Re: gEDA-user: [pcb] overlapping pin/pad -- won't form thermal

[Dave N6NZ <n6nz@xxxxxxxx>]

So then the whole concept of getting an oblong through-hole pad by 
having a pad overlapping a pin is fundamentally broken?  There's a day 
of my life I'll never have back.

Pardon my French, but that is bogus.  It's not like oblong through-hole 
pads are a new idea or anything.  PCB needs first class support for 
oblong through-holes.

I see that the thermal flag is actually getting set on the pins.  It 
just doesn't render anything.  I presume that the clearance area around 
the pad is killing off the thermal.

I realize I can draw them in by hand by turning of "new traces clear 
polygons".  I guess for this design that's what I'll have to do, because 
  regenerating all my footprints, regenerating and re-validating the net 
list, and re-doing all the routing done so far is just too costly.

*grump*

I'm surprised John Luciani has never complained about this.

-dave

DJ Delorie wrote:
> pcb doesn't support thermals on pads.
> 
> 


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