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> > If you mean it can only make pcbs you're correct, but since that's all it's
> > supposed to do that's hardly surprising.  The abstractions it uses are
> > quite suitable for the purpose.
> 
> No they are not. Suitable abstractions would allow the user to draw a buried via, for example.

Yes suitable abstractions would allow.

> >  If it was a "stack of materials" editor
> > it wouldn't work to make pcbs, since stacking up a bunch of materials won't
> > result in a pcb.
> 
> But PCBs commonly contain structures that pcb cannot represent, so pcb’s model is deficient.

Yes pcb's model must be improved so it can represent all structures used in circuit boards.


Nicklas Karlsson