weirdgyn
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2 years ago Il giorno mar 22 nov 2022 alle ore 14:15 immortal_sniper1 < @.***> ha scritto:
So is is normal for the script to take hours to run on a 4 layer board?
Nope the script is usually quite fast and I don't think there's a way to make it faster since the placement is made scanning the area horizontally and vertically and checking the room for the via...
I did run it with great effect on 2 layer boards and it was fine. but not it takes ages, i can see that some vias were placed both in layout and 3d model but kicad is frozen.
Could you share a pcb file where I can reply the same issue?
Also on a side note is there a way to tell the script not to put vias in certain areas so that i can later remove that zone and stitch with another net?
This depends on what you mean with area.... if it is a named object that is accessible through KiCAD python API we can find a way to access it and check if via falls inside its borders and so on...
Again if you can provide a PCB file with such an element I can check if this feature can be implemented.
immortal-sniper1
So is is normal for the script to take hours to run on a 4 layer board? I did run it with great effect on 2 layer boards and it was fine. but not it takes ages, i can see that some vias were placed both in layout and 3d model but kicad is frozen. Also on a side note is there a way to tell the script not to put vias in certain areas so that i can later remove that zone and stitch with another net?