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[Pierre Parent <pierre.parent@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Ok great to hear that.

I'm looking forward to testing your new tool!

This length matching feature was becoming vital. I developed and used my code for my project: 
www.librecalc/en/[1] . I could not have done it with Kicad without it. Though for using it myself I realize it 
was still slow and painful to use. So I'm exited to be able to use your more sophisticated feature! :)

Pierre.

Le jeudi 27 novembre 2014 18:46:09, vous avez écrit :
> On 26.11.2014 15:14, Pierre Parent wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I worked a few month ago on a feature concerning trace length
> > tunning.See This branch
> > <https://code.launchpad.net/%7Epierre-parent-k/kicad/length-tunning> ,
> > this bug repport <https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/594089>, this
> > youtube video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaBwm5anfYk>.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Several people have been contacting me to tell me that it is very useful
> > and I should keep working on it, so that it can be integrated in mainline.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > So I'm going to spend a few days on it. I will correct bugs, make code
> > cleaner. But one of the thing I think should be done is port this to
> > openGL mode. The thing is I don't know at all how it works. Here is what
> > I need to do:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > *Do something when the mouse is clicked and my toolkit is selected.
> > 
> > *Do something when the mouse moves and my toolkit is selected.
> > 
> > *Draw temporary lines of given width on the screen.
> > 
> > *Redraw everything, but only the real things (traces, pads ect), not
> > temporary lines.
> > 
> > *Prompt a window in order to have the user input a value.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Do you have advices/hints on how to do that? (so that I don't loose too
> > much time searching).
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Do you see any other thing I should do so that it can be integrated in
> > product branch?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Also I think CERN said they would work on length matching. Could you
> > tell me more so that we don't work on 2 concurrent solutions?
> 
> Hi Pierre,
> 
> Yes, we are working right now on a more sophisticated length tuning
> tool: you specify the pad-to-pad path and its desired length, the tool
> meanders the trace in the chosen area respecting clearances to other traces.
> 
> More info (and a movie/preview version) will be available in the coming
> weeks.
> 
> Cheers,
> Tom


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[1] www.librecalc/en/