Re: gEDA-user: General Layers questions

[Stephan Boettcher <boettcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> Still, I do not see a need for outline layers anywhere, except as an
>> attribute on a graphical layer that tells an exporter where to stop
>> drawing.
>
> Hmmm... so you think PCB should let the user place an element in a
> physically impossible location, because it doesn't care about the
> outlines?

currently it does, and I need that functionality.  When I import a new
batch of components from gsch2pcb, they get disperses in a big area
outside the outline, because inside there is half the layout already
done.

In the end, it's a DRC problem, so yes, the DRC may look for a layer
with an outline attributes.  That layer shall have a separate attribute
for the placement wizard plugin, although the message is almost the
same.


-- 
Stephan


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