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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 07/07/2016 à 15:52, Bob Gustafson a écrit :
> Ahh - use the coordinates - I never did that - will have to try the next time I lose my board.
> 
> Rather than hard-wiring a paper size into the pcb to determine viewing limits, I was thinking of
> having KiCad use the dimensions of the board as the limits. I don't see any value in viewing empty
> space off the edge of the board.

Fit to screen uses the board size.

You *need*  viewing (and using) empty space off the edge of the board in many cases:
- when loading a netlist, new footprints are loaded. Obviously outside the board limits.
- when you create (board size not known) or enlarge an existing footprint
- when temporary moving a component (or a group of footprints) outside the current board area during
edition

There are certainly many other cases.
Moreover, I am thinking (because fit on screen exists) viewing should not be limited (in fact
roughly limited to -1 meter to +1 meter, which is the min and max coordinate values which can be
handled by a 32 bit integer system)

Page limits is mainly useful to print or plot a schematic or a board.

> 
> Have fun
> Bob G
> 
> Simon Wells wrote:
>> ideally i would like to see the removal of page limits and likewise
>> the "frame" in pcbnew with just a print preview dialog where you can
>> choose to have it and its position, however i am not sure if this is
>> the consensus but it does seem popular with some people
>>
>> There are multiple ways to find it if you have managed to lose the
>> board, The coordinates in the bottom bar with the page corner being at
>> 0,0. And also the zoom to fit.
>>
>> While the frame and the page make sense in the schematic i am not sure
>> they do so much for pcbnew, as the board is a physical thing not
>> dictated by size of a piece of paper, And If you were to instead make
>> it the size of hte board, or size of the board+ a margin it would make
>> it annoying if you are trying to mock together submodules before you
>> place them on the board
>>
>> Simon
>>



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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS