I agree, unneccesary option dialogs should not exist. On the text and drawings part though, I would argue that one could have both there. Footprint silkscreen setting separated from PCB silkscreen settings, but it might become overkill settingswise :)
- Kristoffer On Thu, 2018-05-31 at 13:35 +0100, Jeff Young wrote: > We currently expose this in both Kicad and Modedit, but it’s not > really what it says it is as newly created pads use the last set > properties, not the default properties. > > It is used by Copy / Apply Pad Settings, but that’s a bit odd too as > one would expect those to go through the clipboard. > > When editing boards I’ve used Push Pad Settings a lot, and Copy / > Apply Pad Settings some. But I’ve never done a Copy, then edited the > copy through the Default Pad Properties dialog, and then done an > Apply. And I don’t think anyone else would ever think to do that > either. > > So I don’t think it actually serves a purpose. > > Background: > I’m looking at implementing a tree-controlled Board Setup (similar to > the new preferences) which would replace Layers Setup, Design Rules, > Text and Drawings, and if required, Default Pad Properties. > > This change would also likely include moving Text and Drawings from a > type-specific model (footprint item vs PCB item) to a layer-specific > model (silk vs fab vs copper vs other). > > Comments welcome on that too…. > _______________________________________________ > 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
