Re: gEDA-user: ratsnest and auto DRC also a bit about poly features was www.66each.com

[Harry Eaton <haceaton@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Ben Jackson <ben@xxxxxxx> wrote:


> ... I would like the ratsnesting to
> work in a sane
> fashion and I'd like auto DRC to let me actually
> draw traces to pads in
> the same net...
> 

Please explain what is not sane about the rats nest.
The auto DRC prevents making connections that alter
the network so it will stop you from connecting nets
that aren't already connected (with a rat line).

pcb doesn't work like a lot of tools and it is
intended to be that way. Many people use it without
ever creating a netlist for example.  It will let you
draw arbitrary copper whever you like. It does not
"mode you in" nearly as much as most commercial
offerings. It doesn't absolutely require a high end
computer to be useful - some people use it
successfully on 10 year old computers.

These things have their disadvantages as well as their
advantages. I'd like to see the feature set have the
best of both worlds. I like the idea of having a
command to assign a polygon to a net for example (
automagically setting thermals, joins and clearances
of objects within it), but I don't want it to be
*required* in order to place a polygon.


 
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