One reason I haven’t seen mentioned yet for wanting curved tracks: aesthetics. Angled tracks just look ugly in most cases. If you want to design boards that aren’t just functional, but also look good (prime example: https://boldport.com), curved tracks are indispensable.
I would not even necessarily need convenient GUI tools to create and manipulate them, I’m okay with making these myself, but the ability to represent them in the data structures, display them, and e.g. handle them correctly in the DRC is essential.
One reason I haven’t seen mentioned yet for wanting curved tracks: aesthetics. Angled tracks just look ugly in most cases. If you want to design boards that aren’t just functional, but also look good (prime example: https:/ /boldport. com), curved tracks are indispensable.
I would not even necessarily need convenient GUI tools to create and manipulate them, I’m okay with making these myself, but the ability to represent them in the data structures, display them, and e.g. handle them correctly in the DRC is essential.
Here is a board I made in Eagle (also with custom-made tools): https:/ /twitter. com/isziaui/ status/ 119401216593570 6112
I would like to be able to make the same thing in KiCad.