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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ahh, now I understand where I wasn’t clear.  Yes, Seth is correct: I’m trying to allow them to have the same value, not to be the same property.

> On 8 Jul 2019, at 20:04, Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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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