Re: gEDA-user: How to trigger recalculation of a polygon?

[Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:08:15 -0700, Ben Jackson wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 02:30:28PM +0000, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
>> Is there a way to trigger recalculation of a polygon in pcb?
> 
> Reload the PCB.

Ok, this is a bit less awkward than a a restart of the application. But 
it's still a workaround. I'll file a feature request for a recalculation 
command. 

 
> I've submitted several fixes to polygon updates recently, so if you use
> a newer version (like the most recent snapshot) you may not have to take
> this step.

I am already using the latest snapshot (downloaded last monday). Zoom got 
a bit faster, but is still sluggish. I'll look for redundant polygons.


> If you turn on 'thin draw polygons' (ctrl-shift-p in lesstif, I think)
> it will only draw outlines, which does not require dicing, and makes
> everything quite snappy.  The last CVS snapshot has my changes to make
> those transparent polygons behave like you'd expect, allowing you to
> select "through" them since you can see through them.

Nice. I had tried transparent polygons with earlier versions of pcb and 
found it not very helpful because I selected the polygons all the time.
Thin polygons are a better solution to the speed problem than regrouping 
layers. 

---<(kaimartin)>---

PS: I added your hints to the wiki
-- 
Kai-Martin Knaak
http://lilalaser.de/blog



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