Re: [Kicad-developers] Netclass and clearance

2017-07-27 Thread hauptmech
I think the following is part of the assumptions of everyone ideas so far, but I just want to state it explicitly as it's a really fundamental assumption for me. The purpose of pcbnew is to generate manufacturing data for pcb manufacture. Users should be limited only by their imagination

Re: [Kicad-developers] Netclass and clearance

2017-07-27 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 7/27/2017 8:47 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote: > On 27.07.2017 14:33, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> On 7/26/2017 4:30 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote: >>> On 26.07.2017 22:01, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 7/26/2017 9:47 AM, hauptmech wrote: > This is a nice concept. A more generic constraint system.

Re: [Kicad-developers] Netclass and clearance

2017-07-27 Thread Tomasz Wlostowski
On 27.07.2017 14:33, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 7/26/2017 4:30 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote: >> On 26.07.2017 22:01, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >>> On 7/26/2017 9:47 AM, hauptmech wrote: This is a nice concept. A more generic constraint system. What I'll be doing and was asking if there

Re: [Kicad-developers] Netclass and clearance

2017-07-26 Thread Tomasz Wlostowski
On 26.07.2017 22:01, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 7/26/2017 9:47 AM, hauptmech wrote: >> This is a nice concept. A more generic constraint system. >> >> What I'll be doing and was asking if there was others needing, is the >> pre-net-class approach of a single clearance that is easily adjusted >>

Re: [Kicad-developers] Netclass and clearance

2017-07-26 Thread Marcos Chaparro
A couple of examples of extra clearance options requested https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1510742 And the following one really bugs me for high power igbt drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/983230 This board would benefit from this.

Re: [Kicad-developers] Netclass and clearance

2017-07-26 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 7/26/2017 9:47 AM, hauptmech wrote: > This is a nice concept. A more generic constraint system. > > What I'll be doing and was asking if there was others needing, is the > pre-net-class approach of a single clearance that is easily adjusted > while laying tracks. What you want is a change to

Re: [Kicad-developers] Netclass and clearance

2017-07-26 Thread hauptmech
This is a nice concept. A more generic constraint system. What I'll be doing and was asking if there was others needing, is the pre-net-class approach of a single clearance that is easily adjusted while laying tracks. I think this used to be there. Having it would not affect netclass

Re: [Kicad-developers] Netclass and clearance

2017-07-26 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
I would not be opposed to adding more complex constraints to net classes but I would ask that the DRC changes to test any new constraints be added at the same time. Users (myself included) will expect the DRC to validate these constraints. On 7/26/2017 9:17 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote: > Hi

Re: [Kicad-developers] Netclass and clearance

2017-07-26 Thread Maciej Sumiński
Hi hauptmech, I am sure there are many users who would benefit from the suggested DRC improvements, so I would say it is an interesting idea. There is a plan to upgrade it, but I am afraid you will have you board finished before this happens. It is not entirely clear to me what do you propose.

[Kicad-developers] Netclass and clearance

2017-07-26 Thread hauptmech
I have nets that have different clearance requirements depending on where they are. There are two situations that are in my designs: 1) Technical/Manufacturing limitations: Trace and space limitations depend on layer copper thickness and whether it's an inner layer or outer layer. For