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[Эльдар Хайруллин <eldar.khayrullin@xxxxxxx>]

 Hello. I think he want to see additional fields with delta_x and delta_y (and maybe distance) relative of latest start point of drawing graphic primitive (like line) but he doesn't want to reset the user origin.


>Вторник, 10 мая 2016, 17:25 +03:00 от 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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С уважением,
Эльдар Хайруллин
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