Yes, I like it too. ;-) Gr, Edwin On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 9:15 PM, Clemens Koller <c...@embeon.de> wrote:
> Hello, Dino! > > I was just watching your video. Spreadsheet editing seem extremely useful > to me, especially when creating and verifying big designs as well as > refactoring/reusing older designs. > > Some other tools call these features "table based design entry" (of the > whole design). > So, even connections (nets) might be added and manipulated via a > spreadsheet. > > Just to save some clicks, it could be good to get rid of the tabs in the > dialog-box > and show the "Advanced" "Simple" and "Common" all in one dialog. > Also, an undo function could come in handy. :-) > > Thank you for your work! > > Regards, > Clemens > > > > > > > On 2016-11-06 18:44, Dino Ghilardi wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > > I had to edit a lot of components in a schematic and doing it one-by-one > > was a tedious task without a chance to copy a field > > (as footprint) to many components in a single operation. > > > > To make this task easier I've made a new tool that I'm using now. It > > makes easier to select a particular group of similar > > components and copy a field from one to others. Here are some features > > implemented: > > > > -Shows the components in a 'spreadsheet-like' grid. > > -Can filter basing on one or more field values using a 'column filter' > > -It uses also regular expressions on fields to have maximum flexibility. > > -It has some 'easy' buttons to make easy to use the tool also for who > > does not know the regular expressions syntax. > > -Selecting a component on the schematic highlights the line for that > > component in the grid. > > -Selecting a component in the grid moves the cursor to the component in > > the schematic. > > -Columns can be moved and hidden. > > -Changes can be undone using the 'undo' function in the schematic frame > > > > A video (no audio) of this tool is available at: > > https://youtu.be/QCMddxkKe8k > > > > If it makes sense, I can start to 'beautify' the code (aka re-read all > > and check code style policy) and create a patch to send to the mailing > > list, so I'll wait to hear if it is a good idea to go on developing this > > tool or not. > > > > Cheers, > > Dino Ghilardi. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
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