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by Zofz
Fri Feb 09, 2024 12:40 am
Forum: Ask a question
Topic: What is the via barrel plating thickness when exporting a STEP?
Replies: 6
Views: 2019

Re: What is the via barrel plating thickness when exporting a STEP?

I am adding this functionality. RenderEffects.png But what I found is that there is another variable defining the actual enlargement: const double PlattingThickness = 0.02; Setting it at 20um! The former variable found was a contact tolerance for electrical connection testing. If a PCB manufacturer ...
by Zofz
Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:41 pm
Forum: Ask a question
Topic: What is the via barrel plating thickness when exporting a STEP?
Replies: 6
Views: 2019

Re: What is the via barrel plating thickness when exporting a STEP?

The barrel radius enlargement is 7.8um (constant BRenlarge = 1/128mm - a beautiful number with many zeros in the binary float representation). I didn't bring this value up to the UI for the sake of keeping the UI simple. It would belong to View/Render Effect Parameters Dialog, as those values are ho...
by Zofz
Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:06 pm
Forum: What do you want to see next?
Topic: STEP Export with Solder Mask in Mechanical Mode
Replies: 1
Views: 3176

Re: STEP Export with Solder Mask in Mechanical Mode

Please try to use the "Thermal Server" mode. Use the main window right panel to enable the layers you need. The downside will be that the internal "prepreg/core" for each pair of copper layers is included separately, even if the internal layers are switched off. This will be much...
by Zofz
Sun Dec 31, 2023 10:35 am
Forum: Released Versions
Topic: 3.2.6 (30-12-2023)
Replies: 0
Views: 2269

3.2.6 (30-12-2023)

Component copy-paste - starting Component Library. Paste onto another component, overwriting all component model and body builder data. Paste in a free space - creates a new component instance, including a new footprint. This is a very experimental feature. Works on the component-list - preparing t...
by Zofz
Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:27 pm
Forum: Released Versions
Topic: 3.2.5 (10-12-2023)
Replies: 0
Views: 2810

3.2.5 (10-12-2023)

ODB++ disappearing holes ODB++ allows for mixing together plated and unplated holes in a single 'sub-file'. ZofzPCB splits such 'file' into two to match internal structures. There was a bug that could remove one of the groups of drills in such a case. Holes List Dialog Improvements The dialog will ...
by Zofz
Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:05 pm
Forum: Released Versions
Topic: 3.2.4 (03-12-2023)
Replies: 1
Views: 1838

Invalid Instruction Exception

since 3.2.2 (04-11-2023) There is an invalid instruction exception, as seen in a couple of bug reports. That was difficult to track, as it was in the newly added library, and my efforts to fix it were in vain until I had recompiled it. (ziplib.lib - that is another project :? ) I have updated the re...
by Zofz
Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:55 pm
Forum: Released Versions
Topic: 3.2.4 (03-12-2023)
Replies: 1
Views: 1838

3.2.4 (03-12-2023)

  1. Debugging effects and triangulation
  2. Displaying more BOM columns, better automatic recognition
by Zofz
Fri Nov 10, 2023 10:42 pm
Forum: Installation
Topic: Installation and usage under Wine?
Replies: 4
Views: 4224

Re: Installation and usage under Wine?

The program checks the multi-language UI DLLs for corruption. And that is not working. Maybe some system DLL is not there, something related to calculating file hash or signature. (Probably, I have been overdoing this a bit.) My Ubuntu is too old to be used for testing, but I will be doing another p...
by Zofz
Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:52 pm
Forum: Ask a question
Topic: How to define drill plates for internal layers...drill from top to xxx
Replies: 2
Views: 16441

Re: How to define drill plates for internal layers...drill from top to xxx

The automatic drill files discovery via the "Execute Autoload" and "CAM_Load_Rules.txt" rules file can be improved by the user. The installation of the new version does not overwrite this file unless you press the "Reset Rules" button. See the version 3.2.3 notes. You c...
by Zofz
Wed Nov 08, 2023 12:08 am
Forum: Released Versions
Topic: 3.2.3 (08-11-2023) Hotfix for CAM_Load_Rules.txt
Replies: 0
Views: 2632

3.2.3 (08-11-2023) Hotfix for CAM_Load_Rules.txt

I have corrupted the CAM_Load_Rules.txt file. This might have gone unnoticed, as the file is not updated by the installer to the working location. The file update is triggered manually by pressing the [Reset Rules] button on the Gerber Load Dialog. It is due to the possibility that the user might ha...