Hi! Just some cents from my side - hopefully not OT:
- Add some draw scaling factor (i.e. 0.1 .. 10) to the schematic pages. It happens to me regularly that I am drawing on A3 size paper to get more schematic real-estate and then print it to A4. My tool is missing scaling... and I am not willing to recreate all libraries with a different grid system. - Add the possiblity to use "brief" pin names additionally to "full" pin names. Example from https://forum.kicad.info/t/component-occupies-entire-page-newbie/5272: Brief pin name: "PA15". On Mouse-Hover it shows the full pin name: "ADC1_EXTI15/ADC2_EXTI15/ADC3_EXTI15/CEC/I2S1_WS/...blahblubb.../PA15" Regards, Clemens On 2017-02-13 11:32, Oliver Walters wrote: > Here is a good example of where such a feature would be very well received: > https://forum.kicad.info/t/component-occupies-entire-page-newbie/5272/22 > > On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 12:10 AM, Chris Pavlina <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I second this suggestion. Numerous people have been proposing this for > quite a long time in IRC, it's a popular idea. A large number of parts > are configurable, and forcing the pins to be non-configurable makes ERC > pretty weak. > > On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 07:22:37PM +1100, Oliver Walters wrote: > > As far as I am aware, this ( > > https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg23302.html > <https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg23302.html>) is the latest > > proposal for the new symbol format. > > > > Is this the case? > > > > Reading through this I have an idea that I think will be very useful. > > > > Currently each PIN can only have one TYPE (INPUT, OUTPUT, > OPEN-COLLECTOR, > > etc) which means that for parts with multiple alternate-functions on a > pin, > > ERC is essentially useless if the pin can be used as an INPUT or an > OUTPUT > > (or something else). > > > > Further, labelling all the possible alternate functions on a pin means > that > > either the symbol grows exceedingly wide, or many functions are missed. > > > > I suggest that the pin type should have facility for alternate > functions to > > be specified which would solve both of these problems. Once a symbol is > > placed in the schematic, any multi-function pins are set to "default" > > values (e.g. GPIO for a micro) but the other functions can be selected. > > > > See proposed "addition" to format here: > > > > http://i.imgur.com/5m38eTT.png > > > > Cheers, > > Oliver > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
