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Re: gEDA-user: trace calculation



On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 02:17:36PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > is that it is enough to just miter the corners of a 90degree bend,
> > or (better) use two 45 degree bends to transition between a 90
> > degree bend for all but the very highest frequencies.
> 
> Would it be useful to add an optimization that puts rounded corners on
> 90s instead of miters?  We already have the 45/45 automiter in the
> connections menu; adding a quarter-round option might not be that
> difficult.  We could certainly do one small enough to fit within the

Yeah, the boards would look cool then :)

CL<

> DRC parameters (i.e. if trace/space are 10, a 20 mil radius curve is
> almost always OK).