Re: gEDA-user: Tearoffs on popup menu in pcb?

[Peter Clifton]

On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 02:28 +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:

> The list of tools reminds me of the pecularity of the main tool 
> button area. Its 3x4-1 placement is quite un-ergonomic. The group
> of tools does not lend itself to any natural order. When an item is
> added, many buttons change position. What was on the bottom right 
> might end up in the bottom left, etc. We had this recently, when 
> the hole tool was added. This caused me to do quite a number of 
> mis-clicks.

Have you ever tried the mode "Preferences"->"Alternate window layout to
allow smaller vertical size"?

That mode moves the tool buttons underneath the menu-bar in a row,
perhaps that is closer to what you were looking for. I just happened to
commit a fix to the theming of that area, and vaguely recalled someone
(might have been you?) asking about having the tool buttons on a
tool-bar.

One of the better(?) hidden features in PCB ;)

-- 
Peter Clifton

Electrical Engineering Division,
Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
9, JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge
CB3 0FA

Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!)
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Re: gEDA-user: How to find which specific part of a PCB is shorted?

[Bert Timmerman]

Hi Thomas, 

> -Original Message-
> From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org 
> [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Oldbury
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 3:17 PM
> To: gEDA user mailing list
> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: How to find which specific part of a 
> PCB is shorted?
> 
> When I delete the shorted objects (a microSD card connector, 
> and a 3 pin
> header) the short location moves!!
> 
> I can't see a short anywhere on this board. I've searched the 
> PCB file for shorted thermals, no luck.
> 
> Is there a patch which improves the functionality and 
> actually locates the position of this short, or do I have to 
> rip up large areas of my board until I get to it?
> 

Just my EUR 0.02

I was bitten once by a short because of a wrong layer stack up in pcb.

You could check whether an inside layer is on the same side as "[solder,
component] side" by accident.

See pull down menu: File --> Preferences ... --> Layers --> Groups

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.



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