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

[Andrew Poelstra <asp11@xxxxxx>]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 02:57:31PM -0400, Windell H. Oskay wrote:
> >
> > I like "canvas" - it's a more popular idiom than cel.
> 
> Indeed it is.
> 
> My concern about "canvas" is that it does not convey a relationship to our
> physical layers. In some cases it would be reasonable to expect a "canvas"
> to refer a full layer or even to a stack of layers.   IMHO, it would be
> beneficial if the term chosen connotates "sublayer" rather than layer or
> stack of layers.
> 
> Another couple of suggestions:
> 
>  - Sublayer
>   It's straightforward
>

There are some cases where it doesn't quite make sense - you could have
a sublayer mapped to two layers, for example. Plus it sounds too close to
"layer" and might be confusing in conversation.

 
>  - Sheet
>   A common metaphor in engineering-- it would make sense if there were
> multiple sheets to specify the details of each physical layer. 
> Anti-copper sheet, digital keep-out sheet, anti-mask sheet, etc.  This
> name would lend itself naturally to printed documentation for a project.
> 

I really like this.


Andrew



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