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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If there needs to be an option, let's make "pile all of your components on
top of each other" be the option, by default off :)

Adam Wolf
On Nov 22, 2015 11:14 AM, "Andy Peters" <devel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> 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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