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[Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nice work!  It may just be experimental, but it seems pretty close to a
feature for 6.0 to me :-)
I gave it a try on various boards I have worked on recently and it seems to
work as advertised and is not noticeably slower than a solid fill on my
computer.

Assuming we work out any issues related to this, I thought of two features
we might want to add after this:
1) Allow 45-degree grids instead of just 90
2) Add a DRC check for stitching vias that would have connected to a solid
fill but are off-grid and thus disconnected in grid fill?

-Jon

On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 4:10 AM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I wrote a purely experimental option to fill zones (copper and not copper)
> with a grid patter.
> It is only an experimental feature made mainly to know what issues can be
> created by this feature.
>
> The main issue is the fact polygons have much more corners, thus creating
> a longer calculation time.
> (However, grid pattern is expected to be used in specific cases)
>
> It should be compatible with the current DRC.
>
> Regards
>
> --
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
>
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