gEDA-user: Moving components around the layout

2009-09-04 Thread vincent Onelli
Thank you for answer my message > Hi, > I am working on the board layout with 25 sets of component inductors and > capacitors, to make all the same I am using the help of grid. To > optimize the space I made small change on the grid spacing and now I > need to move the part a small amount of that s

Re: gEDA-user: Moving components around the layout

2009-08-28 Thread Stefan Salewski
On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 11:29 -0500, John Griessen wrote: > > If you didn't use a divisible smaller grid spacing, you won't be able to put > it on grid, > since the origin point of the footprint was already placed on the previous > larger grid. > > If your previous grid was every 1mm try .25mm g

Re: gEDA-user: Moving components around the layout

2009-08-28 Thread John Griessen
Vincent Onelli wrote: I > need to move the part a small amount of that small amount Sounds like you need to change the grid even smaller, since "that small amount was the new grid, right? Grid snap stops you from moving to in between places. It's doing it's thing is all. John -- Ecosensory

Re: gEDA-user: Moving components around the layout

2009-08-28 Thread John Griessen
Vincent Onelli wrote: > To > optimize the space I made small change on the grid spacing and now I > need to move the part a small amount of that small amount, but picking > the part most of time doesn't Work I need to keeping on try for many > times some of them I had to giver up and reload the par

Re: gEDA-user: Moving components around the layout

2009-08-27 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:03:01 -0400, Vincent Onelli wrote: > but picking > the part most of time doesn't Work More details, please. How do you try to pick the components? Can you give the mouse actions? What happens if the "pick does not work"? Nothing? Or do you pick the wrong component? Do

gEDA-user: Moving components around the layout

2009-08-27 Thread Vincent Onelli
Hi, I am working on the board layout with 25 sets of component inductors and capacitors, to make all the same I am using the help of grid. To optimize the space I made small change on the grid spacing and now I need to move the part a small amount of that small amount, but picking the part most of