>> Both of those work. After using the program for 5 years, I had grown >> accustomed to >> previous behavior which did not require selecting drag. You could simply >> use the wire >> tool and back trace over an existing track starting from its end, with a new >> track >> gesture. This used to shorten the wire. >> >> I can live with the single G key however. >> >> Dick > I see... > > It is certainly a side effect of my bug fix bzr3467. > > Previously the SCH_LINE::MergeOverlap( SCH_LINE* aLine ) function tried to > merge 2 collinear segments > (wires, busses or graphic lines) by creating a segment from the starting > point of the first > to the ending point of the second. > Therefore the intermediate point is not always the removed point. > The result of merging 2 collinear segments connecting 2 pins can be: > - a merging segment that still connect the 2 pins (the intermediate point was > removed) > - or a shorter segment between a pin and the end of the second segment (not > necessary the pin) > and a connection is lost ((the intermediate point was kept and an end > point removed ). > > (I am thinking you were using the consequence of this bug) > > However, during calculations, for each segment, ends can be swapped, > and you are not able to know in all cases the starting point end the ending > point of a wire. > > Now the resulting segment connects the ends having the bigger distance, and > in my example the 2 pins > are always kept connected. > > I noticed this bug when I tried to create a rectangle (4 consecutive wires or > graphic segments) > in an empty sheet: > Depending on the way the 4 edges are created (CW or CCW) one or 2 segments > were lost (removed). > (SCH_LINE::MergeOverlap( SCH_LINE* aLine ) is widely used in Eeschema after > segments creations > and netlist calculations). > > I was also able to create erroneous merges on existing complex connections > with collinear wires and junctions. > > After creating a collinear wire on this kind of connections, some segments > sometimes disappear. > (and a wrong connection created)
Thanks Jean-Pierre for the explanation. The functionality to shorten a wire is there. I just have to press the G key, and that is not an inconvenience. Not knowing I had to do this was the inconvenience. :) Thanks much. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
