One thing I would love to see is the possibility of displaying a vector graphic (e.g. DXF) under the pcb in pcbnew.
With this given I could display a picture of the case which will be holding the pcb. This would ease the process of creating mounting-holes and an outline fitting into the case. Nils On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Vesa Solonen <vsolo...@cc.hut.fi> wrote: > On Thu, 17 Mar 2011, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > >> On 3/14/2011 10:16 PM, Clive Nicolson wrote: >> >>> ii) auto routing of a schematic. >> >> I would think most people would generate the schematic first and then >> duplicating the PCB layout. > > Some kind of crude push and shove plus automatic clearances for wires and > components is very useful for speeding up drawing and tidying up the > schematic. Even Eagle has some automatic routing help for schematic wires. > > This is the kind of functionality that separates computer aided drawing from > pencil and eraser method. It can do some smart work for you and the drawer > can concentrate on the essential part. Naturally these helpers must be > optional funtionality. > > For Clive, please publish your code as a branch on Launchpad. > > -Vesa > > _______________________________________________ > 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
