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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, I did define some widths in the global design rules. It works
with the double click, but not the square brackets.

2014-04-05 20:48 GMT+02:00 Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>:
> Hi Nick,
>
> You need to have a few different track widths defined in menu Design
> Rules->Design Rules, tab Global Design Rules. Then [ & ] switch between
> those widths, but it currently does affect selected track (although it could
> be a good idea). To change a track width you need to choose a width and then
> double click a track (like by default in KiCad).
>
> Regards,
> Orson
>
>
> On 04/05/2014 06:44 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>>
>> 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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