NewLinuxFan
Well-known member
I have a couple questions that might sound silly, but I'm serious about. This is a very helpful forum, and maybe people can speak more freely about KiCAD here.
How do I snap to grid in PCBnew? The tips I've found online do not work with the current version, and some of the solutions are just tedious workarounds without actually snapping. Seems crazy that it's that hard to figure out, almost like a deliberate bug to get people to buy Eagle.
Also, if there's any way to create nets in PCBnew that would be awesome because some footprints don't have symbols (like the headers compatible with Teensy). Making a small change when there's a ground fill plane is a real pain involving deleting and redrawing all ground connections. I did a lot of searching about 6 months ago, and somebody on the KiCAD forum basically said SOL nobody needs that feature.
On a related note, I almost had to ask how to download the Teensy footprints and symbols because I was clicking "Go to file" and kept going around in circles without downloading anything. Then I found it in "Code" options.
https://github.com/XenGi/teensy_library
https://github.com/XenGi/teensy.pretty
How do I snap to grid in PCBnew? The tips I've found online do not work with the current version, and some of the solutions are just tedious workarounds without actually snapping. Seems crazy that it's that hard to figure out, almost like a deliberate bug to get people to buy Eagle.
Also, if there's any way to create nets in PCBnew that would be awesome because some footprints don't have symbols (like the headers compatible with Teensy). Making a small change when there's a ground fill plane is a real pain involving deleting and redrawing all ground connections. I did a lot of searching about 6 months ago, and somebody on the KiCAD forum basically said SOL nobody needs that feature.
On a related note, I almost had to ask how to download the Teensy footprints and symbols because I was clicking "Go to file" and kept going around in circles without downloading anything. Then I found it in "Code" options.
https://github.com/XenGi/teensy_library
https://github.com/XenGi/teensy.pretty