Enhancement: improved ground plane handling
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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pcb |
New
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I have a dual layer board, with 6 different actual
"layers" defined, 3 in each group. (solder_signal,
solder_
component_+)
When I draw a polygon in "solder-gnd", PCB obligingly:
(1) makes clearances around the other tracks in solder_gnd;
(2)ignores the solder_+ and solder_signal tracks
(1) Is very nice most of the time, eg for signals.
However, if we want a ground plane, pressing (<key>s)
gives the wrong behaviour. I want it to connect to
tracks,pads that are also of type solder_gnd; not (all
tracks,pads) nor (no tracks,pads).
Vias which do not connect to a track of type solder_gnd
should not be connected.
2)This is wrong. It should always avoid different
tracks on the same layer of the board!
Thanks
Richard (<email address hidden>)
P.S. Another thought - it would be really nice to be
able to change the colours used for the various layers
from within the GUI.
Changed in geda-project: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
These are effectively both feature requests. The "s" key
makes the polygon an old-style polygon for ancient backward
compatibility. It was never intended to automagically
connect to the tracks of your desires.
The sub-layers within groups have no connectivity
significance - they are all the same physical layer. Their
only purpose is for those that like to see color-coding
within a layer. In fact the use of groups should be
discouraged altogether.