[sdiy] KiCad

[Mike Beauchamp]

Hi Jim, 
I also noticed that most of the actions in kicad can be buried behind
quite a few menu clicks. But as you noticed, this is definitely where
keyboard shortcuts pay off. 

If you are more familiar with another program like Orcad, you can always
edit the shortcut keys to be the ones you're familiar with. In kicad
it's all pretty easy and you can also import/export those settings. 

Also if you go to "preferences/hotkeys/view current keys", you can copy
and paste that list to print off a little list you can tape next to your
monitor.


On Mon, 2013-01-21 at 23:10 -0800, Jim Patchell wrote:
> 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
> 
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