Hello Miklos- Thank you for the useful suggestion.
Please open a merge request on GitLab. This will help us to more easily review the changes you are proposing. Best, Seth On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 7:07 AM Miklos Marton <martonmiklosq...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Kicad developers! > > I made a feature which allows automatic alignment of the hierarchial and > global labels depending on where did they got placed. > I would like to have some discussion about it before I submit a MR. > > The code lives here: > > https://gitlab.com/martonmiklos/kicad/-/tree/add_label_rotate > > You could find a short video about what it does: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGyEttFy7PM > > At the moment it is limited to hierarchial and global labels, and only the > following connections: > > - Wires > - Symbol pins > - Bus entries > > Are there any other label types where this auto alignment feature would > make sense? > > Are there any connection points where it could be useful (other than than > what is implemented now)? > > I found two other possible item types in the code: SCH_SHEET_PIN_T, > SCH_PIN_T. > > As for SCH_SHEET_PIN_T I added hierarchial sheet symbols and added the > hierarchual pins to them, > however if I place a global label right into the sheet imported pins they > does not get connected automatically: > if I move away the placed label no wires got added (like they do when I > place a label on a symbol's pin). > > About the SCH_PIN_T I thought that the power taps are fall into this > category, > but it looks like that they are not (simply Symbol pins at least for the > GND). > > I have wondered if the temporary label alignment change should be > visualized when the cursor get moved above a placement point, > however it might be just waste of computational time. > > -- > Best regards, > Miklos Marton > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- [image: KiCad Services Corporation Logo] Seth Hillbrand *Lead Developer* +1-530-302-5483 Long Beach, CA www.kipro-pcb.com i...@kipro-pcb.com
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