybe it is better to connect edges if
>> there is a break smaller than the thickness of segments instead of
>> simply accepting them as they are?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Orson
> 
> I think we could do it in a similar fashion to EESCHEMA (it's a more
> pleasant experience when things work in a similar way) Any vertexes on
> the Edge.Cuts layer that do not match *exactly* should be highlighted
> with a square centred on the disconnected vertex(es).
> 
> Secondly, we can apply similar logic to pads being magnetic to tracks
> by having Edge.Cuts vertexes being able to snap to currently off-grid
> Edge.Cuts vertexes as well as to the grid.
> 
> This way anyone can guarantee they have at least connected all of
> their Edge.Cuts drawings. Secondly, part of the DRC check can also
> list disconnected Edge.Cuts vertexes - because that should at least be
> a warning, if not an error.
> 
> I don't think there's any reason to have disconnected vertexes on the
> Edge.Cuts layer is there? Perhaps for drawing a rout line, but then I
> draw a rectangle with the correct width of the router bit I want used
> so it is less ambiguous.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Brian.
> 

Excellent suggestions.  This seems like a reasonable path forward.  I
really like the snapping idea as an easy way to close the vertices.  I
always have to manually go back and use the segment properties to make
sure each vertex ends at the same point if I don't get them right the
first time.  Should I add this to the road map?  It seems like a good
candidate.