gEDA-user: PCB: Moving selected group of grid unintentionally

2009-06-08 Thread Stefan Salewski
Most times I use a grid in PCB, often 0.5mm. So my elements and traces are aligned to this grid. In general case selecting groups and moving it works fine, all elements come to rest a grid point again -- translation in vertical and horizontal direction is a multiple of grid size for each element

Re: gEDA-user: PCB: Moving selected group of grid unintentionally

2009-06-08 Thread Stefan Salewski
On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 20:02 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: Maybe it would be better if snapping to pins and pads does not work when multiple elements are moved. Snapping to pins and pads is how you put a group of elements back on the grid, though... Sorry, I do not really understand your

Re: gEDA-user: PCB: Moving selected group of grid unintentionally

2009-06-08 Thread DJ Delorie
If the group of elements was on a grid before, you can grab a pin/pad and move it back to the grid. Yes, it assumes that the pins/pads are on the same grid, or that you remember which one(s) were on the grid. ___ geda-user mailing list

Re: gEDA-user: PCB: Moving selected group of grid unintentionally

2009-06-08 Thread Stefan Salewski
On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 20:14 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: If the group of elements was on a grid before, you can grab a pin/pad and move it back to the grid. Yes, it assumes that the pins/pads are on the same grid, or that you remember which one(s) were on the grid. Thanks, I see. I have to

Re: gEDA-user: PCB: Moving selected group of grid unintentionally

2009-06-08 Thread Ben Jackson
On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 01:55:46AM +0200, Stefan Salewski wrote: Maybe it would be better if snapping to pins and pads does not work when multiple elements are moved. I don't like that idea. I've definitely used paste to repeatedly place groups (such as a short wire and a decoupling cap with