| ID: | 839 |
| From: | Wojciech Krutnik <wo...@gmail.com> |
| Date: | Thu, 17 Aug 2017 19:48:30 +0200 |
| Subject: | [pcb-rnd] Setting zero clearance value to an arc/line is now allowed |
Hello,
before, a line or an arc could be connected to a polygon* only by
resetting its CLEARLINE flag (which was commonly toggled by 'j' key).
Now it's also possible to connect a line/arc by setting its clearance to 0.
The ChangeClearSize action was changed, so that instead of rejecting any
clearance size below DRC setting, the behavior is similar to changing
clearance of a pin/pad (ie. by decreasing the clearance with 'shift-k',
when it crosses DRC threshold, it eventually becomes 0; by increasing
the clearance with 'k', when it's already 0, it eventually takes the DRC
setting size).
The route styles dialog in gtk hid also now allows setting the clearance
parameter to 0. This feature has one big advantage - it's now possible
to define route styles, which have property of being automatically
connected to polygons ('New lines/arcs clear polygons' setting is still
available simultaneously).
Regards
Wojciech
* this onlyapplies to polygons with CLEARPOLY flag; in the other case,
the polygon is always connected to everything inside its shape.
Bonus1: Implementing this feature automatically resolved a bug, which
didn't allow setting arc's StartAngle to 0 (DeltaAngle still cannot be
set to negative).
Bonus2: There is a feature I didn't know about (so you may too), that by
setting the mask size of a pin/pad using delta 0 value (+/-0), the mask
size takes the same size as the pin/pad.
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