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wires not sicking to components

Aurabindo J
 

Dear All,

I just started using KiCad. But there is one annoying feature. After i connect wires to components, if I rotate or move the components, wires break away from them. That really annoying. Is it so or am I doing it the wrong way?



Thanks and Regards,
Aurabindo
 

This surprised me as well...but is apparently normal behavior to kicad-users.

On Jun 16, 2012 5:39 AM, "Aurabindo J" <aurabindo.j@...> wrote:



Dear All,

I just started using KiCad. But there is one annoying feature. After i connect wires to components, if I rotate or move the components, wires break away from them. That really annoying. Is it so or am I doing it the wrong way?



Thanks and Regards,
Aurabindo
keruseykaryu
 

Aurabindo J <aurabindo.j@...> wrote:

I just started using KiCad. But there is one annoying feature.
After i connect wires to components, if I rotate or move the
components, wires break away from them. That really annoying.
Is it so or am I doing it > the wrong way?
You probably move the components using the Move (M key) command.

KiCad has two ways to move components. First you already know; you are pressing M and the component will move without their connections. The second one is the Drag (G key) command. If you press G and starting to move the componnent, the corresponding tracks will stay connected and their last segments will be moved too. During draging you may also use the Rotate command (R key) and tracks still be connected.
If you only need to rotate the component with keeping tracks just press G and without moving the cursor press R as many times as you need.

Regards
Kerusey Karyu
Aurabindo J
 



KiCad has two ways to move components. First you already know; you are pressing M and the component will move without their connections. The second one is the Drag (G key) command. If you press G and starting to move the componnent, the corresponding tracks will stay connected and their last segments will be moved too. During draging you may also use the Rotate command (R key) and tracks still be connected.
If you only need to rotate the component with keeping tracks just press G and without moving the cursor press R as many times as you need.




Thats a great tip Kerusey!!! Thanks :)

I was about to leave KiCad for this annoying thing!!! Not anymore. But I seriousy think i would end up with a question mark for simple things. So, could you point out any of the best resources available ?


Thanks and Regards,
Aurabindo J
ravimiranda
 

Aurabindo


Run a search for "Kicad Tutorial" - good place to start. I'm sure its not annoying :-) it's there by design ;-)


Cheers


Ravi Miranda

--- In kicad-users@..., Aurabindo J <aurabindo.j@...> wrote:

KiCad has two ways to move components. First you already know; you are
pressing M and the component will move without their connections. The
second one is the Drag (G key) command. If you press G and starting to move
the componnent, the corresponding tracks will stay connected and their last
segments will be moved too. During draging you may also use the Rotate
command (R key) and tracks still be connected.
If you only need to rotate the component with keeping tracks just press G
and without moving the cursor press R as many times as you need.


Thats a great tip Kerusey!!! Thanks :)

I was about to leave KiCad for this annoying thing!!! Not anymore. But I
seriousy think i would end up with a question mark for simple things. So,
could you point out any of the best resources available ?


Thanks and Regards,
Aurabindo J

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