Reproduced on Linux, and reported here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1751960
On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 7:27 PM, Andy Peters <[email protected]> wrote: > This uses last night’s nightly (macOS). > > I imported a DXF file into the Cmts.User layer (nothing else is on it) and > I need to move it into a specific location. Since there is no “group all of > this stuff into one thing” feature (which I admittedly hadn’t thought about > until just now), my imported thing is a bunch of lines and arcs. > > To move it, I turned off all of the layers except Cmts.User and used the > mouse to draw a selection box around the imported lines. But! The selection > includes all sorts of other stuff which was invisible. Checking the “Items” > visibility I see that most things are selected — Footprints, References, > Pads, Tracks, Vias, Holes. But since their layers are turned off, they’re > not visible. (which is the expected result.) > > Shouldn’t the block-select logic select only stuff which is actually > visible? That is, if the layer is not visible and I don’t see a thing, I > should not be able to select that thing, period. > > (Aside: is there any way to combine things like a mechanical outline DXF > imported into an auxiliary layer? I designed a small board that goes behind > a front panel and I went to check whether it would actually fit, and > realized that while I can import the panel outline, moving it as one unit, > with an anchor point like any regular footprint, doesn’t work.) > > Thanks, and I have to say that Kicad is really working out here. The two > boards I want to fab this week are my 9th and 10th Kicad designs. > > > Application: kicad > Version: (5.0.0-rc2-dev-16-g319b7cf), release build > Libraries: > wxWidgets 3.0.4 > libcurl/7.54.0 LibreSSL/2.0.20 zlib/1.2.11 nghttp2/1.24.0 > Platform: Mac OS X (Darwin 17.4.0 x86_64), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac > Build Info: > wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (UTF-8,STL containers,compatible with 2.8) > Boost: 1.61.0 > Curl: 7.43.0 > Compiler: Clang 7.3.0 with C++ ABI 1002 > > Build settings: > USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=ON > USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON > KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON > KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON > KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON > KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON > BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON > KICAD_USE_OCE=ON > KICAD_SPICE=ON > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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