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Re: Pcbnew file format

 

Bug fix.  Many of our customers consider the edge cuts having width to be a bug.

I suppose we could put a clearance property on a segment….

> On 4 Jul 2019, at 00:05, Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I hadn't in a while.  I just did.
> 
> That's problematic for me.  Is it required for some other feature?
> 
> -S
> 
> 
> On 2019-07-03 18:36, Jeff Young wrote:
>> Hi Seth,
>> Have you tried opening one of these boards? ;)
>> (There’s code in there that sets the edge clearance to 1/2 the edge
>> thickness if they’re consistent, and puts up a warning if they’re not
>> consistent.)
>> Cheers,
>> Jeff.
>>> On 3 Jul 2019, at 22:47, Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Thanks Jeff!
>>> One remaining concern is that a global edge clearance setting removes the ability to choose the clearance based on the edge.  Usually I'll have different widths to account for whether the edge is routed, a v-score or mouse-bite disconnect.  I don't usually have multiple on one design but every now and again, I need a close-packed board and want to have larger clearance only where the mousebite is.
>>> Can we keep that with DRC also?  It kind of fits with the additional rules (minimum hole to edge, minimum component to edge, etc) and the logical evaluation system would still allow us to keep the variable clearance feature.
>>> Best-
>>> Seth
>>> On 2019-07-03 17:21, Jeff Young wrote:
>>>> Here’s one with a (defaults…) section and no DRC settings:
>>>> https://git.launchpad.net/~jeyjey/kicad/commit/?id=fa24a991830610dcba84f97f0e5c58be2754ef4e
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Jeff.
>>>>> On 3 Jul 2019, at 19:46, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> We should definitely coordinate this work.  I thought Jon's drc work
>>>>> saves the drc settings in a separate drc file for portability
>>>>> between
>>>>> projects.  If that is the case, we should avoid adding new drc
>>>>> settings
>>>>> to the board file.
>>>>> On 7/3/2019 1:46 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
>>>>> Hi Jeff-
>>>>> Can we split out the DRC things?  I'm pretty sure that these are
>>>>> included in Jon's DRC rework, so it would be nice to avoid a
>>>>> temporary
>>>>> file format that we supersede shortly.
>>>>> -S
>>>>> On 2019-07-03 06:23, Jeff Young wrote:
>>>>> Please see
>>>> https://git.launchpad.net/~jeyjey/kicad/commit/?id=a2c2d9f5d9b37576ec72cd0d4c64652cfddeb8df
>>>>> for board file changes for:
>>>>> 1) min-hole-to-hole distance
>>>>> 2) courtyard DRC flags (require courtyards and prohibit overlapping
>>>>> courtyards)
>>>>> 3) default layer line widths and text dimensions
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Jeff.
>>>>> On 2 Jul 2019, at 16:58, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On 7/2/2019 11:11 AM, jp charras wrote:
>>>>> Le 02/07/2019 à 16:55, Jeff Young a écrit :
>>>>> I was testing 5.1 and noticed that it can no longer open 6.0 files.
>>>>> Was this accidental, or have we now diverged?
>>>>> (I ask only because I have a bunch of fixes waiting for file format
>>>>> changes which I could go ahead and make if we have officially
>>>>> diverged.)
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Jeff.
>>>>> There is at least a change: "max_error" param in "setup" section.
>>>>> I have myself some other changes waiting in file format to support
>>>>> zones
>>>>> filled without outline thickness, and a support for board stackup
>>>>> info
>>>>> (for manufacturing purposes)
>>>>> Since the board file format in the master branch is no longer
>>>>> compatible
>>>>> with the 5.1 branch, I don't see any issues with pushing file format
>>>>> changes.  I only ask that before you push commits that affect the
>>>>> file
>>>>> format, please post your changes so we can take a look at them so we
>>>>> can
>>>>> review the file format changes before we merge them.  Please be sure
>>>>> to
>>>>> keep the file version up to date correctly as you push your
>>>>> individual
>>>>> changes to prevent any user issues.
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Wayne
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