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[Heikki Pulkkinen <hei6mail@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Here is demovideo about via stitching. It is slowly, because of slowly
machine. I do some development too, so full patch is attached too.

On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 5:49 PM, Marcos Chaparro <nitrousnrg@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Heikki,
> is there any chance to make some screenshots or video about this? Some of
> us do compile kicad to get the latest and greatest but never applied a
> patch for a particular feature.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Marcos
>
> On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 7:04 AM, Heikki Pulkkinen <hei6mail@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Putting back that my via stitching tool to routing tool. It is better
>> that way, I think. All via tools are in same place, and it adds vias to
>> pours only from hotkeys.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Heikki Pulkkinen <hei6mail@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Finally Via Stitching without tracks is at zone tool. I tested it little
>>> bit, but more tests are needed. This patch replace all other patches. Do
>>> not use them, use only this patch. I think this is worth of try. I am going
>>> to use it anyway, even if it do not get any acceptance. First patch is for
>>> Fedora users. It makes possible to build Kicad in Fedora release wxWidgets
>>> libs whitout building wxWidget from source. I do not know has anybody else
>>> that problem, but I had.
>>>
>>>
>>> Heikki
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Heikki Pulkkinen <hei6mail@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> And I really practice. I made improvement and forgot to copy all. So
>>>> improvement is in these two patches. I hope this suggestion is accepted as
>>>> a new feature.
>>>>
>>>> Heikki
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Heikki Pulkkinen <hei6mail@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> As in  practice, I made a patch file of my changes Not only diifs. It
>>>>> is SHIFT-ALT-V hotkey whitch make buried and blind vias, as it is in
>>>>> routing too.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Heikki
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Heikki Pulkkinen <hei6mail@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I made some improvements to my patch of via stitching. Now you can
>>>>>> just point copper pour place and press V, it make trough via. If you press
>>>>>> SHIFT+CTRL+V it make buried or blind via.It does not change working layer.
>>>>>> Only when you place buried or blind via from different layer than it's
>>>>>> layer pair is. I think that it is quite easy to shoot board full of copper
>>>>>> pours connecting vias. It is possible to remove connecting tracks from old
>>>>>> designs. Just delete connection from pad and use clenup. Only have to
>>>>>> remember that if there are not at least two copper pours in same netcode in
>>>>>> different layers via is deleted too. Any support?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Heikki
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Heikki Pulkkinen <hei6mail@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi everybody,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is my suggestion to via stitching without any tracks. It
>>>>>>> connects unconnected vias in different copper pours witch has same netcode.
>>>>>>> Adding vias is normal routing process without routing tracks. Start -
>>>>>>> Change Layer - End. Tool that do those things automatically would be good,
>>>>>>> so you can add all vias in same layer. After adding vias, run "Fill or
>>>>>>> Refill All Zones" that "Clenup tracks and vias" do not remove partly
>>>>>>> connected vias.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Heikki
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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