gEDA-user: Moving components around the layout

[vincent Onelli <vonelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for answer my message
> Hi,
> I am working on the board layout with 25 sets of component inductors and
> capacitors, to make all the same I am using the help of grid. To
> optimize the space I made small change on the grid spacing and now I
> need to move the part a small amount of that small amount, but picking
> the part most of time doesn't Work I need to keeping on try for many
> times some of them I had to giver up and reload the part from buffer
> What am I doing wrong? Please help
> Vinny
> 
> ------------------------------
> On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:03:01 -0400, Vincent Onelli wrote:
> 
> >  but picking
> > the part most of time doesn't Work
> 
> More details, please.
> 
in order to place 100 tabs on the board which requires a single hole in
2 lines of 50 each. I drew a line horizontally and then used the line as
guide for vertical position, for the horizontal position I kept on
adding the distance for each tab. Then I discovered that the vertical
position was not very accurate. Here came the idea to zoom in and try to
move the tab that was a bit off in the correct position. I placed the
arrow over he tab central point which is the pin and try to pick it and
move that small amount or even a large amount and then bring it back to
the correct position, when try to move it only show a little square and
the string attached to the part, then I found that if I keep on try long
enough some time I was able to move.
   
> How do you try to pick the components? Can you give the mouse actions? 
> 
> What happens if the "pick does not work"? Nothing? Or do you pick the 
> wrong component?
no just the string showing attached to the part that disappears as the
button is released 
> 
> Do you select the components before the move?
no
> 
> > reload the part from buffer
> 
> ?? 
> Do you mean the copy-paste buffer?
no
> ---<(kaimartin>)---



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