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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Come on, this is an issue that has always existed in GAL as far as I can
remember.

A bug has recently been reported on this on a workaround. I hope this can
see be resolved. This happens also on linux.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1438406

2015-04-02 22:16 GMT+02:00 Piotr Esden-Tempski <piotr@xxxxxxxxx>:

>
> On Apr 2, 2015, at 12:45 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski <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. :)
>
> Cheers,
> Piotr
>
> --
> Piotr Esden-Tempski
> Founder: 1BitSquared
>
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