Hi all,
I am trying to generate GERBER files and all but F Mask seems to crash my Pcbnew. All the other files generate fine.
This is the first time I have encountered the problem and not sure what to do. I am using the new version of KiCad 5.1.8
Thanks in advance,
Mateusz
I have resolved the issue with KiCad 5.1.6 . This must be an issue from 5.1.8
paulvdh
November 10, 2020, 6:04pm
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Euhm…
This does not look like a “crash”, just a warning that you’re doing something unusual.
If you want to set it back to it’s default, then look at:
Pcbnew / File / Board Setup / Design Rules / Solder Mask/Paste
[Edit:]
Oops, I overlooked the “Plot (Ne Respond Pas) ” part the first time.
eelik
November 10, 2020, 6:17pm
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It looks like the dialog window “does not respond”, so technically this isn’t a crash, it hangs or freezes (https://www.cyberlink.com/support/faq-content.do?id=14592 ).
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No problem yes sorry for the french. Thanks for trying.
fred4u
November 10, 2020, 8:00pm
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I have reported previously that after 5.1.6 there was a change to the soldermask genearing engine that in some cases caused massive wait times to complete soldermask (if not set to 0).
Leave it running for few minutes, and see if it actually works. It worked for me, though.
Just noticed with latest (jenkins 27.06) build of 5.1.6 testing, generating Gerbers (solder mask) layers takes around 1min if Global margin/min width set to non-zero.
I know it’s recommended to leave it at zero (when it generates Gerbers in normal time) but previously it was working normally with non-zero value.
Possibly related to commit a0ce1491
Anyone could check it to verify if it’s not an isolated case?
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So I have left it for 5 minutes around and it still not responding. I have perfomed a rollback to 5.1.6 until this is resolved.
Okay so after 12 minutes it is complete. This is seriously a long time compared to the last time.
fred4u
November 11, 2020, 1:48pm
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I’ve tried to isolate the root cause of the lagging, but I failed - after simplyfying the board the generation was progressively quicker so no obvious case.
Maybe you can share a design which triggers the issue so it could be added to the bug report for investigation.
How would I share it? Can I attach it here? Good for future developement.
Thanks for trying Fred.
fred4u
November 11, 2020, 5:13pm
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There’s an Upload button here, you can send files from your harddrive to the forum.
Here I have uploaded the project in concern. This should be of interest and help the community with bugs.ING401_B_backup.kicad_pcb (1.4 MB)
fred4u
November 11, 2020, 8:42pm
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Thanks for the upload, just reporeted the issue on Gitlab:
system
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February 9, 2021, 9:23pm
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