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[Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>]

On 01.05.2017 08:39, jp charras wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Lachlan sent me a complex board in Eagle that has several copper zones,
>> each with different clearances, which filled incorrectly or didn't fill
>> at all. There were some trivial issues (e.g. inverted filling priority),
>> but there is one that needs discussion:
>>
>> In pcbnew, each zone must have manually assignned clearance (in the
>> property window). In Eagle or Altium, if there's no clearance specified,
>> the program takes the clearance set in the Design Rules for the net the
>> zone belongs to.
>>
>> I propose to add a similar feature to Kicad, that is:
>> - add a checkbox "use custom clearance" in the zone properties window
>> - if not checked, take the netclass clearance.
>>
>> This unfortunately requires a small file format change. Would you agree
>> with that?
>>
>> Also, many thanks to Lachlan for spotting this problem!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tom
> 
> About zones clearances:
> the actual clearance is the min between the zone clearance and the netclass clearance.
>                              ^ max, of course!

Hi Jean-Pierre,

You're perfectly right, I've missed that.

The eagle plugin still needs fixing - for instance most of the vias have
incorrect dimensions (no antipad, etc.)

Thanks,
Tom