| ID: | 4199 |
| From: | ge...@igor2.repo.hu |
| Date: | Sun, 21 Jun 2020 08:01:50 +0200 (CEST) |
| Subject: | Re: [pcb-rnd] rf filter test data |
| in-reply-to: | 4198 from Erich Heinzle <a1...@gmail.com> |
This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-856905257-1592719310=:4064 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sun, 21 Jun 2020, Erich Heinzle wrote: >Yeah, kicad only just got the ability to freely place vias in v5! >You should see some if the hoops they were jumping through for stitching in >the past. > >Some of the trace length stuff being in done in pcb-rnd currently might >allow for some simple via fencing scripts. Note: we already have a line-of-vias extended objects for a long time, which makes it easy to draw via fencing. It's jsut the approach that differs: the video presents a "windowsy" approach, where you have a special feature crafted for one specific use case: to fence a track with vias from both sides. It's very nice when you need exactly this, but you can't really use it for anything else. In the same time, pcb-rnd walks the "UNIXy" way: provide building blocks that you can combine. In this specific case, the line-of-vias can be used for a lot of random things, from which one is fencing a track. It's a few more clicks for this specific case, obviously. But constructing something from building blocks is always a bit more work than just clicking on a turn-key solution. It pays back when you need to construct something your software doesn't alreayd offer a turn-key solution for. And pays back when we don't need to add 15000 icons for 15000 turn-key solutions of very narrow, sepcial cases but can solve them all with 10 generic tools you can combine in unexpected ways. Regards, Igor2 --0-856905257-1592719310=:4064--
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