Post #975458
2026-03-23 16:12 UTC
Are you ready for a life-changing #kicad pro tip? I had a eureka moment yesterday and am simultaneously reveling in glorious freedom while also feeling really dumb for it having taken 25 years of PCB design over various software packages to figure this out. You ready? Storytime! 🧵
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@alpenglow@mstdn.social 2026-03-23 16:12
So you know all those footprints with a polarity or pin 1 indicator? And you know how on practically every board you make, you need to move it for at least one footprint? Like it's right on top of the neighboring footprint's pad, or it's over some other unmasked region, or it's too close to its neighbor making it unclear as to which component it's meant for, or it goes off the board edge, or any more of a dozen things that make you need to move the damned marking. (2/7)