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[Andrey Kuznetsov <kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good point Kevin.

Can we have "hold down CTRL" to disable snap to grip feature? That would
cover the caliper and other myriad of uses when snap to grid is unwanted.

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 7:07 AM, Kevin Cozens <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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