| ID: | 6180 |
| From: | Majenko Technologies <ma...@majenko.co.uk> |
| Date: | Mon, 18 Sep 2023 10:45:48 +0100 |
| Subject: | Re: [pcb-rnd] new: sch-rnd rubber band wire move |
| in-reply-to: | 6179 from Adrian Purser <ad...@gmail.com> |
--0000000000009337e806059f022c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" That is the situation where I live it too. I hate it though when you rotate something and it grabs the nets around it and ruins your schematic.... On Mon, 18 Sept 2023, 10:06 Adrian Purser, <ade.purser@gmail.com> wrote: > I use the 'connect by kissing' feature in lepton/gschem quite heavily. It > really speeds things up. One example would be when adding connectors, I > can place the connector over the part I would like to connect to and then > move the connector away and it generates the wire connections. > > Ade > > On Mon, 18 Sept 2023 at 09:13, Stefan Schippers < > stefan.schippers@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 9/18/23 04:59, rnd2@igor2.repo.hu wrote: >> > - I decided not to do rubber banding for terminal moves; gschem had >> that feature, trying to preserve connections on pins, but whenever I tried >> to move anything with more than 2 pins it all became a mess that then took >> more time to clean up than if it simply didn't try to be smart. If there's >> considerable user demand, I may add an optional feature for this too later >> on. >> >> I came exactly to the same conclusion. >> What I have is a 'connect by kissing' feature. If two components are >> connected pin to pin >> (no wire in between) and this option is enabled wires are added when >> separating the components. >> I don't use this option very often, however ex-Cadence users asked this , >> as this is commonly >> enabled in Virtuoso schematic editor. >> It is anyway a different command, normally moving a component will do >> just that, move it without >> stretching or adding wires attached to it. >> >> BR >> Stefan >> >> >> --0000000000009337e806059f022c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto">That is the situation where I live it too.<div dir=3D"aut= o"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I hate it though when you rotate something a= nd it grabs the nets around it and ruins your schematic....</div></div><br>= <div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, 18= Sept 2023, 10:06 Adrian Purser, <<a href=3D"mailto:ade.purser@gmail.com= ">ade.purser@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q= uote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1e= x"><div dir=3D"ltr">I use the=C2=A0'connect by kissing' feature in = lepton/gschem quite heavily. It really speeds things up.=C2=A0 One example = would be when adding connectors, I can place the connector over the part I = would like to connect to and then move the connector away and it generates = the wire connections.<div><br></div><div>Ade<br></div></div><br><div class= =3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, 18 Sept 2023= at 09:13, Stefan Schippers <<a href=3D"mailto:stefan.schippers@gmail.co= m" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">stefan.schippers@gmail.com</a>> = wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0= px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br> <br> On 9/18/23 04:59, <a href=3D"mailto:rnd2@igor2.repo.hu" target=3D"_blank" r= el=3D"noreferrer">rnd2@igor2.repo.hu</a> wrote:<br> > - I decided not to do rubber banding for terminal moves; gschem had th= at feature, trying to preserve connections on pins, but whenever I tried to= move anything with more than 2 pins it all became a mess that then took mo= re time to clean up than if it simply didn't try to be smart. If there&= #39;s considerable user demand, I may add an optional feature for this too = later on.<br> <br> I came exactly to the same conclusion.<br> What I have is a 'connect by kissing' feature. If two components ar= e connected pin to pin<br> (no wire in between) and this option is enabled wires are added when separa= ting the components.<br> I don't use this option very often, however ex-Cadence users asked this= , as this is commonly<br> enabled in Virtuoso schematic editor.<br> It is anyway a different command, normally moving a component will do just = that, move it without<br> stretching or adding wires attached to it.<br> <br> BR<br> Stefan<br> <br> <br> </blockquote></div> </blockquote></div> --0000000000009337e806059f022c--
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