hzeller / kicad-source-mirror

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Better initial placement #6

Open hzeller opened 8 years ago

hzeller commented 8 years ago

The current initial placement places all components on one spot (WTF). It always requires manual spreading of the component, with complicated decisions if inside/outside board dimensions.

This should be simpler:

Bonus points if components are arranged in a way that they are topologically similar arranged than in the schematic to help guide the user in recognizing the components more quickly.

hzeller commented 6 years ago

(the current OpenGL seems to do a better approach by not placing components on top of each other. A topological thing similar to how they are on the schematic would still be good as it is then faster to relate)