Well, I've stared at that dx and dy for countless sessions of pcbnew, trying to figure out how to make it useful based on looking at the UI. I couldn't.
What if we replace the (IMO useless) mimicking of X and Y with a message to press 'space' to measure? Otherwise, there is no UI hint as to how to make the visible numbers useful. On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't like the idea of a "smart" origin either. When I set the user > origin, it's typically to place multiple objects on a given x or y > coordinate. I don't want kicad thinking it's smarter than I am and > reset the user origin relative to where I started drawing some object. > To me that would be more annoying than useful. > > On 5/10/2016 10:19 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > > Because that's only useful once in the entire session using pcbnew. Once > you've > > set an origin once you can't use that anymore. What's the point? > > > > I quite like the simplicity of the tool as it is. It's a ruler that you > can > > move around. Why do you need a ruler that's smart and picks itself up > once in a > > while? That just seems confusing. > > > > On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 08:15:52AM -0600, Duane Johnson wrote: > >> I can see how this is useful once you know to press space bar. But what > if > >> it assumes an implicit origin in the following case: > >> - no explicit origin has been set > >> - the user is drawing a shape > >> On May 10, 2016 12:39 AM, "Nick Østergaard" <oe.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> > http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/en/pcbnew.html#_displaying_cursor_coordinates > >>> > >>> 2016-05-09 22:44 GMT+02:00 Collin Anderson <metacol...@electropi.mp>: > >>>> Hit space bar, it will set the origin for dx and dy. It's useful for > >>> seeing where the cursor is relative to the most recent 'origin' set > with > >>> the spacebar. I use it all the time :). > >>>> -- > >>>> "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - Isaac Asimov > >>>> > >>>>> On May 9, 2016, at 2:39 PM, Duane Johnson <duane.john...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> When I create a rectangle, or line, I frequently want to know what > the > >>> size of the rectangle is (width and height). I would have assumed > that's > >>> what "dx" and "dy" in the footer/status bar are for; however, it seems > like > >>> in all cases, they simply reflect the same values as "X" and "Y". Am I > >>> missing something, or is this something to be fixed? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> Duane > >>>>> <Screenshot 2016-05-09 14 > >>> .37.18.png>_______________________________________________ > >>>>> 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 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >>> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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