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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Essentially pad to copper (which is where the original suggestion came from).

Specifically pad to zone, pad to pad, pad to track, pad to via, and pad to text on copper layer.


> On 23 May 2018, at 17:58, Clemens Koller <cko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 2018-05-23 14:25, Jeff Young wrote:
>> I think "Pad clearance" is even better.
> 
> Hmm... I think it's still not precise enough. Pad-to-what-clearance?
> 
> Pad to Pad, Pad to Solder Mask, Pad to Board Outline, ...?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Clemens
> 
>> 
>>> On 23 May 2018, at 13:03, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 5/23/2018 5:36 AM, Jeff Young wrote:
>>>> I’ve always found the name “Net pad clearance” odd in the pad properties dialog.
>>>> 
>>>> I’m proposing to change it to “Copper clearance” to better match “Solder mask clearance” and “Solder paste clearance”.
>>> 
>>> Perhaps "Pad clearance" would work as well.  Copper doesn't always imply
>>> a pad but given that this is the pad properties dialog, I guess you
>>> could assume copper implied the pad itself.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> (As a side note I’m also changing “Thermal relief width” to “Thermal relief spoke width”, but I assume that’s non-controversial.)
>>> 
>>> This makes sense to me.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Jeff.
>>>> 
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