On 9/19/2017 9:53 AM, Simon Küppers wrote: > I agree with JP, however I see a chance for KiCad, where this feature > might work better than in other EDA packages. > I think the only way to get this feature to perform well is to use all > available processor cores. > Maybe it is enough to distribute all the zones to the processor cores. > However i do not know if the KiCad sources allow this kind of > multithreading.
Multi-threading inside context switching. That could be interesting! > > Best Regards > > > Am 2017-09-19 15:26, schrieb Jon Evans: >> Yes, I used Xpedition in a past life and one of my missions is to >> bring some of its cool features to KiCad :-) >> >> JP, I will do some tests on more complex boards and look in to >> possible solutions. >> I think this is quite a big challenge but want to take it on, because >> I think some of the underlying work needed will also be very useful >> for other things (like live DRC checking, autorouting, etc) >> >> -Jon >> >>> On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Clemens Koller <c...@embeon.de> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, Jon! >>>> >>>> Just for Reference: That's how Mentor Expedition is exposing >>>> dynamic plane generation: >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6TskayF1Oc [1] >>>> >>>> I would be glad to test these things in Kicad... >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Clemens >>>> >>>> On 2017-09-19 02:18, Jon Evans wrote: >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I've been wanting to take a look at live zone filling, as it's a >>>> really useful feature that some professional EDA tools have. If >>>> zones refill in real time as you move things around, it's easy to >>>> make sure you leave enough space for your fill to succeed. >>>>> >>>>> I made a quick patch to pcbnew showing this after an interactive >>>> trace move (see attached gif) >>>>> For this board and my computer, refilling is fast enough that >>>> this isn't a problem (I disabled the pop up window showing a >>>> progress bar for the "refill all zones" command). >>>>> >>>>> Can anyone point me to (or send me) some really complicated >>>> KiCad designs in terms of zone fills? Do people have designs that >>>> take a while to fill even on recent computers? >>>>> >>>>> If I proposed this as a patch, I'd make it an option (disabled >>>> by default) in case it slows down old computers, but I think if >>>> zone filling for moderately complex boards still takes a while >>>> even on fast modern computers, we should look at optimizing it so >>>> that we can achieve real-time filling on modern computers. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Jon >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers [2] >>>>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers [2] >>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp [3] >>>>> >> >> >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6TskayF1Oc >> [2] https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> [3] https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp