On 11/14/2014 10:55 PM, John Beard wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been working on a patch to allow two new behaviours in modedit: > > * "Move exactly", which allows you to enter an exact offset when moving > a pad, edge or text. The main use of this for me is to make it easy to > build footprints according to datasheets where the pattern is defined > in relative terms. A new dialogue is introduced, and this allows > either a Cartesian or polar offset, followed by a rotation. A hotkey > is also defined (default Ctrl-M, since "M" is "move"). > > * "Duplicate", which clones the current item and picks it up, ready to > move. Ctrl-D is the default hotkey here, mirroring Inkscape. This is > mainly intended for use in conjunction with "move exactly", as a > complement to the current "shift-block-select and move with the grid" > method. > > I am also planning to implement an "array" function in much the same > way, but I'd like to see if people think this is useful so far. > > I have a couple of questions about the move and duplicate patch so far: > > * I have not implemented a block-duplicate, as it seems difficult to get > a friendly behaviour that works intuitively. If block-duplicate is > useful to anyone, how would they like it to work, especially in > conjunction with "move exactly" or "array"? > > * I have not done anything in pcbnew, as geometric fiddlings seemed more > useful in modedit. Would it be useful in pcbnew? > > General comments about the patch also sought, as it my first "big" > patch! > > Thanks, > > John >
John, I just commented on Cirilo's request and the same hold true for your change as well. Please push the branch with these changes to launchpad and submit a merge request. Since this is a new feature and we are trying to work towards a stable release, I will need buy in from the other developers to determine if this patch should be merged before the stable release or not. Thanks, Wayne _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
