Re: gEDA-user: [pcb] drill helper

[Wojciech Kazubski <wk0@o2.pl>]

Nice! I also proposed this some time ago. There should be three options for PS output:
1) full size drills to see how the board will look like
2) reduced holes as template for manual drilling
3) no holes at all for automatic drilling (usable if there are problems with gerber output, there may some problem with exact scaling but may be the only way if no gerber -> postscript converter is available).

The best size for 2 should be about 15 mils, but can be made configurable (just as default line width or via size).

Current dril helpers are not good since they are dots and will push a drill off the proper place.

Wojciech Kazubski

> 
> Having made a number of boards at home now, I'm thinking the drill
> helper could be better.  My local copy does this instead: If you check
> "drill helper", all pins are drawn with a much smaller drill hole.
> I.e.  it doesn't draw the normal-sized hole at all, so if the drill is
> off-center, you won't have a gap between the hole and the copper.
> Instead, it only etches a small amount of copper at the center, to
> help you center the drill.
> 
> Comments?
> 
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