Re: gEDA-user: FUNDING (was: Random thoughts on the future interface of PCB)
On 10 December 2010 00:09, Stephen Ecob silicon.on.inspirat...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:27 AM, asom...@gmail.com wrote: How about a Kickstarter project for the toporouter? Let Anthony make a proposal and put it on www.kickstarter.com, and then gEDA users can pledge donations. If it raises enough money by graduation (or whatever other deadline), then we all fund Anthony to work on it. If we don't raise enough, then nobody gets charged, the toporouter languishes, and Anthony has to get a real job like (some of) the rest of us. If we can raise enough for Anthony to get the toporouter working well (say to the point where it's working better than the existing autorouter for 2L and 4L boards), let's do it. Count me in for $4K. Anthony, how much funding would you need to get the toporouter working well ? A kickstarter project sounds like a great idea. I'd certainly contribute. As the funding only occurs if the goal is met, I'd personally recommend: 1) Giving plenty of time before the deadline 2) Considering bringing the target down from $4K, if that is possible. Pledges can still continue once the target is met. Justyn. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
gEDA-user: Polygon clearance around a hole
It doesn't seem to be possible to have polygon clearance around an unplated via (a via with the hole flag). As soon as the hole flag is enabled, any clearance between the edge of the hole and the polygon it is sitting in disappears. As a result, it's not possible to add mounting holes in a polygon without having any screws then connect to the polygon. Why is this? Is it just a current technical limitation or is it a specific feature? cheers, Justyn ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Polygon clearance around a hole
PCB version: 20060822 So this was a bug that's been fixed in the CVS version? cheers, Justyn On 22/02/07, DJ Delorie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It doesn't seem to be possible to have polygon clearance around an unplated via (a via with the hole flag). What version of pcb? It seems to work ok in cvs. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Polygon clearance around a hole
I have a related question: I can't seem to add polygon clearance to text either. Is this intentional? I want to add some (copper) text to an area covered by a polygon. cheers, Justyn On 22/02/07, Justyn Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great, thanks. On 22/02/07, DJ Delorie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PCB version: 20060822 So this was a bug that's been fixed in the CVS version? No, but the polygon code was completely rewritten since then. The new version seems to do the right thing. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
gEDA-user: Zoom without cursor redraw in gschem (make it like PCB?)
Hi, Does anyone know if there is a setting in gschem to prevent the cursor being redrawn to the middle of the screen upon zooming in or out? I'm sorry if this has been dealt with before, I googled to no avail. My problem is that I use synergy (synergy2.sourceforge.net), a program for sharing the mouse and keyboard between multiple machines. I happily move my cursor off the right side of my PC screen and it smoothly moves into my laptop screen from the left. My laptop is where I have gEDA tools installed, and I use the keyboard and mouse connected to my PC to work within it. But because synergy only knows an absolute position of the mouse on the client screen, after a zoom the mouse is redrawn in the centre of the screen by gschem, only to be pinged back to it's original position by synergy. I have used synergy for a long time, and this is the first app to have a problem with it! Another situation where gschem's zooming behaviour causes a problem is when using it with graphics tablet or tablet pc (drawing schematics and PCB layouts on a tablet pc is very nice!), because of course the cursor is controlled by a stylus and therefore can't be relocated to the centre of the screen. I'm guessing that this behaviour has been designed to allow the cursor to be moved over a particular point which can then be zoomed into by as much as required, zooming into and out from this point. However other programs (PCB for example) achieve this more elegantly without ripping the cursor up from it's current position. Any advice welcome. thanks, Justyn ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
