I am trying to place tracks at different angles but it seems I can only place at multiples of 45 and 90 deg. I have changed the interactive routing settings to ‘Highlight collisions’ and ticked ‘Free angle mode’ but can still only place at 45 and 90 deg. In 5.1.10 this allows me to place at any angle.
Is there another setting that I am missing?
I think those settings of the Interactive router should work.
I also tried and it does not work for me either (Though it does work in V5.1.10)
I think it is a bug. Especially because with these setting the “track placement suggestion” does not follow the mouse cursor at all, but is only redrawn once when the direction changes to another multiple of 45 degrees.
As a workaround, you can first draw some track segments, then hover over a corner and press g to grab a corner and move it.
I can’t say re version 5.99 but, in previous versions, you can load a PCB, and pull down the menubar to set ‘Modern Toolset’. That will override the default of Legacy Toolset (which defaults to 45 degree snapping)
And, there’s a Checkbox in Pref’s to Limit Snapping for Legacy…
That is for V5.1.x.
V5.99 does not even have the legacy mode anymore (Or it’s so well hidden I can’t find it).
That Editing Options / Rotation Angle is also something completely different. It is the angle in which objects are rotated while using the rotate r command. It has nothing to do with drawing tracks.
This is definitely I bug I think. I tried it on my work PC which has an older version of 5.99 installed and it worked as I expected it to. I updated it to the latest version and after I could only place tracks in 45deg increments. Stupidly forgot to make a note of what version was on before updating.
I have tried reporting this but keep getting a a bad gateway error when I try to log in.
Can’t say for sure re 5.99 but, in earlier versions, Holding down the Alt/Opt key (on my Mac) disables Snapping. Thus, can draw from point-to-point (px)…
