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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yay, that looks nice. I just built your branch to test it out.

I like the new way to edit the dimensions label tool. (Though I would
like the text to get on the outside when the distance is smaller than
the text is wide.)

I tried to draw some random traces, but I was not able to change the
track witdth with the square brackets. I might be doing it wrong
though.

2014-04-04 19:30 GMT+02:00 Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On 04/04/2014 12:21 PM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
>> Ladies and gentlemen,
>>
>> As it was recently promised, we have fixed many bugs and added some new
>> features to the GAL canvas in pcbnew (branch
>> lp:~cern-kicad/kicad/drawing_tool).
>>
>> Main changes include:
>> - edit points for dimensions
>> - zones got a new edit mode (I call it 'keep side slope', you can see
>> demo in the video below) - try dragging zone sides with Ctrl pressed, it
>> changes length of sides, but their slope is preserved
>> - double click on a zone side creates a new edit point
>> - drc markers are drawn (if you run them when GAL is active; yet there
>> is a minor bug - you need to refresh view to see them, soon to be fixed)
>> - net highlighting (hold Ctrl and click a track/pad/via/zone;
>> highlighting using the toolbar button does not work yet, sorry)
>> - current cursor coordinates are updated on the bottom statusbar
>> - most of the default hotkeys are already working, I added shortcuts for
>> changing track width ([]) and via size ('\)
>> - importing netlists, global deletions & board cleanup effects are
>> instantly visible in the GAL canvas, no need to toggle canvases anymore
>> - tools can be invoked using menu
>>
>> You can watch a demo presenting some of above features here:
>> https://vimeo.com/90995942 (still uploads, should be available soon)
>>
>> I know that many of you keep asking about a new Push and Shove router
>> release - we are getting close to it. If you are curious about the
>> upcoming changes, there is a blueprint [1] prepared by Tom. To tell the
>> truth, I really look forward to merging all that goodies.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Orson
>>
>> [1] http://www.ohwr.org/attachments/2792/pns_blueprint.pdf
>
> Hooray!  Rock 'n Roll baby!
>
> Thank you Orson and Tom!
>
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