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Re: GerbView GAL: Ready for alpha testing; need more sample Gerber files
Le 07/03/2017 à 04:40, Jon Evans a écrit :
> 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
Hi Jon,
AFAIK, negative objects in apertures using Aperture macros have (perhaps) a (small) issue in 4.0,
but this is fixed in master branch.
>
> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 10:55 AM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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 <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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