Re: gEDA-user: A not too serious PCB question

[Joerg <joergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kovács Levente wrote:
> Joerg írta:
>> Bill Gatliff wrote:
>>> Andy Fierman wrote:
>>>> Could open a whole new topological discussion on auto routers though :)
>>>>   
>>> I don't know how you could automate the boundary descriptions, but once 
>>> you had that then it looks like a basic flood-fill...
>>>
>> Typically this isn't done fully automated. One method is to autoroute or 
>> do a regular hand layout with default trace width, fatten up or fill 
>> every other trace by hand section by section, then do an auto-fill for 
>> the remaining traces.
> 
> It would be easyer with PCB, if polygons had net attribute. I mean if 
> you place a polygon on the layout, it is just a graphical object. You 
> have to control the gaps, etc. manually.
> 

I don't know the PCB sofware of gEDA much but can't you set a default 
clearance that would make sure the gaps are all the same after auto-fill?

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Regards, Joerg

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