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Re: Via tool in Pcbnew.

 

Hi Wayne

Why not support legacy users? Why everybody should use gal canvas? Do not
have to answer, just try to understand your politics.

Regards
Heikki

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Heikki,
>
> I'm not suggesting that we add the new via tool to the legacy canvas.
> The legacy canvas is going to be removed after the v5 release so it
> doesn't make much sense.  However, having a toolbar button that does
> nothing will confuse users.  That why I suggested that we hide the via
> toolbar button when the legacy canvas is active.
>
> Wayne
>
> On 7/19/2017 3:25 AM, Heikki Pulkkinen wrote:
> > Hi Wayne
> >
> > You do not have to disable via tool in legacy canvas. I use it as via
> > stitching tool. I am terribly sorry, that It does not put vias when ever
> > you want. It is using same logic as via stitching, but it can be easily
> > changed to use same logic as gal canvas has.
> >
> > https://youtu.be/Tex8YyQaxE8
> >
> > regards
> > heikki
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 7:53 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >     We probably should disable or not even expose the via tool on the
> right
> >     toolbar in pcbnew when the legacy canvas is active since it doesn't
> do
> >     anything.  I think this will just confuse users.  I can file a bug
> >     report if this helps.
> >
> >     Cheers,
> >
> >     Wayne
> >
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