I just quickly scanned through it. I noticed you scanned through the component tree for component selection - You should try to use the search-as-you-type feature in the filter box for component selection, it really is very quick to narrow down your choices.
-h On 9 September 2014 13:54, Tim Hutt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been looking for a good free EDA software for ages, and currently use > Designspark PCB, which is freeware but not open source (although the only > limitation is an unobtrusive RS splash advert on startup). It is ok though - > and orders of magnitude better than Eagle. I tried gEDA years ago and it was > worthless. > > Anyway, I've been following CERN's work on Kicad, and thought I'd give Kicad > a try. These sorts of programs always seem to fail on basic usability things > (like how to copy/paste) so I recorded my first ever Kicad session! > Hopefully it will be valuable so you can see what new users thing when > trying Kicad (assuming you care). > > It's 30 mins. Somewhat low quality youtube (it downscaled 1024p to 720p > stupidly): > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k93cSNXEFUk > > Original (better quality): > https://www.dropbox.com/s/jymyxaoe1mg98qh/Kicad_Newbie_Part_One.mp4?dl=0 > > I hope I don't seem too critical in the video. Although Kicad did have some > of the same crazy usability issues that seem to plague all EDA apps (failed > the copy/paste test!), it did seem fairly clean and non-buggy and fixing the > usability issues is probably not too hard (/me tentatively raises > volunteering hand). > > What do you guys think? > > Cheers, > > Tim > > PS: Kicad-winbuilder is awesome. Well done whoever is responsible for that! > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
