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[Kevin Cozens <kevin@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2017-03-28 03:25 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote:
> this ruler (caliper icon) does look really good.
[snip]
> It is often a good idea to have a way to measure footprint size.

The caliper tool is a useful addition to Kicad. The only one thing I've 
noticed about it is it only lets you measure distances from one grid point 
to another. If you need to measure starting from the edge of a pad (for 
example) to some other point you can't unless you change the grid spacing.

If there is a way to tell the caliper to not snap to grid points when you 
are using it to make a measurement I haven't figured out how to do that.

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