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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't like the idea of a "smart" origin either.  When I set the user
origin, it's typically to place multiple objects on a given x or y
coordinate.  I don't want kicad thinking it's smarter than I am and
reset the user origin relative to where I started drawing some object.
To me that would be more annoying than useful.

On 5/10/2016 10:19 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> 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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