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[Andy Peters <devel@xxxxxxxxx>]

> On Nov 21, 2015, at 4:01 PM, Jon Neal <reportingsjr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hmm, it could probably just be an option in the netlist import. "spread components on import"

I don't understand why piling all of the footprints on top of each other would ever be desirable. 

They should be spread out, and if new footprints are imported into an existing board, they should be away from anything already placed. 

-a


> 
>> On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 3:05 AM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I personally don't see why this is a toggled feature, there is space
>> enough for it in the context menu as is I think.
>> 
>> 2015-11-21 3:41 GMT+01:00 Jon Neal <reportingsjr@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > I just want to make sure everyone is ok with this change:
>> >
>> > Currently when you want to use the "Global spread and place" tool for
>> > spreading out footprints you have to click the "mode footprint" button. This
>> > hides this functionality from most people. So much so that I have a bookmark
>> > to a picture of the button for when people ask how to use the function.
>> >
>> > Would anyone be opposed if the "global spread and place" tool is just
>> > normally shown in the context menu without requiring that button? And if the
>> > button doesn't have any other function can it just be removed?
>> >
>> > Here is a bug with a few people asking for this change:
>> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1495294
>> >
>> > Jon
>> >
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