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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 16/07/2018 à 18:25, Jeff Young a écrit :
> Hi JP,
> 
> Thanks for the feedback.
> 
>> On 16 Jul 2018, at 16:05, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> I just played with a few of your 5.1 changes.
>>
>> Many are good, but the new netclass management is not as efficient as the current dialog:
>>
>> - Modifying the netclass of a lot of nets is very tedious: the change must be done for each net
>> (this is the major issue).
> 
> I’d like to see if there’s some other way to handle lots of nets.  The double-list method was 
> very hard to figure out how to use (although admittedly very efficient once you did).
> 
>> - we cannot see easily the list of nets, as the netclass filter was removed.
> 
> Interesting.  I had never used it for that, but I can see how it would be helpful.
> 
>> However the net filter is a good idea.
>>
>> I am also thinking the "Board Setup" menu should be in the main menu bar, not in the file menu (this
>> is a very important setting, not related to a file management)
> 
> My thinking was it was sort of like Page Setup.  I’m not terribly attached to the File menu, but 
> I'd rather avoid a stumpy menu with just a single item.  Preferences doesn’t fit well either.  Edit 
> or Tools perhaps?

The main toolbar is for me the best choice.
Moreover if (or when) netclasses will take in account the layers and the netclass management is more
powerful, I am guessing this setup will be frequently modified, so it deserves a easy and fast access.

An other enhancement in this kind of dialog could be to reopen the paged dialog to the last opened
page during a session.

> 
> (I changed the subject line so this wouldn’t get drowned in the other 5.1 stuff.)
> 
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your work.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS


-- 
Jean-Pierre CHARRAS