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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 27/08/2015 08:16, Lorenzo Marcantonio a écrit :
> On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 22:19:17 +0200, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>> Good question Peter. Does someone want to field this? I didn't change
>> this code so I cannot answer why Pcbnew will no longer allow you to
>> change trace widths by selecting an alternate width from the combobox.
>> You can switch to the gal canvas and use the trace properties dialog
>> but in the legacy canvas, this feature doesn't exist. :(.
> 
> Ouch. Very very very not fun.
> 
> That's inacceptable for power designs... I have boards where I go around
> with 22mm traces (yes, *so* much current, and 70µm of copper :D) and
> then stubs out with smaller ones to feed parts. Of course it's a royal
> PITA to evaluate hot spots so a FLIR cam is a must for these...
> 
> Less extreme use case: feed bypass caps with a moderately big track
> (wide as the plane via) and then thin out to feed the IC.
> 
> IIRC the previous behaviour was quite useful and sufficient, you had the
> 'netlist value' as a default slot (marked with *) and an override for
> specific widths. And hotkeys too (I found them by mistake :P)
> 
> We should consider a rollback/merge up or whatever bzr call the
> operation to restore the functionality... or something changed so that
> is no more possible to have it without a lot of work?
> 

I don't understand what you mean.

What it the "previous behavior" and what functionality do you want to
restore ?

There is no change.
The list of available widths is also accessible in the track popup
context menu (during track creation you can select a new width).
in GAL mode you also can define on the fly a new width/via size during
track creation.

-- 
Jean-Pierre CHARRAS