Pads and Vias different collors as traces and cooper pour

[Roli]

Hi DipTrace developers,

if I go with the mouse over a Pad or via I can see the real padsize and viasize in an other color. For me it would be nice, if I can see this alls the time. At the moment Vias, Pads, traces and Cooper pour are the same color. For me it would be helpfull if I could see in the Layout the Pads and Vias cooper in a different color.
and if I am by wishes it would be also helpfull for me. if I copy a Via, that i could tell, that the Via should be the same net as the original Vias.

BR Roli

[Serg]

Thank you for your feature request.

if I go with the mouse over a Pad or via I can see the real padsize and viasize in an other color. For me it would be nice, if I can see this alls the time. At the moment Vias, Pads, traces and Cooper pour are the same color. For me it would be helpfull if I could see in the Layout the Pads and Vias cooper in a different color.

As an option, to visually see the boundaries of vias, pads, and traces, you can enable highlighting for a specific net (right-click a trace → Highlight Net).

and if I am by wishes it would be also helpfull for me. if I copy a Via, that i could tell, that the Via should be the same net as the original Vias.

Yes, this might be convenient in some cases. And in what situations would you use it? Usually, several vias are placed, selected, and then all of them are assigned to a specific net through the context menu.

[Roli]

- As an option, to visually see the boundaries of vias, pads, and traces, you can enable highlighting for a specific net (right-click a trace → Highlight Net).
Yes, for traces it works, but maybe I explained it wrong. I would like to see it when I place manually vias on cooper poore, so that I do not set a Via into a pad. Sure the DRC will tell me that. But if I can see the Pads (ok in 95% I can see it from the SolderMask) then I would be faster. Also while when I copy a Via and this has no net, I will give me an DRC Error, but then I do not know, if the DRC Error while the via has no net or is the Via onto a pad.

- Yes, this might be convenient in some cases. And in what situations would you use it? Usually, several vias are placed, selected, and then all of them are assigned to a specific net through the context menu.

For Shielded Traces. Usually I route in a grid. So that when I need a shielded trace I have Trace - GND (so thik that I can Place a VIA) - Trace. If I copy then a Via I get DRC's while the VIA is not connectet to a net or maybe while I hit a connection on an other Layer. Why not tell to the Via that he is GND, so that I get 95% less DRC's.

Sure I know that I am a to die off PCB maker, that would have the PCB in his hand and not use any automatic VIA placing in the cooper pours. I made this all by hand.

BR
Roli