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[Bastian Neumannn <neumann.bastian@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am currently trying something similar to that idea.

The ammount of different drill sizes influenced the cost of a board. the
acual size of your copper restring around the drill not so much.
so having the ability to input different values for the drill _can_ make
your board much more expensive.

That combined with a nice input interface for via types and start/end layer
in the design rules is what I am aiming for.
later the via properties dialog can display the dropdown for changing a via.
The dropdown in the design frame can be used to select a via type prior to
placing it.

Cheers,
Bastian

2017-08-31 9:39 GMT+02:00 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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