- removed the Open Gerber with 'follow' menu entry and also the open_gerber Tcl Command attribute 'follow'. This is no longer required because now the follow_geometry is stored by default in a Gerber object attribute gerber_obj.follow_geometry

- added a new parameter for the Tcl CommandIsolate, named: 'follow'. When follow = 1 (True) the resulting geometry will follow the Gerber paths.

tclCommands/TclCommandGeoCutout.py

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class TclCommandGeoCutout(TclCommandSignaled):
 
             def geo_init(geo_obj, app_obj):
                 try:
-                    geo = cutout_obj.isolation_geometry((dia / 2), iso_type=0, corner=2)
+                    geo = cutout_obj.isolation_geometry((dia / 2), iso_type=0, corner=2, follow=None)
                 except Exception as e:
                     log.debug("TclCommandGeoCutout.execute() --> %s" % str(e))
                     return 'fail'

tclCommands/TclCommandIsolate.py

@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ class TclCommandIsolate(TclCommandSignaled):
         ('passes', int),
         ('overlap', float),
         ('combine', int),
-        ('outname', str)
+        ('outname', str),
+        ('follow', str)
+
     ])
 
     # array of mandatory options for current Tcl command: required = {'name','outname'}
@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ class TclCommandIsolate(TclCommandSignaled):
             ('passes', 'Passes of tool width.'),
             ('overlap', 'Fraction of tool diameter to overlap passes.'),
             ('combine', 'Combine all passes into one geometry.'),
-            ('outname', 'Name of the resulting Geometry object.')
+            ('outname', 'Name of the resulting Geometry object.'),
+            ('follow', 'Create a Geometry that follows the Gerber path.')
         ]),
         'examples': []
     }
@@ -68,6 +71,9 @@ class TclCommandIsolate(TclCommandSignaled):
         else:
             timeout = 10000
 
+        if 'follow' not in args:
+            args['follow'] = None
+
         obj = self.app.collection.get_by_name(name)
         if obj is None:
             self.raise_tcl_error("Object not found: %s" % name)

tclCommands/TclCommandOpenGerber.py

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ class TclCommandOpenGerber(TclCommandSignaled):
 
     # dictionary of types from Tcl command, needs to be ordered , this  is  for options  like -optionname value
     option_types = collections.OrderedDict([
-        ('follow', str),
         ('outname', str)
     ])
 
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ class TclCommandOpenGerber(TclCommandSignaled):
         'main': "Opens a Gerber file.",
         'args': collections.OrderedDict([
             ('filename', 'Path to file to open.'),
-            ('follow', 'N If 1, does not create polygons, just follows the gerber path.'),
             ('outname', 'Name of the resulting Gerber object.')
         ]),
         'examples': []
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ class TclCommandOpenGerber(TclCommandSignaled):
             # Opening the file happens here
             self.app.progress.emit(30)
             try:
-                gerber_obj.parse_file(filename, follow=follow)
+                gerber_obj.parse_file(filename)
 
             except IOError:
                 app_obj.inform.emit("[ERROR_NOTCL] Failed to open file: %s " % filename)
@@ -77,9 +75,8 @@ class TclCommandOpenGerber(TclCommandSignaled):
         else:
             outname = filename.split('/')[-1].split('\\')[-1]
 
-        follow = None
         if 'follow' in args:
-            follow = args['follow']
+            self.raise_tcl_error("The 'follow' parameter is obsolete. To create 'follow' geometry use the 'follow' parameter for the Tcl Command isolate()")
 
         with self.app.proc_container.new("Opening Gerber"):