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Re: GerbView GAL: Ready for alpha testing; need more sample Gerber files

 

Which things?

2017-03-07 4:40 GMT+01:00 Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi JP,
> Thanks for the tip, I hadn't noticed the test files.
>
> I now get all tests passing except for the ones related to negative images
> and objects... there are still problems there to solve (working on it).  In
> fact, it looks to me like we now can draw a few things properly that were
> not drawn properly in 4.x!
>
> Best,
> Jon
>
> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 10:55 AM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Le 04/03/2017 à 20:35, Jon Evans a écrit :
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > My implementation of GAL into GerbView is far enough along that I would
>> > like people who use GerbView
>> > a lot (and have some time) to try building it and running it.
>> >
>> > http://i.imgur.com/W6afbRu.jpg
>> >
>> > You can get the code here:
>> > https://github.com/craftyjon/kicad.git branch: gerbview_gal
>> >
>> > The following things are still missing and will be implemented before I
>> > consider it ready to merge:
>> >
>> > - Selection of items
>> > - Highlighting of items (nets, etc)
>> > - A few edge case painting branches (need your help here with test
>> > material!)
>> > - Some improvements to transparency and a new "diff" display mode that
>> > I'm working on
>> > - DCODE display is currently not done in a good way
>> > - A number of code refactorings should happen under the hood before
>> > merge.
>> >
>> > I need help now in looking for rendering issues with certain Gerber
>> > files.  So far, the files I've
>> > tried work fine.  If you have a Gerber file that throws an ASSERT or
>> > displays differently in GAL
>> > than it does in legacy, please let me know, and send me the file if
>> > possible!
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Jon
>>
>> Thanks Jon, for this important work.
>>
>> You have  many test files in <kicad sources>/gerbview/gerber_test_files
>>
>> Each file is a test for a given Gerber feature.
>>
>> Currently, apertures from aperture macros are not displayed in GAL mode.
>>
>> --
>> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
>>
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