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[Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi JP-

This looks like a good addition.  I'm happy to see it being developed.

A few notes:
- "dielectric_constrains" maybe could be "dielectric_constraints"
- It would be nice to see this replace the "Layers" panel in Board 
setup.  We also set pcb thickness there as well as have our add/remove 
layer feature, which would be nice to integrate with your dialog.
- Units (mm/mil/in) would be good to have in the header instead of in 
the text box
- If you decide to move this to the Board setup, the options like 
"Impedance control, plated edges, etc" could fit in a separate panel 
giving more room for the primary table.
- I'd love it if the rows had alternating background colors that coded 
for the type of material all the way across.  That would make viewing 
much easier.

Overall, I really like where this is headed. It will make some of the 
2581-work much easier, thank you!

Best-
Seth


On 2019-08-10 07:18, jp charras wrote:
> Since a long time, I started (slowly...) a layer stack manager.
> The purpose is to allow users to define (for board fabrication) some
> important parameters like:
> - tech, copper and dielectric thickness
> - color of some tech layers
> - dielectric material
> - board constraints.
>
> All of these parameters are in the .gbrjob file generated when plotting
> gbr files.
> Note also these parameters are not used in the board editor, only used
> to fabricate the board.
>
> the dialog is available from the "Tools" menu.
>
> The ultimate purpose is to have something like a CAM tool to manage 
> info
> about the board fabrication and to create files needed to fabricate the
> board all in once.
> This is mandatory to ensure all files (gbr files, gbrjob files,
> placement files and some others) are created at the same time, and use
> the same settings.
> The first step is this layer Stack Manager.
>
> Please test and comment.
> Note also the dialog is not very good, but it is good enough (i hope) 
> to
> test the feature.
> The main result of these settings is in the .gbrjob file.
> Thanks.
>
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