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Re: Odd board

 

I tested on Ubuntu and Windows 10 using 5.0rc2 and don't see the problem,
so I guess it has been fixed somewhere along the way.

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 8:12 PM, Michael McCormack <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> OK, here is the boar file, if you need anything else, please let me know.
>
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 6:09 PM, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Looks like a different bug (2.9mm drill is smaller than 3.2mm pad).
>>
>> I can’t reproduce it on 5.0rc2 Mac.  Not sure if that’s because it’s
>> fixed in 5.0, or it only shows up on Windows, or it’s something specific to
>> Michael’s setup.
>>
>>
>> On 16 Apr 2018, at 22:44, Michael McCormack <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> This is the module snipped from the board file:
>>
>>   (module Ori:MountingHole_3.2mm_M3_ISO14580 (layer F.Cu) (tedit
>> 59C8FBCE) (tstamp 5AC4E91C)
>>     (at 138.25 141.050001)
>>     (descr "Mounting Hole 3.2mm, no annular, M3, ISO14580")
>>     (tags "mounting hole 3.2mm no annular m3 iso14580")
>>     (path /583B5C0A)
>>     (fp_text reference M1 (at 0 -3.75) (layer F.SilkS) hide
>>       (effects (font (size 1 1) (thickness 0.15)))
>>     )
>>     (fp_text value "M3_Mounting Hole" (at 0 3.75) (layer F.Fab)
>>       (effects (font (size 1 1) (thickness 0.15)))
>>     )
>>     (fp_circle (center 0 0) (end 2.75 0) (layer Cmts.User) (width 0.15))
>>     (fp_circle (center 0 0) (end 3 0) (layer F.CrtYd) (width 0.05))
>>     (pad "" np_thru_hole circle (at 0 0) (size 3.2 3.2) (drill 2.9)
>> (layers *.Cu *.Mask)
>>       (clearance 2))
>>   )
>>
>> I am using 4.0.7 under Windows 10, if you decode this is the known bug I
>> sincerely apologize for having wasted your time.  I did not see a bug that
>> I thought was the same thing.  If not, I will mail it to any and all of you
>> to look at.  I won't obfuscate, I'd be afraid to disturb the problem.  I
>> see no real problem sharing the board with Kicad developers but can also
>> understand why my employer is not keen to have our boards posted on the
>> internet.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 5:13 PM, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> That sounds like a bug (if there is invalid data like that, we should
>>> deal with it in a better way)
>>> It sounds like it might be easy to make a trivial test case to attach to
>>> a bug report without using your employer's board as-is
>>> (maybe by removing everything manually from the kicad_pcb file except
>>> for the hole in question and the board outline?)
>>>
>>> I can't take a look at this right this moment, but I could in the next
>>> few days if no one else jumps on it first.
>>>
>>> -Jon
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 4:35 PM, Michael McCormack <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This might not be quite the right place to post this, but, I've found
>>>> something that is a slightly problematic with Kicad and board file.  I have
>>>> a PCB that has a NPH hole located off the board, I can't see it or select
>>>> it inside PCBNew, however, it gets a hole in the gerbers and I can find it
>>>> in the kicad_pcb file if I open the file with a text editor.
>>>>
>>>> As it is my employer's board, I can't see them being OK with me
>>>> creating a bug report and posting the board file for just anyone to see;
>>>> but, as I have used Kicad myself probably a decade I'd send it to someone
>>>> to evaluate if it would help the project.
>>>>
>>>> Is anyone interested?
>>>>
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>>
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