Re: gEDA-user: Thindraw and the HID interface... [WAS: Re: pcb segmentation fault]

["Peter C.J. Clifton" <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 6 2009, Steven Michalske wrote:

>
>On Mar 6, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Peter Clifton wrote:
>
>> Our visibility groups allow toggling of pins / pads, and vias
>> separately. Since Vias are presently all-layer constructs, as are  
>> pins,
>> it makes more sense to group those two. Pads are surface layers only,
>> and when editing a middle layer of a multi-layer board, you might  
>> often
>> want to switch of pads, but _not_ pins.
>>
>> I'm minded to re-group the visibilities as "Pin/Via" and "Pads".
>> Alternatively we could make all three separate, but it does mean more
>> vertical space used in the layer stack list.
>
>
>If we ever implement blind and buried vias we would want them  
>separate, yes?

Hmm, actually I'd want to have a concept of turning off each possible layer 
groping of blind / burried vias. I'm imagine linking that to an automatic 
control based on what layer I'm routing on though. (To avoid confusion when 
routing a given layer.. hide pads / vias "in front" / "above" that layer 
which don't actually touch it).

Perhaps then we really need to switch to the 3D oblique view with 
translucent layers, to properly visualise the via geometry ;).



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