[sdiy] KiCad

[Jim Patchell]

Just wanted to let you know my experiences with KiCad to date.

It was a little tough to get going, but I am starting to learn the 
quirks of at least the schematic editor.  The most important thing I 
have learned is the use of hot keys.

For example, if I want to move one edge of a rectangle, I can either go 
through what seems to me to be a very tedious sequence of clicking on 
popup menus, or just pressing the letter G when I have my mouse over the 
edge I want to move.  Now, in Orcad, doing this is completely different, 
but once I have learned the KiCad way, it is not too bad.  But without 
learning the hotkeys, KiCad I think would drive me nuts.

-Jim