Hi Ruth, Are your 3D issues in raytracing or normal (OpenGL) rendering? Could you screenshot your Preferences > 3D Viewer > Display Options panel? (I’m unable to reproduce any of the issues you’re mentioning.)
For unlock all you can do a Select All and then a right-mouse-button Unlock. You can convert old-format symbols to new format in the Manage Symbol Libraries dialog (the Migrate Libraries button). The project viewer stuff is controversial. ;) (See: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/7946 <https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/7946>.) Single sided board (well, odd layer boards actually) is tracked in https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/2425 <https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/2425>. Cheers, Jeff. > On 28 Jun 2021, at 17:28, Ruth Ivimey-Cook <r...@ivimey.org> wrote: > > I've been using the nightly build for the last couple of weeks on a hobby > project, with generally good results. I thought it might be helpful for you > some feedback on it. My comparisons are against 5.1.14: > > I love the new cut/paste, click to move etc. Very much easier. I love too the > Schematic's 'edit endpoint' on a wire to extend it, but couldn't it support > general movement too, as is true for 'd' on the PCB? > > I like the new part Group and part Lock options, and the dialog for lock > override. Have I missed finding a general Unlock All, though? > > The router tool to drag whole parts with their tracks (opt 'd') gets very > easily confused with conflicts on tracks that shouldn't be there and for any > many-pin part it's almost unusable. I didn't notice the same problems in > v5.1. By 'shouldn't be there' I think there is a conflict is with THT pads > where the hole itself becomes something to avoid. You can also conflict with > existing track segments which should and can move and are at least 1 segment > distant from the part being moved (e.g. part has pad A, which has a track > segment on it B, which then bends at 45deg to a segment C. Moving the part > moves A and B, but not C, which could move but is instead counted as a > conflict. Where the part movement is in line with tracks, things are > generally ok; problems arise when part movement is at an angle to track > connections. > > A nice enhancement would be for PCB drag to support dragging of contiguous > groups of parts (e.g. when you use an area selection). > > The 3D viewer is great as always. I'm not sure if this is a regression, but > when the solder resist layer (green etc) is not clipped at pcb holes, e.g. > mounting holes, and should be, so currently you can't see all the way through > holes. Switch off display of solder resist and you can. You also can't see > through THT part holes when components are not shown. > > The new library format was obviously needed and makes more sense > (internals-wise). However, integration with older libraries needs > improvement, specifically there needs to be a way to auto import specific > symbols to an existing new-format library (e.g. project-specific) from an > old-format library (or if present this option is not obvious), and ideally a > way to export an new format symbol to an old format (even if that is then > marked as potentially broken and needs checking). At present it is not > practical for everyone to be on the new format all the time. Migration > old->new was good when that was appropriate. > > The new project viewer tool layout is improved, but could the clickable area > for each tool encompass the text as well as the image? Perhaps also the icons > could be somewhat larger. > > I was slightly confused, when setting up my board, that I wasn't allowed to > specify a single sided board... there is no option for just one layer of > copper. It so happens that my project grew and I do need 2 layers, but still. > > My project has so far had a major revision, as I reimplemented the core of > the circuit, and in the process reset the part numbering. Of course there was > a fair bit of movement and redoing of pcb placement but some non-core parts > stayed put. I was hoping/expecting the areas that hadn't been changed would > either show up with lots of broken connections or be retained as-is, but no. > For parts that were renumbered but not moved on the pcb, the track was left > with its original net, while the part's connections were those of the new > one. (e.g. old part R1 pad1 = 3V3 and has track 3V3, following change now R1 > pad1 is GND. After change, R1 still refers to the same footprint so pad1 is > now GND but track is still 3V3, and yet the ratsnest showed nothing wrong). > NB Rule checker dialog not invoked, just the ratsnest. > > Hope this helps, > > Ruth > > > -- > Tel: 01223 414180 > Blog: http://www.ivimey.org/blog > LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/ruthivimeycook/ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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