Yes, I used Xpedition in a past life and one of my missions is to bring some of its cool features to KiCad :-)
JP, I will do some tests on more complex boards and look in to possible solutions. I think this is quite a big challenge but want to take it on, because I think some of the underlying work needed will also be very useful for other things (like live DRC checking, autorouting, etc) -Jon > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Clemens Koller <c...@embeon.de> wrote: > >> Hello, Jon! >> >> Just for Reference: That's how Mentor Expedition is exposing dynamic >> plane generation: >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6TskayF1Oc >> >> I would be glad to test these things in Kicad... >> >> Regards, >> >> Clemens >> >> >> On 2017-09-19 02:18, Jon Evans wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I've been wanting to take a look at live zone filling, as it's a really >> useful feature that some professional EDA tools have. If zones refill in >> real time as you move things around, it's easy to make sure you leave >> enough space for your fill to succeed. >> > >> > I made a quick patch to pcbnew showing this after an interactive trace >> move (see attached gif) >> > For this board and my computer, refilling is fast enough that this >> isn't a problem (I disabled the pop up window showing a progress bar for >> the "refill all zones" command). >> > >> > Can anyone point me to (or send me) some really complicated KiCad >> designs in terms of zone fills? Do people have designs that take a while >> to fill even on recent computers? >> > >> > If I proposed this as a patch, I'd make it an option (disabled by >> default) in case it slows down old computers, but I think if zone filling >> for moderately complex boards still takes a while even on fast modern >> computers, we should look at optimizing it so that we can achieve real-time >> filling on modern computers. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Jon >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> > >
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