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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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