Re: [Kicad-developers] Feedback on 5.1

2019-03-14 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
I'm not opposed to CAD like snapping features. They certainly can be useful. It probably wont happen any time soon. V6 is about getting the schematic editor modernized and adding some missing board layout features so I doubt there will be time to fit this into the schedule. It could be a V7

Re: [Kicad-developers] Feedback on 5.1

2019-03-14 Thread Eeli Kaikkonen
to 14. maalisk. 2019 klo 11.04 José Ignacio (jose.cyb...@gmail.com) kirjoitti: > One good example of a really flexible snapping system is what Autocad does > with OSNAP and OTRACK modes > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 3:48 AM Eeli Kaikkonen > wrote: > I have given thought to something like this.

Re: [Kicad-developers] Feedback on 5.1

2019-03-14 Thread José Ignacio
One good example of a really flexible snapping system is what Autocad does with OSNAP and OTRACK modes Object snap (OSNAP) creates snap points from many features in the objects or interaction between objects. an important feature is that the different classes of snapping points active at any time

Re: [Kicad-developers] Feedback on 5.1

2019-03-14 Thread Eeli Kaikkonen
ke 13. maalisk. 2019 klo 19.51 Wayne Stambaugh (stambau...@gmail.com) kirjoitti: > On 3/12/2019 1:21 PM, Ruth Ivimey-Cook wrote: > > > 4. Pcb: is there a chance of a smart snap - where the editor looks for > > things to line up the cursor with (e.g. while moving 1 wire it looks > > to

Re: [Kicad-developers] Feedback on 5.1

2019-03-13 Thread hauptmech
On 14/03/2019 8:16 AM, Ruth Ivimey-Cook wrote:   3. Common: I am still frustrated that the key combinations for similar tasks are not the same. For example, to place a wire in schema, it's shift-W while in pcb it's shift-X. We have so many accelerator and hot keys assigned that

Re: [Kicad-developers] Feedback on 5.1

2019-03-13 Thread Ruth Ivimey-Cook
Hi Wayne, We have crash reporting code just about ready to merge so it will be available in nightly builds as soon as it's merged. I doubt that it will make it into the 5.1 branch but it is possible. Once it's considered good, I would encourage its inclusion; as I said, it should make bugs

Re: [Kicad-developers] Feedback on 5.1

2019-03-13 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hi Ruth, Thank you for your feedback and using KiCad. It's always nice to hear some positive feedback. See my comments below. On 3/12/2019 1:21 PM, Ruth Ivimey-Cook wrote: > Folks, > > I've been using 5.1-pre for a couple of weeks on a side project, and > thought you might like feedback on

Re: [Kicad-developers] Feedback on 5.1

2019-03-12 Thread Rene Pöschl
Some more answers to what andy wrote. Disclaimer not a dev only the main lib maintainer and very active on the user forum. In general: Make bug reports for feature requests. Your requests will be forgotten by being only here on the mailing list. But check first if what you request has

Re: [Kicad-developers] Feedback on 5.1

2019-03-12 Thread Andy Peters
On Mar 12, 2019, at 10:21 AM, Ruth Ivimey-Cook wrote: > SCHEMA > Schema: taking part of a diagram and making that into a subsheet seems to > involve setting up the new sheet, Cutting components, entering the sheet, > then pasting. Could that be one action: Make new sheet with selection? This

[Kicad-developers] Feedback on 5.1

2019-03-12 Thread Ruth Ivimey-Cook
Folks, I've been using 5.1-pre for a couple of weeks on a side project, and thought you might like feedback on it. SHARED 1. Common: The general quality (appearance, stability, speed) of the apps is much improved. Thank you. 2. Common: I have seen a couple of crashes, mostly when doing