kicad-developers team mailing list archive

[Alejandro Méndez A. <twistx77@xxxxxxxxx>]

This seems a great addon to KiCad.

It would be great to have the same thing in PCBNew.

Thanks!

2015-06-19 3:22 GMT+02:00 Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Here's the second revision of my Eeschema field autoplacing tool. The
> following changes have been made:
>
> - Autoplace understands text justification
> - Optional rejustification of fields (fields at the side are left- or
>   right-aligned; fields at the top and bottom are center-aligned)
> - Smarter field location selector is aware of hidden pins
>
> A few tweaks to existing features have been made as well.
>
> Components by default are made with autoplaced fields when placed from
> the library. Autoplace is repeated automatically when the component is
> rotated or flipped or when relevant properties of fields (justification,
> hidden vs visible) are changed. Moving a field manually sets the
> component to non-autoplaced; pressing O over the component or
> right-clicking and choosing Autoplace Fields resets it. Copied
> components retain the autoplace status of the source.
>
> This is quite helpful when making complicated schematics with many
> rotated parts. Try it out!
>
> --
> Chris
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>
>


-- 
アレッカス