X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f
X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Message-ID: <51A87D86.808@estechnical.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 11:37:58 +0100
From: Ed Simmons <ed AT estechnical DOT co DOT uk>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130510 Thunderbird/17.0.6
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: [geda-user] components on grid
References: <20130531102645 DOT 12590 AT gmx DOT com>
In-Reply-To: <20130531102645.12590@gmx.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Authenticated-As: ed AT estechnical DOT co DOT uk
Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com

Hi Patrick,

On 31/05/13 11:26, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I received a .pcb file, but the components are not placed on the grid.
> I tried to move them, but they never match the grid properly.
> I did not find an option of the setting to be able to do so (I set the grid
> size to 25 mil).
> What am I missing?
>
> Thank.

If the grid size has been changed repeatedly, the components can be off 
the grid.

You can turn on Cursor Snaps to Pins and Pads so that you can pick up 
the parts centrally, and/or, you can use realign grid (once you've 
clicked on this, click a pin of a part and the grid will be aligned to 
that point).

The combination of these will allow you to place groups of components on 
different grid spacings where you like. Each time you want to work on a 
particular area with a particular grid size, remember to change the grid 
setting accordingly and to realign the grid onto one of the parts before 
doing anything else in that area.

This is great when working around various metric/imperial parts.

I hope that helps,
Ed