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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Because that's only useful once in the entire session using pcbnew. Once you've
set an origin once you can't use that anymore. What's the point?

I quite like the simplicity of the tool as it is. It's a ruler that you can
move around. Why do you need a ruler that's smart and picks itself up once in a
while? That just seems confusing.

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 08:15:52AM -0600, Duane Johnson wrote:
> I can see how this is useful once you know to press space bar. But what if
> it assumes an implicit origin in the following case:
> - no explicit origin has been set
> - the user is drawing a shape
> On May 10, 2016 12:39 AM, "Nick Østergaard" <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/en/pcbnew.html#_displaying_cursor_coordinates
> >
> > 2016-05-09 22:44 GMT+02:00 Collin Anderson <metacollin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > Hit space bar, it will set the origin for dx and dy.  It's useful for
> > seeing where the cursor is relative to the most recent 'origin' set with
> > the spacebar.  I use it all the time :).
> > > --
> > > "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - Isaac Asimov
> > >
> > >> On May 9, 2016, at 2:39 PM, Duane Johnson <duane.johnson@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> When I create a rectangle, or line, I frequently want to know what the
> > size of the rectangle is (width and height). I would have assumed that's
> > what "dx" and "dy" in the footer/status bar are for; however, it seems like
> > in all cases, they simply reflect the same values as "X" and "Y". Am I
> > missing something, or is this something to be fixed?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Duane
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