My design is basically a small prototype and the problems you describe don't sound too awful, so I'll probably test the blind and buried vias feature.
Should I use a more up-to-date version than "20080825c-final" ? (That's what is in Debian unstable.) Best regards, Boris Jean-Pierre Charras wrote: > > I am considering a design that would use blind and buried vias. > > However, KiCad > > rather scarily says it is experimental, and the changelog seems to > > suggest it > > cannot yet be used for production. Is it "known not to work" or > > "should work > > but untested"? > > Should work, but fully untested. > In fact i tested gerber and drill files but i never send such a board to > a board manufacturer. > > > Would the potential problems be obvious (detected by DRC, for > > instance) or > > might problems be silent? > > Problems can be a lack of command to edit a via. > (edit layers pairs of an existing via, automatic change of layer pairs > when creating a new track starting or ending on a via (or deleting > atrack) , merging 2 vias at the same coordinate ...) > But of an other hand we need a volunteer to test it.
