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Message #30516
Re: [PATCH] Change track width setting to dropbox
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From:
Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>
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Date:
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 09:39:18 +0200
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Hi Mathias,
On 08/25/2017 09:55 PM, Mathias Grimmberger wrote:
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> Hi Maciej,
>
> Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx> writes:
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>> Hi Matthias,
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>> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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