Re: gEDA-user: next PCB release - 1.99za vs 4.0

[Bob Paddock <bob.paddock@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 12:38 PM, DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I think it would be better to just have layers, that you assign a
>> function to, rather than have layers have magic properties.
>
> As flexible as I'd like to be, I think it's implied when designing
> circuit boards that there's going to be outside layers on them.

Flex Circuit in a Mobius configuration.
 I'd point you to a document by Davis that shows why you really would
want to do such a thing,
 but Ales doesn't want those documents discussed here.


> From a practical viewpoint, designing normal footprints had better be
> *very* easy, and using them had better be *very* robust.  In order to
> make the process somewhat intelligent, there needs to be at least
> *some* magic going on.

It is all magic in the end, just have to have it on the correct end of the wand.


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