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I kinda like the [iurl=#msg95703]this style[/iurl], 3d bottom-up... gives a nice oversight of what sits where, without obscuring the traces tooo much. As for normal layout shots (2D) Kicad has a nice 'High Constrast Mode' feature where it pales and greys the layers that you aren't on, and highlights the layer you are on... that makes for nice pix too.

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Yeah, the 3d stuff is really... cute, but can you post a classic top-down view as well, pleaaaaase? ;)

here it goes, i am not still totally familiar with the rendering procedure, i get a .ps form kicad which i transform in pdf then load in inkscape and render as png.. anyway you can have a look at the work, it still needs improvement ..

today i ve tried to change pads drill size by text replacing it took a few clicks ot get all pads to a different size, awesome: that is i don t need to create new footprints (as i did in eagle) i can just keep the original footprints and change all the pads drill holes altogether.

core1go1.png

and 3D top view:

coreua3.png

pfff another one:

screenshothomeiokicadcomk6.png

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I'd change the footprints of some of the caps:

C6 (330n), C3, C7, C8 (100n) have a tendency to come in 5.08mm (200mil) spacing.

Sidenote: If you move the parts around R11 a bit you can lay that one flat as well.

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thanks for all the comments,

so far i ve changed the footprints for the caps using 3 pads footprints (not possible for C8), fixed C5 to 200mil pitch, made some space for the GND zone to reach all the way inside the PIC footprint, so i had no need to add any other zone, repositioned R2 and i ve laid down (ehmmm) R11 and used larger clearance for the zone.

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