Comment 17 for bug 1766597

I’d argue that it only changes graphics, not workflow.

Wayne’s pet peeve is nag dialogs. Mine is settings. Each one sounds like a good idea at the time, but years down the road you find yourself sitting on a huge pile of them.

Cheers,
Jeff.

> On 2 May 2018, at 14:40, Blubberbub <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> I'm glad you like it, Jeff.
>
>> I think the curved traces are clearly uniformly better. Do we really
> need a setting for this?
>
> I made it the default, but i would keep the option, because i think a
> lot of people don't like a "forced change in their workflow" like this.
>
> One issue remains: when moving something i kept the straight lines for
> now. After you stopped moving, both the straight and the curved lines
> are drawn until you deselect the object. The line was probably drawn 2
> times before, but one couldn't see because they overlapped each other.
>
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> Title:
> Draw Ratsnest with curved lines/arcs to avoid overlapping
>
> Status in KiCad:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I found myself in a situation where the Ratsnest was kind of useless,
> because i had a lot of connections between pads on the same side of
> the same IC. This caused all the ratlines to overlap one another.
>
> It would be great if the ratlines could be rendered using a "curved
> line"/an arc instead of a direct line. This would greatly reduce the
> chance of any lines overlapping and might make it easier to see, where
> which line is going.
>
> It probably shouldn't be default, because people are used to the lines
> being straight and not everyone might like this change, but i think it
> would make a great addition.
>
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