Re: gEDA-user: overlapping via changes

[Stefan Salewski <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 00:40 +0100, kai-martin knaak wrote:
> Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> 
> > Thanks. I'll put this to the wiki.
> >
> 
> http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips?&#i_want_to_draw_two_vias_very_close_to_each_other_but_pcb_won_t_let_me 
> 
> ---<)kaimartin(>--

Wiki writes:

I want to draw two vias very close to each other, but PCB won't let me!
Unfortunately, older versions of PCB not only prevent you from pacing
overlapping vias but dropp them on load. In december 2010 this overly
cautions behavior was fixed. If you really need overlapping vias, you
have to install a version of pcb younger than that.

The 2011 version of PCB still won't allow you to place vias so close
that their holes overlap. However, it won't complain if you mangaged to
work-around this restriction. E.g. place tiny vias and increase their
size afterwards.

One may write:
PCB versions before xxx prevent you from placing overlapping vias and
drop them on load.  Since December 2010 overlapping of annular ring is
allowed, but overlapping holes are still restricted. If you really want
overlapping wholes, you can place small vias close together and then
increase the diameter.

Kai Martin, you your English is much better than mine, but please try to
be not to verbose. And watch for typos, "dropp" and "pacing". 



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