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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 12/12/2015 18:26, Chris Pavlina a écrit :
> I actually thought a bit about that, and wasn't sure how to reconcile 
> "make the labels look nice" with "we like 50mil grids". But then, I went 
> off-grid for horizontal _anyway_, so... *shrug*
> 
> It'll take some reworking of the placement code to make the vertical 
> grid flexible - not something I'd probably bother doing on my own, but 
> if other people want it, let me know and I'll have no problem 
> implementing that.
> 

The 50 mils grid is good (read: mandatory) to place pins.
So "we like this grid" for connected items (pins, labels, wires ..)

But for graphics items a smaller grid is often needed.

Fields can be seen as graphics items.
I am thinking a smaller grid like 10 mils could be used to place them.

(the horizontal grid should be also flexible, especially for vertical texts)

Thanks.

-- 
Jean-Pierre CHARRAS