Eeschema field auto-placement improvements
Bug #1682496 reported by
Evan Shultz
This bug affects 4 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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KiCad |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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Bug Description
The KiCad nightlies are auto-placing symbol text when the symbol is instantiated on the schematic canvas. The library team has found issues with this behavior. Please see https:/
I haven't tried any of these examples myself, but it seems unpleasant if the auto-placed symbol text is in a location which is unsuitable due to pin locations and requires manual clean-up.
Since I'm just a messenger, please post in the aforementioned thread or contact the posters there individually.
Changed in kicad: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Triaged |
summary: |
- Concern with auto-text placement algorithm + Eeschema field auto-placement improvements |
tags: | added: eeschema |
Changed in kicad: | |
importance: | Wishlist → Unknown |
status: | Expired → New |
Changed in kicad: | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
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The KLC proposes that power pins are placed at the top and bottom of schematic components. When the library item is imported into eeschema,the RefDes and Value field are moved from the location set in the library and are autoplaced above and centred over the component.
This means that the RefDes and Value need to be moved in order to connect the component.
Not clear why the RefDes and Value are being moved at all as (presumably) they are in a suitable position in the library to start with.