Please file bug reports against these issues. Missing features may not be noticed during development so it's important if you find something that is missing to report it. I cannot guarantee that all of them will get fixed but I'm willing to bet that many of these issues the gal devs are not even aware exist.
On 7/20/2017 9:25 AM, Marcos Chaparro wrote: > A few things I remember when using nighties. > > * disable design rule checking button is ignored in GAL. I use it when I > swap 2 pins in the schematic, I turn off drc, make the track change, > then rebuild connectivity. Otherwise I end up deleting the whole track > and starting over. > * On legacy pressing E over a segment changes the segment width to the > current track width. Same for vias. I acknowledge the new window that > pops up can change the width, but maybe someone could complain (not me, > just pointing that out). I don't see the use of changing the segment > coordinates in that window yet. > * Sometimes it pisses me off that I explicitly change the trace > direction with / but when it reaches the pad the direction is changed. I > back off from the pad, change the direction (/) again and when I get > again into the pad the track direction is changed again. I guess the > algorithm tries to avoid an extra segment -which makes sense- but > sometimes I just need my track to be farther away from a noise source > and I don't care about one less track angle. > > See 2 quick videos showing the difference between routing behavior. The > only thing I did between videos is to press F9 > > https://youtu.be/puhrZMf7bWg > > https://youtu.be/vqwiCvMWAaI > > > > Marcos > > On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 9:16 AM, Lorenzo Marcantonio <lomar...@tin.it > <mailto:lomar...@tin.it>> wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 10:31:09PM +1200, hauptmech wrote: > > > > I'm with Heikki. I've been using the GAL canvas for a complex project. I > > don't really have time to learn the nuances of the interactive router; I > > found that highlight collisions kept it from doing stuff I did not want > in > > tight layouts and I fall back to legacy for things like tweaking track > nodes > > and when I get tired of dropped mouse clicks. > > Strange, when it's set up correctly it can work like the old one. > Another thing (but I think that was already fixed) is the 'don't > check clearance' button, I needed it a while ago and didn't work > under GAL. > > > -- > Lorenzo Marcantonio > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <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
