Hmm, I am not sure this is desireable. There is also the cut out option associated with a zone object to do a similar thing. (Not implemented in GAL context menu yet)
2017-04-22 7:46 GMT+02:00 Joseph Chen <[email protected]>: > Attached is a trivial patch that puts a check mark on the check-box of "No > copper pour" when a new "Keepout Area Properties" dialog window is popped > up. > > The problem: > > With pcbnew, when a new keepout zone was created, the dialog window of > "Keepout Area Properties" popped up. This dialog window would leave with an > unchecked box of "No copper pour". A busy or a novice user would have > missed the opportunity to manually put an extra check-mark on one of some > busy options. As a result, the keepout zone would never be able to work to > keep the copper-pour out of the designated area, causing the user to > false-fully think pcbnew having a bug. > > As an user, this new change would have saved me from a week-long's grief > when I missed the check-box during creating a keeoput zone in my PCB layout. > The miss even caused me to file a bug report, which only was invalidated by > gurus after some efforts. > > This new patch has fixed the problem described above, has passes my unit > test running Ubuntu16.04. > > Thus I am submitting this patch. > > > --JC > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
