Hi all, > -----Original Message----- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Link > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:50 PM > To: gEDA user mailing list > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: next PCB release - 1.99za vs 4.0 > > On 07/09/10 18:01, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > >> Shall we / I push this? I think it looks good overall. > > > > I desparately need to push out a release to get the LF work > > "published" in order to close it out. Maybe I'll do a > 1.99za release > > just to accomplish those goals, then we can cram in all the new > > functionality we can for the 4.0 release. Let's focus on > critical bug > > fixes for a few days and get that out, then talk about what "4.0" > > means. > > > > > > My 4.0 short list is: > > > > * More route styles. Four is *way* too few for me. > > > > * Real layer types. Silks, keepouts, docs at least. Maybe > anti-draw > > or paste. > > > > * Some GUI cleanups. Lesstif could use an optional > sidebar, for example. > > > > My longer list includes: > > > > * Other GUI cleanups. Gtk upgraded to "best practices". > Importer config. > > > > * "New layout" templates and wizards. (instead of defaulting to 4x4 > > 8-layer) > > > > * import/wizard plugins (as well as exports) > > > > * DRC cleanups/rewrite > > > > * CAM engine? (i.e. ability to say "draw outline on top > soldermask" > > via script/config) > > > > * Ability to layer exporters (i.e. thindraw as a HID) > > > > * New file format we've been discussing. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > geda-user mailing list > > geda-user@moria.seul.org > > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > > Some things I regard as quite important: > > * Variable-angle arcs. 90 degrees is extremely limiting. > gschem does this right. > > * Filled circles, sans kludge. :) > > * Having all shapes that are supported for traces supported > for footprint copper (arcs, polygons, circles, etcetera). > > * Unification of shortcuts in gschem and PCB, or at least an > easy option for PCB to mimic gschem's shortcuts. > > * Better support for free-rotated components: assert that > pads at funky angles are rendered correctly, fix autorouter > for components at weird angles (the latest git version has a > tendency to either ignore the route command or to segfault, > depending on the specifics), add rotation to the ctrl-R > report, etcetera. > > * Ability to copy a footprint's name from the library > dialogue (so it can be pasted into gschem's attribute list). > > * Ability to edit netlist in-situ (possibly by drawing on the > rat lines > layer) - e.g, when you want to add a heatsink soldered to > ground, it will always show up as shorted until the netlist > is edited to incorporate it. > > * Last but not least, blind and buried vias. It's big, > reasonably important, and has been on people's wish lists for years. > > > And the category "nice to have but mostly unnecessary": > > * Trace impedance calculator, with automatic adjustment > capability (fill > in thickness, stray capacitance and desired impedance, and > the width is > adjusted to satisfy the conditions). > > * Integrated footprint lookup and fetch from gedasymbols.org. > > > Might be a bit much and a bit difficult, but at least for me, > it would > promote PCB from "very good" to "absolutely awesome". ;) > >
I got one feature request to add: pad corners with a radius smaller than (0.5 * trace_width). And a question: is someone keeping a list of these feature requests on the gEDA dev wiki page ? http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:todos Kind regards, Bert Timmerman _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user