Re: gEDA-user: Polygon and track spacing
DJ Delorie wrote: I'll keep that in mind as I work. Maybe I'll come across some good illustrations. Note that I meant "pop-up help within pcb" - we already use *.pcb files for many getting started guide and pcb manual illustrations. Imagine having PCB pop up a hint window which itself is a board layout, which demonstrates what you're trying to do - with text annotations etc. Thus, when you pop-up a help window, you can zoom, pan, do reports, *try* the hints, cut-n-paste, etc. Yes, I got that and think it's good. I'll keep it in mind. John The editing or viewing more than one at a time has other uses -- multiple views on a large board. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Polygon and track spacing
> DJ Delorie wrote: > > Bizzare thought - our online documentation should be done as a series > > of PCB files that illustrate the operations. We already know how to > > render those - just pop up the relevent ones in a new window :-) > > And it is very compact data -- low load on the distribution. > > I'll keep that in mind as I work. Maybe I'll come across some good > illustrations. Note that I meant "pop-up help within pcb" - we already use *.pcb files for many getting started guide and pcb manual illustrations. Imagine having PCB pop up a hint window which itself is a board layout, which demonstrates what you're trying to do - with text annotations etc. Thus, when you pop-up a help window, you can zoom, pan, do reports, *try* the hints, cut-n-paste, etc. Of course, it means supporting more than one layout at a time. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Polygon and track spacing
DJ Delorie wrote: Bizzare thought - our online documentation should be done as a series of PCB files that illustrate the operations. We already know how to render those - just pop up the relevent ones in a new window :-) And it is very compact data -- low load on the distribution. I'll keep that in mind as I work. Maybe I'll come across some good illustrations. John ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Polygon and track spacing
Hi, > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of DJ Delorie > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 9:29 PM > To: gEDA user mailing list > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Polygon and track spacing > > > > I added this to the wiki > > > http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#how_do_i_change_polygon_cleara > > nce > > I added the FAQ as a pop-up in PCB too :-) > > Perhaps we should get into the habit of putting these things > in PCB, not just the wiki? Start popping up help pages > instead of one-liners? > > Bizzare thought - our online documentation should be done as > a series of PCB files that illustrate the operations. We > already know how to render those - just pop up the relevent > ones in a new window :-) > I have still have "Clippy" ringing in my ears from some other mail thread the other day ;-) If you need artwork to go along with the dialog we can have a contest for the most pcb-like "assistant". Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Polygon and track spacing
> I added this to the wiki > http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#how_do_i_change_polygon_clearance I added the FAQ as a pop-up in PCB too :-) Perhaps we should get into the habit of putting these things in PCB, not just the wiki? Start popping up help pages instead of one-liners? Bizzare thought - our online documentation should be done as a series of PCB files that illustrate the operations. We already know how to render those - just pop up the relevent ones in a new window :-) ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Polygon and track spacing
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:05:24 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > You can "select all" then :MinClearGap(Selected,=10,mil) if you want. I added this to the wiki http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#how_do_i_change_polygon_clearance ---<)kaimartin(>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak tel: +49-511-762-2895 Universität Hannover, Inst. für Quantenoptik fax: +49-511-762-2211 Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover http://www.iqo.uni-hannover.de GPG key:http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=Knaak+kmk&op=get ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Polygon and track spacing
Are you pressing 'k' over the tracks, or the polygon? 'k' affects whatever it's over, and polygon's don't have their own clearances. You can "select all" then :MinClearGap(Selected,=10,mil) if you want. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
gEDA-user: Polygon and track spacing
Hello all, I am still relatively new to pcb (switching from Eagle). I am designing a board and need a ground pour. Everything works great out of the box, but I can't find what parameter increase spacing between tracks/pads and polygon? I have tried pressing 'k' but nothing happens. Do I need to do some kind of "redraw"? Also my clearance parameter is 10 now, and I can't further increase it in preferences menu. Is 10 a maximum? Thanks! <> ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
