Re: gEDA-user: Information on PCB

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 1) Is there a specific person / team to whom requests or suggestions for
> enhancements may be sent (for those of us who are code-impaired,,,) ? 

No, this list is best.

> 2) Is there some release-notes area where enhancements already in
> progress are noted?

Archives of this list ;-)

> a) A button to "flip" the board to the bottom work - ie: left to right
> and setting the component side to the more passive colors..., first
> preference for selection of objects on the bottom.

Tab

> b) A selection option to turn off reference designators, but leave the
> silk screen boundaries alone.

The "H" key does that on an element-by-element basis.

> c) In the netlist / net window: A Selection (per net) button that
> survives the "Optimize" function to "Hide" the net. (Specific: Turn off
> the GND and power rats while doing placement - since they will be
> handled by internal planes.) Yes, I am not turning off my internal
> planes.

You can flag nets to be included or excluded from optimization,
autorouting, and rats - is that what you want?

> Finally - a question: When I turn the layer that I will be using for
> ground "On" I see voids where the pads for components I am placing on
> the "back" side of the board appear. I obviously do NOT want to have
> voids. Is this a "normal" thing"? (I have yet to check my gerbers...)

That usually means you have your layer groupings misconfigured.



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