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Re: gEDA-user: PCB is extremely slow



On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 11:37:13AM -0400, harry eaton wrote:
> >...  This is Xt version
> 
> Some time ago a similar problem was reported on sourceforge. In that
> instance
> the pcb file contained about 25,000 identical polygons, all right on top of
> each
> other on the same layer. It took Xwindows a really, really long time to
> render
> all these polygons.
> 
> How the duplicate polygons got there was never deteremined (computer left
> to paste copied polygons with a malfunctioning mouse???).

It happened to me as well and I had to remove them manually. I think
there must be some bug in the PCB program that creates them. I faintly
remember it maybe had something to do with the light blue and
green highlighting, DRC checking or something like that.

CL<