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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/12/2017 11:53 AM, Kaspar Emanuel wrote:
> 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?

I'm not sure what it's called in a****m.  I seem to remember a
discussion about "rooms" regarding one of the commercial EDA products
but could not say for sure which one.  Basically the feature is reusable
blocks of board objects.  I think this feature could be really powerful
if we think about the bigger picture rather than just the patch we have
in front of us.

> 
> On 12 January 2017 at 16:37, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto:kristofferodmark90@xxxxxxxxx>>
>     > Date: 12/01/2017 12:41 (GMT+01:00)
>     > To: kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto: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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