On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 02:57:31PM -0400, Windell H. Oskay wrote: > > > > I like "canvas" - it's a more popular idiom than cel. > > Indeed it is. > > My concern about "canvas" is that it does not convey a relationship to our > physical layers. In some cases it would be reasonable to expect a "canvas" > to refer a full layer or even to a stack of layers. IMHO, it would be > beneficial if the term chosen connotates "sublayer" rather than layer or > stack of layers. > > Another couple of suggestions: > > - Sublayer > It's straightforward >
There are some cases where it doesn't quite make sense - you could have a sublayer mapped to two layers, for example. Plus it sounds too close to "layer" and might be confusing in conversation. > - Sheet > A common metaphor in engineering-- it would make sense if there were > multiple sheets to specify the details of each physical layer. > Anti-copper sheet, digital keep-out sheet, anti-mask sheet, etc. This > name would lend itself naturally to printed documentation for a project. > I really like this. Andrew _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user