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Re: 6.0 Zone filling differences

 

Jeff,

Users are going to expect chamfering if there is an option for it.  I
don't see how you are going to avoid adding chamfering to the spokes
unless we decide to do away with chamfering as an option.  I don't think
that's good idea because right angles on board geometry is generally
frowned upon.

Wayne

On 6/20/19 4:24 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
> Turns out there’s a slightly unintended side effect.
> 
> Before:
> 
> Note the two truncated thermal spokes to the surface-mount pads at the
> lower right.
> 
> After:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The bug is fixed, but not that the junctions between the spokes and the
> zone body are no longer chamfered.
> 
> I’d say the “after” is better in that respect too, but again it’s
> definitely different.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Cheers,
> Jeff.
> 
> 
>> On 20 Jun 2019, at 19:50, Reece Pollack <reece@xxxxxxx
>> <mailto:reece@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>> Memory is the second thing to go as one ages.
>>
>> I can't remember what the first one is.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From: *"Jeff Young" <jeff@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxx>>
>> *To: *"jp charras" <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>>
>> *Cc: *"KiCad Developers" <kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>> *Sent: *Thursday, June 20, 2019 2:46:58 PM
>> *Subject: *Re: [Kicad-developers] 6.0 Zone filling differences
>>
>> Wow.  That’s sobering.  I wrote the board outline clearance changes….
>>
>> Age sucks.
>>
>>
>>     On 20 Jun 2019, at 19:04, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx
>>     <mailto:jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>     Le 20/06/2019 à 19:24, Jeff Young a écrit :
>>
>>         I believe we now have a warning, but I can’t remember what
>>         change it was for.  I thought it was for the outline changes,
>>         but from what I can find on the mailing list archive it looks
>>         like we were satisfied that one wouldn’t change anything.
>>
>>         So remind me what the warning is for?
>>
>>
>>     AFAIK, it is for board outline clearance change (taking in accounf or
>>     not the edge cut graphic items thickness, if I correctly remember).
>>     Zone outline changes (only activated if the kicad_advanced
>>     "ForceThickZones=0" option enables it), do not need any warning.
>>
>>
>>         The reason behind this request is that I have a new fill
>>         algorithm which fixes a long-standing bug regarding one pad’s
>>         thermal ring knocking out another pad’s thermal spoke.  It
>>         also allows thermal spokes on custom pad shapes (and would
>>         allow us to support custom number of spokes if we wished).
>>
>>         While this should only change zone fills which would have been
>>         considered errors in the past, it nevertheless changes them.
>>          What’s the prescription for that?
>>
>>         Cheers,
>>         Jeff.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     -- 
>>     Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
>>
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