I tried KiCAD out a few years ago but abandoned it because you couldn't move components around easily without breaking the connected wires. IIRC there was "G" shortcut to do it but the pathing was so poor as to not be worthwhile.
Has that gotten better in recent versions and it is worth another go?
Huh, interesting. I disable that feature in Altium because I always want to break the connections when moving components. I will sometimes use the move-without-break tool in LTspice for two-terminal parts just to slide them in one direction a little bit to avoid text collisions.
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I tried KiCAD out a few years ago but abandoned it because you couldn't move components around easily without breaking the connected wires. IIRC there was "G" shortcut to do it but the pathing was so poor as to not be worthwhile.
Has that gotten better in recent versions and it is worth another go?
The new push-and-shove router in 6 makes it way easier
Huh, interesting. I disable that feature in Altium because I always want to break the connections when moving components. I will sometimes use the move-without-break tool in LTspice for two-terminal parts just to slide them in one direction a little bit to avoid text collisions.