Re: gEDA-user: Ground Flooding

[Steven Michalske <smichalske@xxxxxxxxx>]

just goes to show i should read all of the messages in a thread before  
responding to a thread
On Oct 2, 2008, at 3:59 PM, Peter Clifton wrote:

> On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 14:48 -0700, Kingston Co. wrote:
>
>> Also, you can fix this by editing your *.pcb file manually and adding
>> the "clearline" flag to all your lines.
>>>
>>
>> (And you had every trace selected at the time you ran the command?)
>>
>> Yes on both Computers!
>>
>> Both Systems do the same thing.
>
> I just had a 'doh' moment. There are two very similar behaviours which
> you might be seeing.
>
> The one we've been directing you to correct, is where tracks on the
> board are set to join with the polygon. Pins on elements should still
> clear the polygon.
>
> The second, is where the polygon blindly joins with everything,
> including pins. Try mousing over the polygon and hitting "s", see if
> that clears the behaviour?
>
> If not, send one of the devs. (DJ/Dan/Ben/myself) a copy of the board
> file by private email, and we'll have a poke at whats going on. You
> don't need to send the whole design, just enuogh so we can see an
> example of the symptom (you could make a copy and delete off most of  
> the
> actual layout if that is priveledged.).
>
> Best wishes,
>
> -- 
> Peter Clifton
>
> Electrical Engineering Division,
> Engineering Department,
> University of Cambridge,
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> Cambridge
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>
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>
>
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