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selecting particular components in pcbnew

Asked by Robert Wu

Hi All,

I'm new to KiCad and have gone thru many tutorials. I've searched for this but I was not able to find it. I am not new to PCB layout as I have used Altium extensively. One of the features I was wondering about KiCad was the ability to select particular components.

I am able to group/create a block and drag them but I'd like to move the components that are associated to a chip and drag them.

Thank you all in advance for the help!

Rob

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Lorenzo Marcantonio (l-marcantonio) said : 		#1

On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 01:11:46PM -0000, Robert Wu wrote:
> I am able to group/create a block and drag them but I'd like to move the components that are associated to a chip and drag them.

The only thing like that in eeschema is the block drag... otherwise you
should better explain what do you mean with 'associated to a chip'

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Robert Wu (wu-robert1) said : 		#2

Lorenzo, Thanks for your advice, what I meant by associated to a chip is that if you have filter caps, resistors, inductors that needs to be close to the chip, I'd like to ONLY move those components. They aren't placed in a perfect rectangle or square, so I'd like to for example, in windows, to select files, you hold ctrl+whatever file you want to select; in Altium, it is the same way. Can I do that in KiCad?

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Robert Wu (wu-robert1) said : 		#3

I'm sorry, I should also specify that I'd like to do this in pcbnew.

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Best Maciej Suminski (orsonmmz) said : 		#4

Hi Robert,

Which version of KiCad do you use? We have included a new selection tool that works in the way you have described. You may first select a rectangular area and then extend the selection by holding Shift and clicking individual components. To use it, you need to have the product branch and revision >= 4863. If so, please select menu View->Switch canvas to OpenGL to activate the described mode. Also, if you decide to use even newer revision (>=4874), you will have access to new Push and Shove router (here you can see the old version in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxHDAHpR5Ls).

Kind regards,
Orson, CERN

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Robert Wu (wu-robert1) said : 		#5

Thanks Maciej Sumiński, that solved my question.

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Robert Wu (wu-robert1) said : 		#6

Orson,

Thanks for your advice! I'm currently using the newest version of KiCad.

Thanks,
Robert