Thermal is abnormal on a square pin when using the SetThermal(selected,1) command, but correct when using the thermal tool. PCB version 20110918

[Robert Neal]

screnshot of abnormal thermal on left, normal on right for demonstration purposes

http://www.snakesandstuff.com/PCB_screen.png

[Chad Parker (parker-charles)]

This is a very old bug, but, if the OP is still around, could you possibly provide the pcb file that generated this issue, or a cropped version that demonstrates it?

[Robert Neal (snakesandstuff)]

I might still have the files on an old hard drive. It might be a little while but I will try to locate them and update here when I find them.

[Chad Parker (parker-charles)]

Any luck finding it? I'm working on thermals right now, and I'd like to fix this if it's still an issue.

[Robert Neal (snakesandstuff)]

Still searching some old hard drives. I should either have found it or exhausted my searching by this Friday

[Robert Neal (snakesandstuff)]

Private message sent with what I think might be the file...

[Robert Neal (snakesandstuff)]

Bump... Just seeing if the file was of any help, or if I might need to dig for something else?

[Chad Parker (parker-charles)]

I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, hopefully this weekend. I'll let
you know, for sure. Thanks!

On Fri, Mar 1, 2019, 18:39 Robert Neal <email address hidden> wrote:

> Bump... Just seeing if the file was of any help, or if I might need to
> dig for something else?
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> Title:
> Thermal is abnormal on a square pin when using the
> SetThermal(selected,1) command, but correct when using the thermal
> tool. PCB version 20110918
>
> Status in gEDA project:
> New
> Status in pcb:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> screnshot of abnormal thermal on left, normal on right for
> demonstration purposes
>
> http://www.snakesandstuff.com/PCB_screen.png
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[Robert Neal (snakesandstuff)]

For what it is worth: in the current version on windows (version 4.2.0 Compiled on Feb 13 2019 at 17:31:43, original bug was running on linux on a previous snapshot) the same thing happens on the pcb I sent you if I setThermal on that selected object with a value > 5 (which I know 0-5 are the valid options according to the documentation, but I thought I would add that in here since it is another way to make it exhibit the odd behavior, even though I admit in this new case the user input is out of bounds.

[Chad Parker (parker-charles)]

Got it. Yes, do see the odd behavior exhibited for thermals > 5. Such cases get routed to a "default" clause, which is clearly not working as it should. It looks like this affects all square pins, but rounds pins appear as expected.

Thanks for providing the file, it will be a big help as I try to track this down.

Cheers,
--Chad