I don't like the idea of a "smart" origin either. When I set the user origin, it's typically to place multiple objects on a given x or y coordinate. I don't want kicad thinking it's smarter than I am and reset the user origin relative to where I started drawing some object. To me that would be more annoying than useful.
On 5/10/2016 10:19 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > Because that's only useful once in the entire session using pcbnew. Once > you've > set an origin once you can't use that anymore. What's the point? > > I quite like the simplicity of the tool as it is. It's a ruler that you can > move around. Why do you need a ruler that's smart and picks itself up once in > a > while? That just seems confusing. > > On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 08:15:52AM -0600, Duane Johnson wrote: >> I can see how this is useful once you know to press space bar. But what if >> it assumes an implicit origin in the following case: >> - no explicit origin has been set >> - the user is drawing a shape >> On May 10, 2016 12:39 AM, "Nick Østergaard" <oe.n...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/en/pcbnew.html#_displaying_cursor_coordinates >>> >>> 2016-05-09 22:44 GMT+02:00 Collin Anderson <metacol...@electropi.mp>: >>>> Hit space bar, it will set the origin for dx and dy. It's useful for >>> seeing where the cursor is relative to the most recent 'origin' set with >>> the spacebar. I use it all the time :). >>>> -- >>>> "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - Isaac Asimov >>>> >>>>> On May 9, 2016, at 2:39 PM, Duane Johnson <duane.john...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> When I create a rectangle, or line, I frequently want to know what the >>> size of the rectangle is (width and height). I would have assumed that's >>> what "dx" and "dy" in the footer/status bar are for; however, it seems like >>> in all cases, they simply reflect the same values as "X" and "Y". Am I >>> missing something, or is this something to be fixed? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Duane >>>>> <Screenshot 2016-05-09 14 >>> .37.18.png>_______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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