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[Piotr Esden-Tempski <piotr@xxxxxxxxx>]

> On Apr 2, 2015, at 1:16 PM, Piotr Esden-Tempski <piotr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Apr 2, 2015, at 12:45 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx <mailto:tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> 
>> On 02.04.2015 21:17, Piotr Esden-Tempski wrote:
>>> Hi Maciek,
>>> 
>>> I just tested it a bit more. The behaviour of the ratsnest is a bit
>>> confusing here. Let me describe it with the steps I took and what I
>>> observed. These are steps on a completely new pcb.
>>> 
>>> * open pcbnew (leave in default mode)
>>> * Read netlist
>>> * Spread out All Footprints (Ratsnest wires are visible)
>>> * Switch to OpenGL view (Footprints are still visible but no ratsnest
>>> wires)
>>> * Move a part around (Ratsnest wires of that particular part appear)
>>> * Switch back to default view and to OpenGL again (the ratsnest wires
>>> that were not visible in OpenGL are still invisible and the ones that I
>>> made appear by moving a part around are still there)
>>> * Save pcb file and exit pcbnew
>>> * Reopen pcbnew with the newly created board file
>>> * Switch to OpenGL view (All ratsnest wires are visible)
>>> 
>>> Additionally to all that, at the step where I move the parts around in
>>> the OpenGL mode, additional ratsnest wires are being drawn to the origin
>>> of the canvas. They are gone after reloading the pcb file.
>> 
>> Hi Piotr,
>> 
>> Can you take a screenshot of the last point?^^
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Tom
> 
> Hi Tom,
> 
> Here you go. :)
> 
> It is bit difficult to show with a single screenshot, as it changes while dragging parts around. I think it still considers some parts being in the center of the drawing? If you need more information I can try to record a short screencast to illustrate the issue better. :)

One more thing. I just realized, it is not the origin. It is the position where the parts were before I used the spread function…

Cheers,
Piotr

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Piotr Esden-Tempski
Founder: 1BitSquared