Re: gEDA-user: DRC UI mockup

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 11:33 -0700, Ben Jackson wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 04:48:39PM +0000, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> > 
> > I like to work with two screens. This would mix well with peters design. 
> > The dialog with the list of current violations would sit on the right 
> > while the layout can be dealt with on the left screen. 
> 
> The dialog can also group by common cause (insufficient clearance, too-small
> annular ring, etc).  Plus it could have buttons like "force annular ring to 
> min size".

Yep, the "Auto fix" button would be handy. Candidates for an easy fix:

Annulus size, drill size, line / arc width, polygon clearances.

The trick is to figure out that the fix can be applied without
introducing further violations (or perhaps we don't care - just let them
stack up in the list.).

More importantly though, I think we need to improve the geometric
reporting of the existing checks though. The X,Y coordinates quoted by
the back-end aren't actually always centred on the violation, and in
many cases, we don't actually know what the violating distance is.. just
that the rule has failed.

> I also like the idea of a DRC layer.  I think you still need something like
> the dialog to help you navigate it.
> 
-- 
Peter Clifton

Electrical Engineering Division,
Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
9, JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge
CB3 0FA

Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!)



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