Re: gEDA-user: ground planes and thermals

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> nope.  nothing with both of those flags.  you know what though?  i
> think it is just because i have some alignment holes for some jacks
> i have that are unplated holes with no pad.

The warning is to make sure you don't accidentally short your power
plane to a metal mounting screw or something.  Making it a plated hole
will ensure that sufficient clearance is added to prevent that.

> another question i just came up with though is, is there a way to
> make the lines have sharp square edges instead of rounded ones?

Sorry, no.  The gerber driver, for example, will always select a round
flash to draw lines with, giving you round ends.

That also avoids the problems of what type of corner miters to use
when lines meet at an angle, which flash to use for non-orthogonal
lines, etc, and also makes DRC easier.