Slot width in report (discussion)

[mdeweerd]

This topic is mainly related to slots drawn with edge lines and arcs.

The slot width value I got in the "report" did not match those that I expected and I found they are based on oval drill widths:

                    self._drills_oval[m] = self._drills_oval.get(m, 0) + 1
                    self.slot = min(self.slot, m[0])

I have drawn "complex" slots with edges 0.8mm apart and an arc to close them, and this has worked since several years. In the report I get 0.6mm, because that is a width on at least one of the oval drils.

I think that there is no easy way to get the width of the slots that are "hand drawn", but I think the report could differentiate between plated slots and non-plated slots as the minimum required varies according to the manufacturer.

Some references to pages with manufacturer limits and their explication of what a slot is:

• Eurocircuits
• jclpcb
• PCBWay

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The slot width value I got in the "report" did not match those that I expected and I found they are based on oval drill widths:

Yes these are the KiCad standard "slots"

I think that there is no easy way to get the width of the slots that are "hand drawn",

Yes, analyzing distances for handcrafted objects isn't currently implemented in KiBot.
Can you provide an example of what you do?

but I think the report could differentiate between plated slots and non-plated slots as the minimum required varies according to the manufacturer.

Sure, can you provide a test example?

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I added ae9bcbb that is a first try at this