Le 07/07/2016 à 15:52, Bob Gustafson a écrit : > Ahh - use the coordinates - I never did that - will have to try the next time > I lose my board. > > Rather than hard-wiring a paper size into the pcb to determine viewing > limits, I was thinking of > having KiCad use the dimensions of the board as the limits. I don't see any > value in viewing empty > space off the edge of the board.
Fit to screen uses the board size. You *need* viewing (and using) empty space off the edge of the board in many cases: - when loading a netlist, new footprints are loaded. Obviously outside the board limits. - when you create (board size not known) or enlarge an existing footprint - when temporary moving a component (or a group of footprints) outside the current board area during edition There are certainly many other cases. Moreover, I am thinking (because fit on screen exists) viewing should not be limited (in fact roughly limited to -1 meter to +1 meter, which is the min and max coordinate values which can be handled by a 32 bit integer system) Page limits is mainly useful to print or plot a schematic or a board. > > Have fun > Bob G > > Simon Wells wrote: >> ideally i would like to see the removal of page limits and likewise >> the "frame" in pcbnew with just a print preview dialog where you can >> choose to have it and its position, however i am not sure if this is >> the consensus but it does seem popular with some people >> >> There are multiple ways to find it if you have managed to lose the >> board, The coordinates in the bottom bar with the page corner being at >> 0,0. And also the zoom to fit. >> >> While the frame and the page make sense in the schematic i am not sure >> they do so much for pcbnew, as the board is a physical thing not >> dictated by size of a piece of paper, And If you were to instead make >> it the size of hte board, or size of the board+ a margin it would make >> it annoying if you are trying to mock together submodules before you >> place them on the board >> >> Simon >> -- Jean-Pierre CHARRAS _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
