Feature measurement is very important (of
course).
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I have found the dx, dy facility in KiCad to be
very nice (even maybe optimal).
Press the space bar to mark a reference position
anywhere.? Then move the cursor and watch the dx, dy display in the lower
right.
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...Jim H.
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Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:32
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Subject: [kicad-users] Re: copying/moving
artwork to a different layer in module editor
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Update:
Boards came back this week -- mostly good news.
Solderability is good (even with a qfn24 part), and functionality is, well,
functional.
The only minus is that kicad allowed me to put silkscreen
text on my modules that is below the resolution of my vendor's silkscreen
technology; so all the silkscreen text on the board is unreadable. I suppose
that could be seen as a plus for kicad, since it can do really tiny silkscreen
text; but there is no DRC on silkscreens that would catch that (in kicad or
any other pcb tool).
In any case, I would certainly use kicad again.
However, I would echo the sentiment in another thread that a better feature
measurement tool would improve the usability of kicad
greatly.
Daniel
