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[Rene Pöschl <poeschlr@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 17/04/18 13:28, jp charras wrote:
> Le 17/04/2018 à 13:15, Rene Pöschl a écrit :
> > If i understand it correctly, kicad 5 will offer a check for courtyard violations.
> >
> > Does this check come with requirements with regards to the courtyard layer?
> >
> > In particular: Does the polygon that describes the courtyard need to be closed? If not how much
> > tolerance is allowed?
> >
> > Are arcs and circles supported?
> The courtyard area must be a closed polygon.
>
> * The algo to build the courtyard from graphic items is the algo used to build the board outline
> (for instance for the 3D viewer).
>
> * arcs and circles supported (and converted to segments to build the polygon)
> * the tolerance is currently hardcoded to 0.01mm

Thanks for the fast reply.

In that case we will try to limit arcs and circles in the official lib 
as much as possible as they make it hard to get a closed polygon.