On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 12:44:08PM -0700, NHays Terrace wrote: > Alternatively, the exporter could build a zone for each flash.
A little heavy but could work. However the exporter would have to rebuild the netlist, I don't know if it can do it. More likely it could build a virtual module containing the flash (I use such modules for equipontential joints, for example). The microwave gap tool IIRC uses a similar technique. > In general, pcbnew's drawing object set is fairly specific to pcb related > objects which limits expansion. Uh... maybe I don't get the idea correctly... pcbnew is *only* for pcb, so it's natural that only handles pcb related objects. > A good example is how pads are found only within modules and plotting them > uses a flash. I would like an example of the usefulness of a lonely flash outside of a module... I can't think of any. > That flash capability is not generally available outside of that use, i.e. > as a gr_flash in the pcb file. That's because probably the developers (like me) can't see *why* someone would use a flash outside a module. > Generic grouping of objects is another common component of graphics > programs. Too bad that pcbnew is a *pcb* program. Even the, for example, perspective tool is a common component for graphics programs, but has nothing to do with pcb design. However, I agree that sometimes some kind of grouping could be useful (maybe for repeated stages or such) > I would like to <ctl> click objects to select several of them, then r-click > and select 'group'. > > Then I can move them as a unit - extremely useful. More or less what I described. Too bad there is nothing in the pcbnew code to do something like that:P The pcbnew database is flat, not hierarchical. > I hope to have time come September to contribute with code. For now, I > would just like to dialog about what is good to think about/work on. I feel that would be a lot of work for a minor feature... I don't ever had the need or wanted a 'grouping' feature. However feel free to work on it, I personally think that maybe *could* be useful for someone (good luck making the collector classes work correctly...) -- Lorenzo Marcantonio Logos Srl _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
