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[Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 2019-01-01 16:18, schrieb Jean-Paul Louis:
> Seith,
> Let me strongly disagree with you. When you have a board with over
> 3000 SMT parts, rounded courtyards would be a disaster.

Which part are you disagreeing with?  Rene asked a technical question as 
to whether there was a difference in calculating the courtyard overlaps. 
 There is but the difference is small.  Even with 3000 SMT parts.

> I have build a lot of board with over 4000 parts, and that is not
> unreasonable in the professional world, So if you want to limit the
> use of Kicad to hobbyist, it is fine as complex shape courtyards is
> just a gimmick and has ZERO value in term of manufacturing
> engineering.

Possibly.  But it is a different question from whether KiCad can support 
the behavior.

-S