Dick, I took your advice on the changes to the way the mouse works. I renamed the schematic and generated a new net list and then read it into PCBNEW. Everything worked fine. I had become accustomed to working with the mouse the way it used to work. I think the difference in the OnClick and OnRelease is what got me.
Thanks for the Advice --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, "Dick H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, "daystar1013" <daystar@> wrote: > > > > I use kicad daily for reverse engineeering and occasionally PCBNEW for > > test fixtures. I have been using the 2007-11-29-RC2 release for > > Windows, I have not layed out a PCB until today. > > I started a PCB layout, a small circuit (5"X3") with six - 16 pin SO14E > > footprints and two TQFP-44's, 1206 resistors and capacitors, and some > > LEDs. I read the netlist into pcbnew and as usual the parts were all > > stacked up on top of each other, no problem. > > I place the parts manually, I do the entire process manually, PCBNEW is > > an excellent tool for manually routing a PCB. The problem I started > > seeing was that I would move a part, and place it. I would go to move > > the next part, and I would grab the same part off of the stack that I > > just placed. About half the time a part I placed would stay where I > > placed it. I finally gave up and went back to the July release. I > > completed the board in a couple of hours. > > > > > One of the changes we made in this release involves mouse clicking. > (And for a good reason I'll add right up front. There is no going back.) > > > Many of the program's actions happen now on the "mouse release", > whereas they used to happen on a "mouse press". So you might look at > what makes up your environment, including your mouse driver, your > mouse, and your version of Windows. Also consider how you are using > the mouse. > > Try slowing down and verifying that when you drop the footprint in > place, it stays there. > > > Others do not seem to be having this problem. >
