Am Montag, den 27.10.2008, 18:17 +0000 schrieb Kai-Martin Knaak: > On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:47:32 +0200, Duncan Drennan wrote: > > >> How do I best divide a copper area (physically) into subsections with > >> complicated shape/outline. > > > > Is there a good way to do this with PCB? > > If you want to partially divide a polygon: > > * Draw lines on copper with zero thickness but finite clearance. > >
Does this really result in legal Gerber files -- would be not so nice if a few manufacturers can not handle it. > If you want to completely dissect a polygon: > > * Divide the polygon with thin tracks. Parts will render invisible. > > * Let the mouse hover over the visible part of the polygon. Use the > command MorphPolygon(Object) to make each snippet a polygon on its > own. > Alternatively you can select the polygon and apply the variant > MorphPolygon(Selected) Thanks -- this was what I was missing. I think I read about MorphPolygon() on this list, but I did not know how to use it correctly. Best regards, Stefan Salewski _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user