X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: [geda-user] settings file for pcb? To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com References: <56C43FA3 DOT 4090904 AT envinsci DOT co DOT uk> From: "Matt Rhys-Roberts (matt DOT rhys-roberts AT envinsci DOT co DOT uk) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" Organization: Envin Scientific Ltd. Message-ID: <56C46F91.3000900@envinsci.co.uk> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:03:13 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------030901020304040601060103" Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030901020304040601060103 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Peter, I've looked in my ~/.pcb/preferences, and there are no DRC values there at all. I wonder what would happen if I added some... So I could do with knowing what all the DRC parameters are called; are they defined anywhere? Regards Matt On 17/02/16 12:30, Peter Clifton (petercjclifton AT googlemail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > ~/.pcb/preferences contains DRC vaules.. > > Looking on my system, it appears there may be some breakage though... > > min-width = 1 px > min-silk = 1 px > min-drill = 15.00 mil > min-ring = 10.00 mil > > Hmm - what has pixels got to do with anything... BUG? (it gets read in > as 0.1mil .actually, but emitting px is wrong) > > Anyway - try editing that file.. see if it updates things. > > Be aware that some preferences are saved between PCB runs (but a quick > check suggests these DRC clearances are not updated in the file, so > should persist once you edit the file). > > If you create a new design with the old gsch2pcb flow, the defaults it > starts with come from a hard-coded template PCB file in the netlister > back-end, but as you specifically said "new instance of pcb", I assume > you're actually just starting a fresh copy of pcb with no design > loaded. (And perhaps using the import schematics functionality to > create your new design?) > > Peter > > > > On 17 February 2016 at 09:38, Matt Rhys-Roberts > (matt DOT rhys-roberts AT envinsci DOT co DOT uk > ) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com > ]

> wrote: > > I'm trying to pre-set the default DRC settings on my old version > of pcb (20110918 Compiled on Jul 2 2013 at 11:26:16). > > There is nothing I can do to make pcb remember any kind of DRC > settings from project to project. What you tell me should work, > doesn't. > > Please can anyone tell me what settings/config file to create or > edit, so that every time I open a new instance of pcb, the DRC > settings are just there? Or doesn't it work that way? > > Kind regards, > Matt. > --------------030901020304040601060103 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by mailout.firstinternet.co.uk id u1HCwShc065079

Hi Peter,

I've looked in my ~/.pcb/preferences, and there are no DRC values there at all. I wonder what would happen if I added some...

So I could do with knowing what all the DRC parameters are called; are they defined anywhere?

Regards
Matt

On 17/02/16 12:30, Peter Clifton (petercjclifton AT googlem= ail.com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:

~/.pcb/preferences contains DRC vaules..

Looking on my system, it appears there may be some breakage though...

min-width =3D 1 px
min-silk =3D 1 px
min-drill =3D 15.00 mil
min-ring =3D 10.00 mil

Hmm - what has pixels got to do with anything... BUG? (it gets read in as 0.1mil .actually, but emitting px is wrong)

Anyway - try editing that file.. see if it updates things.<= br>

Be aware that some preferences are saved between PCB runs (but a quick check suggests these DRC clearances are not updated in the file, so should persist once you edit the file).

If you create a new design with the old gsch2pcb flow, the defaults it starts with come from a hard-coded template PCB file in the netlister back-end, but as you specifically said "new instance of pcb", I assume you're actually just starting a fresh copy of pcb with no design loaded. (And perhaps using the import schematics functionality to create your new design?)

Peter

On 17 February 2016 at 09:38, Matt Rhys-Roberts (matt.rhys-ro= berts AT envinsci DOT co DOT uk) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <ged= a-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

I'm trying to pre-set the default DRC settings on my old version of pcb (20110918 Compiled on Jul=C2=A0 2 2013 at 11:26:16).

There is nothing I can do to make pcb remember any kind of DRC settings from project to project. What you tell me should work, doesn't.

Please can anyone tell me what settings/config file to create or edit, so that every time I open a new instance of pcb, the DRC settings are just there? Or doesn't it work that way?

Kind regards,
Matt.

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