place the cursor on a reference point say the edge of the board. Hit spacebar which will zero the relative co-ord display, move the cursor to the point what you want to measure, or to where you want to place a via, hole etc. by reading the distance moved in the relative co-ord display.
It's easier to use the cursor keys rather than the mouse for fine adjustment. Andy On Sun, 24 May 2009 12:46:11 -0000 "Julien Bayle" <[email protected]> wrote: > hello, > > so, any tips for measuring distance in PCBNEW ? > I tried to make an auxilliary axis in order to place my (0,0) to a corner of > my pcb, but it is only used for drilling etc.. > > > any ideas ? > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > Kicad. > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups > Links > > >
