--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com,
kicad-users@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
>
> CHOICES AND RESULTS
> - Never use it, 14 votes, 37.84%
> - To initially throw the components across the surface
roughly
grouped on the basis of the netlist, 15 votes, 40.54%
> - To try and find the exact optimal placement of
individual
compnents, 8 votes, 21.62%
> - Other, 0 votes, 0.00%
>
Now I get to reveal **why** I set this poll. When I tried
using the
autoplace function, I found it to be very slow, but precise,
as it
iterates througth each component trying to find an optimum
placement.
I would have preferred that it was much quicker rather than
being so
precise, so I set the poll to see what other people thought.
The
results are fairly clear, people wanting precise autoplace
functions
are few, half that of the people who would like autoplace to
throw
component roughly into position.
BTW, It may be that some of the people who "never use
it" may not use
it because they have never used a package that does a quick
and rough
autoplace.
However, as a conclusion, I would say that whilst there are
users who
appreciate KiCAD's precise autoplacer, there would seem to
be ample
demand for a quick placer algorithm as well.
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iol.it>:
> ...
> However, as a conclusion, I would say that whilst there
are users who
> appreciate KiCAD's precise autoplacer, there would seem
to be ample
> demand for a quick placer algorithm as well.
Hi,
I seldom used the autoplacer, but I know that the speed is
strongly
influenced by the grid selected.
More the grid is thin more the job is long... and probably
precise.
Regards.
--
Danilo Uccelli
CH-2400 Le Locle
danucc