I though Tom mentioned he had done some work on this but that may have been some other board editing tool.
On 11/25/2017 08:28 AM, Henner Zeller wrote: > Is someone working on this bug or should I have a stab at it ? > > On 20 November 2017 at 21:26, Henner Zeller <h.zel...@acm.org> wrote: >> Hi, >> I am playing with polygons currently and notice that they only really >> can be created, but not moved or copied. >> >> A move (m) creates a phantom polygon on the screen that is offset from >> the polygon the same distance as the original polygon from the origin. >> A similar glitch happens when attempting to copy a polygon. >> >> This indicates that the polygon does not really have a position that >> is rooted in the e.g. top-left point, but that its Position is always >> kept at (0,0). >> This is confirmed when reading the board with the Python API and >> printing GetPosition(). >> >> The dialog for the polygon (edit dialog) also shows that all positions >> Start (x,y) and End (x,y) are zero. >> >> I think the whole confusion comes because the original idea of a draw >> segment has the concept of a line which has a clear start/endpoint. So >> maybe some SetStart() needs to be done whenever a polygon is moved ? >> >> I wonder if the concept of Polygons and Zones can be merged: both of >> them allow to fill an area in the layer and have the same editing >> controls with the control points (and zones work). >> >> -h > > _______________________________________________ > 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