Feature request: Add "skip overlapping" to "Create array" (for e.g. via stitching)
Bug #1754001 reported by
Matthijs Kooijman
This bug affects 2 people
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Bug Description
Currently, the "Create array" dialog creates an array of elements, even if that would result in overlapping footprints or other DRC errors. For creating a grid of stitching via's, it would be useful if any elements that would overlap with existing tracks, footprints, etc. would simply be skipped.
I'm not sure what the best definition of "overlapping" would be. At minimum, it should involve clearance, but a more generic definition might be "if it would generate a DRC error". Perhaps different kinds of overlap would suit different usecases.
Adding this option would implement a basic version of https:/
| description: | updated |
| Changed in kicad: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Critical |
| importance: | Critical → Wishlist |
| status: | New → Triaged |
Revision history for this message
| KiCad Janitor (kicad-janitor) wrote | #1 |
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| status: | Triaged → Expired |
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| importance: | Wishlist → Unknown |
| status: | Expired → Fix Released |
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