On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 07:44:59AM -0500, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > The obvious should also be noted, and that is that if you first take the time > to move the > text out from under your small SMT component (say a small R or C), then you > don't have > this selection clarification menu popup, nor do you have the need to have a > module > selection tool. Simply click on the part body and not the module text, *even > while the > text is visible*. That is your module selection tool, it looks like you when > looking in > the mirror. In my footprint libraries, I don't put the text under my > footprints to save > this initial step.
I find the text 'outside' the module very distracting, especially when you have banks of discrete components (so that one text goes more or less on the middle of the next part). Also in assembly drawing the text should be shown on the insertion point, not on the silk location (for obvious cross checking reasons :D); since there is no such feature I usually left out the silk and only do the assembly (there would be no place anyway for all these reference on the silk!); in short I mostly work with no text at all on the screen... Another thing (maybe that's workflow related)... I don't usually care what that specific component is, I follow the track/ratnest for that. As for the dual monitor crossprobing that would be a good idea if a) had a second monitor and b) my pc actually supported it:P:P I find a dual desktop crossprobing a useful solution anyway (better than nothing). -- Lorenzo Marcantonio Logos Srl _______________________________________________ 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
