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Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:01:18 -0400
From: Tim van Boxtel <tim AT studiofeed DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Clearance between polygons on same layer group
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Ah, looks like I will have to resort to manually making my polygons with 
thick traces, or the easier cut-out method described by Colin.

For the record, the command on my version of pcb (Ubuntu 12.04 repo- PCB 
version 20110918) is "ClrFlag(selected, join)" not "ClearFlag()".

Those patches from Peter seem very useful.  Unfortunately, Im a bit 
under the gun at the moment and do not have the time to spend working 
through them, but I will definitely have a go at it when things here 
settle down.

Also, I have noticed, that when laying my ground tracks on the component 
layer (with the join flag set), the ground polygon only floods where the 
track is located(makes sense as I am writing it).  Thus, each ground 
track layed must be wide enough to completely encompass the pad in 
question, otherwise there will be some clearance between the pad and the 
final ground plane when the ground polygon is made.  Just a note to 
anyone else new struggling with this issue.

I want to thank all for the quick and extremely informative replies.  
This is exactly what makes open-sourced software so powerful!

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Kind Regards,

Tim van Boxtel
Director of Technology
Studiofeed

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