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easyw / RF-tools-KiCAD

KiCAD RF tools: footprints wizard and round tracks, mask expander, via fencing
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Rounder for tracks 2.6 not working well in kicad 7.0.0 #45

Closed eakhub closed 1 year ago

eakhub commented 1 year ago

Hello, I have a problem with Rounder for tracks. If I try to round tracks going right - up, its rounded in wrong way. But it's working ok when track is going to right-down. Kicad 7.0.0 Rounder 2.6

See image please: 2023-03-03 12_08_50-_RF_board — PCB Editor Best regards

easyw commented 1 year ago

@eakhub would you mind to post a failing board? I can replicate the issue... I would investigate more... BTW in Kv7 it is possible to simply fillet two tracks, so this part of the tools is 'obsolete'

eakhub commented 1 year ago

@easyw Ok, great. Didn't know about wire fillet in K7 thanks. Btw, I often need to make RF tracks of equal length (phase matching) but going over different trajectories. Today I should play with radius of bending to make length more or less similar. Is it possible to combine your "length measuring" tool with bending tool in an interactive manner, so that it shows the length of the track at given bending radius, or even better, calculates bending radius given the length of the track ? In this case your bending tool will not be obsolete.

PS. "Tune length" tool integrated in Kicad is not good at all in RF domain since produced bendings are too sharp, not allowing to place via fence etc.

PPS. And just want to say thank you, your RF tool package is mandatory. In our company we are able to make boards working up to 50 GHz thanks to your tools.

easyw commented 1 year ago

it should be now fixed in version 2.7 https://github.com/easyw/RF-tools-KiCAD/commit/575d1e54a6bba2ed981bd6f81bcd560beebc4a53

PPS. And just want to say thank you, your RF tool package is mandatory. In our company we are able to make boards working up to 50 GHz thanks to your tools.

thanks for your feedback... it would be nice to have some image of the RF boards you have done... you can reach me in PM at kicad.info forum as maui