PcbNew group components
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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KiCad |
Expired
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I wish there was a cnvenient way to group several objects (eg. Several footprints and interconnecting traces) to each other in pcbnew. The purpose is that all grouped members move/rotate/flipped together.
This has at least three major advantages:
1. Productivity enhancement. No need to re-organize sub-pcb domain if modifications required that affect its location.
2. Potential workaround for hierarchical layout. Assume a board is imported with "append layout", and immediately grouped. The module's re-referenced components can correspond to schematic hierarchical sheet annotation and be de-facto layout sub-hierarchy. This way you can design your switching DC-DC domain once, and use it in all your projects.
3. Major risk reduction when panelizing with " append PCB". No more copying/moving only SOME of the components/layers by mistake when arranging the board.
Actually, there are many other advantages I can think of concerning RF domains design and productivity..
Cheers, Matan
description: | updated |
Changed in kicad: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
tags: |
added: pcbnew removed: whishlist |
summary: |
- PcbNew group components - Whishlist + PcbNew group components |
Thanks for making the request, I'm sure this would be one of the more helpful improvements.