Re: [Pcb2gcode-devel] Is it possible to turn off "voronoi regions"?

[Patrick B. <pbi...@us...>]

Hi!

Given the kind of insufficient documentation of the program there
ain't no stupid questions ;-)
I've tested this with the Generation 7 Board, your millproject file
and both the pcb2gcode 1.0.6 file release and the current git version.
Works for me, so it hopefully shouldn't be a bug.

The ability to calculate voronoi regions is not an actual feature per
se, but a nice side effect of pcb2gcode's clearance issue resolver.
A short description of how it works can be found here:
https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/pcb2gcode/index.php?title=Voronoi_region

Basically, you only have to change "offset=1.0" in your millproject
file to e.g. "offset=0.006" (for a 12mil diameter bit).
Please try that an let me know how it works out.

I'm mostly using SMC's too and usually choose to add some "bloating"
to the traces by using an offset a bit higher than the actual
engraving bit radius.

-- Patrick


2010/11/19 Mathias Johansson <bm...@te...>:
> Hello!
>
> I'm sorry to disturb you whide a probably stupid question, but I have
> tried '--help' and to RTFM to no avail :'( .
>
> Is it possible to turn off voronoi regions in version 1.0.6 and use
> 'normal' outlines instead? The reason is that I have a hard time
> figuring out where to place and solder the components (I'm using some
> SMC) ;-) .
>
> The "millproject" file at http://reprap.org/wiki/PCB_Milling#Fritzing
> turns them ON using "generate voronoi regions" but that is no longer a
> valid argument and I want them OFF (I guess that it was the default in
> earlier versions).
>
> If it is of intrerest to any one I'm testing the following tool chain;
> Fritzing -> Gerber file -> pcb2gcode -> G-Code -> EMC2
> and it works grate.
>
> WR/ B Mathias Johansson
>
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