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[Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Wayne-

I don't think Jeff is suggesting that the parameters be combined, just 
that we should allow the spokes to be the same width as the minimum 
width.

Jeff, is that correct?

-Seth

On 2019-07-08 09:40, Jeff Young wrote:
> We enforce minimum width by deflating the zone by 1/2-min-width,
> simplifying the polygons, and then re-inflating by the same amount.
> If the spokes are the same width as the minimum, they will disappear.
>
> > On 8 Jul 2019, at 13:57, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Isn't the thermal spoke width a different setting than the minimum
> > width?  I'm under the impression that these two zone properties 
> > control
> > completely different aspects of the zone fill and have no impact on 
> > the
> > other.
> >
> > On 7/7/2019 5:01 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> > > We've done this a few times already with zones.  As long as the 
> > > existing
> > > fills don't change, we've left the property.  Refilling is expected 
> > > to
> > > change, I think.
> > >
> > > I'd be in favor of allowing min width to mean min width.
> > >
> > > -Seth
> > >
> > > On 2019-07-07 16:08, Jeff Young wrote:
> > > > We have a zone property “Minimum Width”.  Unfortunately, it isn’t.
> > > > It’s the width we’ll collapse (so minimum width would be 1nm more).
> > > >
> > > > I’d be inclined to fix this (primarily so that thermal spokes and
> > > > minimum width could be the same), but then we have the old “will
> > > > change old boards” issue.
> > > >
> > > > We could also try and change the property name, but I can’t think of 
> > > > a
> > > > concise way to express “remove features this width and less”.
> > > >
> > > > Thoughts?
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Jeff.
> > > >
> > > > Ref: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1835674
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