It does look really neat and I agree with Wayne it bears some thought and could be a really powerful feature.
Wayne, I think what you mean by "a***m like room feature" are reusable "snippets" of placed and routed components. Is that right? On 12 January 2017 at 16:37, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think this feature would be useful but we should proceed with caution > if we are going to include persistence. I'm guessing making groups > persistent will require a change to the pcb file format. We should > think this through thoroughly before moving forward. Is it possible > that this grouping could be used for an a****m like room feature? If > so, than we need to plan this out accordingly rather than just commit a > new feature for the sake of convenience. > > On 1/12/2017 6:55 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote: > > I like it. Give me a few days to review it and I hope it will get > > merged. You'll also have to make the groups persistent (save to file). > > Recursive grouping (group of groups) would be also an advantage. > > > > > > Cheers, > > Tom > > > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. > > > > > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: Kristoffer Ödmark <kristofferodmar...@gmail.com> > > Date: 12/01/2017 12:41 (GMT+01:00) > > To: kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] Group selection idea > > > > Hey again, What would be the chances of seing this getting into the > > master branches on launchpad, what would I have to add/change to get it > > there? > > > > - Kristoffer > > > > On 2017-01-11 21:59, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote: > >> Attaching Patch! > >> > >> ( Thanks Chris! ) > >> > >> On 2017-01-11 20:51, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote: > >>> Hello! > >>> > >>> I hacked together a group selection concept looking like this: > >>> https://youtu.be/eJp-aJ8i0H4 > >>> > >>> It can assign BOARD_ITEM to a specific group for easier selection and > >>> group manipulation. I am open to suggestions on changes, this is surely > >>> not an optimal implementation. > >>> > >>> Useful when you may want to keep the relative position of something on > >>> the board like maybe a RF layout etc. > >>> > >>> It cannot currently save the group assignments between sessions, since > >>> that would require some changes to the file format. That would need > some > >>> agreement that this is indeed wanted. > >>> > >>> it also doesnt work on zones right now. > >>> > >>> ps: I do not now the best way to attach a patch file. > >>> I added my feature > >>> commit > >>> git pull > >>> fix conflict > >>> commit > >>> > >>> Anyone have any steps on how to get one patch file for this, now I got > >>> one patch file, and a merge. > >>> > >>> - Kristoffer > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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