On Nov 29, 2013, at 9:29 AM, Maciej Sumiński <maciej.sumin...@cern.ch> wrote:
> On 11/28/2013 01:10 PM, Martijn Kuipers wrote: >> >> On Nov 28, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Lorenzo Marcantonio >> <l.marcanto...@logossrl.com> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 10:56:42AM +0100, Maciej Sumiński wrote: >>> >>>> I am particularly interested in the main developers' view about points: >>>> - Cut/copy/paste >>> >>> Never felt a need for copy/paste on a board... YMMV of course (perhaps >>> for modular I/O stages or such?) >> >> I can see it be fun to be able to Cut & Paste from one board to another. >> For instance, copy the switching power supply part as a whole. >> >> Just my 2 cents. >> >> /Martijn > > Both could be good use cases, but now when I think about it, this is not as > easy as it seemed to be in the beginning. > As far as I know currently there is no back annotation (you cannot update > schematics basing on a PCB file), so modules that were copied may introduce > some disorder. They need nets to be connected to (this could be cloned, but I > am not sure if that is the right way, especially in case of pasting parts > from another board), value and reference (value could be copied too and > reference could be just the next free number). The things may get more > complicated when you reload .net/.cmp file - I think those parts can just > disappear, as they are not in the list. I agree. Following the example of the power supply, it indeed would be nice if we could, instead off copying the module, create a part that is the module and insert that into the schematics and board. > I need to reconsider the feature again, maybe there are some good solutions > to that. I also see this as a feature and not a requirement. Thanks for thinking of these features! /Martijn > > Regards, > Orson _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
