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[Kaspar Emanuel <kaspar.emanuel@xxxxxxxxx>]

It does look really neat and I agree with Wayne it bears some thought and
could be a really powerful feature.

Wayne, I think what you mean by "a***m like room feature" are reusable
"snippets" of placed and routed components. Is that right?

On 12 January 2017 at 16:37, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I think this feature would be useful but we should proceed with caution
> if we are going to include persistence.  I'm guessing making groups
> persistent will require a change to the pcb file format.  We should
> think this through thoroughly before moving forward.  Is it possible
> that this grouping could be used for an a****m like room feature?  If
> so, than we need to plan this out accordingly rather than just commit a
> new feature for the sake of convenience.
>
> On 1/12/2017 6:55 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote:
> > I like it. Give me a few days to review it and I hope it will get
> > merged. You'll also have to make the groups persistent (save to file).
> > Recursive grouping (group of groups) would be also an advantage.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tom
> >
> > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
> >
> >
> > -------- Original message --------
> > From: Kristoffer Ödmark <kristofferodmark90@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: 12/01/2017 12:41 (GMT+01:00)
> > To: kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] Group selection idea
> >
> > Hey again, What would be the chances of seing this getting into the
> > master branches on launchpad, what would I have to add/change to get it
> > there?
> >
> > - Kristoffer
> >
> > On 2017-01-11 21:59, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
> >> Attaching Patch!
> >>
> >> ( Thanks Chris! )
> >>
> >> On 2017-01-11 20:51, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
> >>> Hello!
> >>>
> >>> I hacked together a group selection concept looking like this:
> >>> https://youtu.be/eJp-aJ8i0H4
> >>>
> >>> It can assign BOARD_ITEM to a specific group for easier selection and
> >>> group manipulation. I am open to suggestions on changes, this is surely
> >>> not an optimal implementation.
> >>>
> >>> Useful when you may want to keep the relative position of something on
> >>> the board like maybe a RF layout etc.
> >>>
> >>> It cannot currently save the group assignments between sessions, since
> >>> that would require some changes to the file format. That would need
> some
> >>> agreement that this is indeed wanted.
> >>>
> >>> it also doesnt work on zones right now.
> >>>
> >>> ps: I do not now the best way to attach a patch file.
> >>> I added my feature
> >>> commit
> >>> git pull
> >>> fix conflict
> >>> commit
> >>>
> >>> Anyone have any steps on how to get one patch file for this, now I got
> >>> one patch file, and a merge.
> >>>
> >>> - Kristoffer
> >
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