Include the net's traces as conductors alongside zone fills
Straight tracks become capsule outline polygons (rectangle + semicircular caps), arc tracks annular bands with end caps, both tessellated to the same sagitta tolerance as zone-fill arcs; they merge into the per-layer copper next to the fills, so rasterization, via stitching, the solver and the plots handle them unchanged. Trace-only layers and trace-only nets now qualify as candidates. Dialog checkbox (on by default, INCLUDE_TRACKS) toggles them per run. Hole-less polygons (every track outline) now paint the layer mask directly instead of allocating a full-frame temporary each. Tests: exact N-cell chain on a rasterized capsule, analytic annular- sector convergence for an arc trace, capsule/arc-band outline geometry invariants, collinear-arc degradation, and fill+trace union solve. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Fill Resistance — KiCad 10 plugin
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Computes the **DC or AC resistance of copper zone fills** between two
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contacts, **single- or multi-layer**: the chosen net's fills on the
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selected copper layers are solved as coupled finite-difference sheets
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linked by the net's **via and through-hole-pad barrels** (18 µm plating,
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configurable). At a user-set **frequency** the exact 1D foil/barrel
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Computes the **DC or AC resistance of copper zone fills and traces**
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between two contacts, **single- or multi-layer**: the chosen net's fills
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and tracks on the selected copper layers are solved as coupled
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finite-difference sheets linked by the net's **via and through-hole-pad
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barrels** (18 µm plating, configurable). At a user-set **frequency** the exact 1D foil/barrel
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skin-effect correction is applied (AC results are a rigorous lower
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bound — see *Model & limits*). Shows per-layer rasterized maps,
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potential, current density, and **power density**, reports **per-via
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spokes** still connect; wider antipads do not, and the barrel bridges
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the layers above/below with the full barrel length. Barrels that reach
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fill on fewer than two layers carry no current and are reported.
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- Tracks and pad copper (other than the selected contacts) are **not**
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part of the conductor model — zone fills + barrels only.
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- The net's **traces** (straight and arc tracks, exact outline polygons
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incl. rounded ends) conduct together with the fills — dialog checkbox,
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on by default (`INCLUDE_TRACKS`). Pad copper other than the selected
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contacts is still **not** part of the conductor model.
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- **Solder buildup on mask openings** (dialog checkbox, **off by
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default**; `INCLUDE_MASK_BUILDUP`): zones drawn on `F.Mask`/`B.Mask`
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are treated as mask openings that collect `SOLDER_THICKNESS_UM`
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