--- In [email protected], Greg Dyess <gregory.dy...@...> wrote:
>
> I am new to schematic capture/board layout programs so my 2 cents
> worth is probably only worth 1 cent. KiCad is the only package I
> have considered so far, mainly because it is open source/freeware.
>
> I expected the default move to move and keep connections with it
> (or is that drag?). It's annoying to move a 100-pin chip with all
> its connections only to find everything was disconnected, manually
> reconnect them all and then find out the drag (or was that move)
> would have kept the connections intact.
yup, that's "drag".
be careful as you drag such large, connected devices, in any
system where the wires & busses are stretched ("rubber-banded")
by the process: sometimes tools will infer connections where the
wires end up crossing -- not what one wants (and to my mind a bug).
either way the rats-nest is usually a mess to clean up.
i just did a very quick test (just 3 nand gates) of eeschema and it
appears to NOT suffer from this problem -- but i'd do a double check
after dragging your 100 pin beastie around.
hwn
