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[Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Mathias,

On 08/25/2017 09:55 PM, Mathias Grimmberger wrote:
> 
> Hi Maciej,
> 
> Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> Hi Matthias,
>>
>> Your patch looks good to me. I would love to see the same change done
>> for via hole and diameter text controls.
> 
> Let me first describe what I imagined for that, because it may be
> considered too weird.
> 
> The problem with the vias is that in the design rules there is a pair of
> values, via diameter and drill.
> 
> I imagined turning the via diameter text control into a dropbox. The
> values shown in the dropbox would be the value pairs from the design
> rules, just like shown on the toolbar.
> 
> Selecting an entry from the dropbox would then set both the via diameter
> and the drill.
> 
> Directly entering something into either control would of course not
> influence the other one.
> 
> Does that sound useable or is it too much "magic"?

I agree, it is not as simple as with track widths, so it requires a bit
of "magic".

What do you think about putting in each dropbox single values (either
diameter or drill size) followed by value pairs? If the user selects a
single value, the other setting is not affected. In case of choosing a
pair - both values are modified.

For example, via size settings:
diameter | drill
---------+------
       1 | 0.5
     1.5 | 1
     1.7 | 1.2

Would give the following choices in dropboxes:

Via diameter: 1
              1.5
              1.7
              1/0.5
              1.5/1
              1.7/1.2

Via drill:    0.5
              1
              1.2
              1/0.5
              1.5/1
              1.7/1.2

Regards,
Orson

> Thanks,
> 
> MGri
>

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