Using the KiCAD 2013-07-07 BZR 4022, I would like to know if it’s possible to change the track width of a complete track. For now, I see that I can only change the track width between two connections and I have to do this change again for the remainder of the track.
Would be great if track width change could be done for the complete path too (just like you can highlight a complete track…).
Any idea how to do this? So far, I didn’t find any solution for that.
I’m using BZR 5998, but right click on a trace > select track width > choose a track width you’ve entered in the global design rules > right click on the trace another time > change track width. Alternatively, select a desired track width in the top-left drop-down menu, right click on a track and select ‘change track width’. I’m guessing you don’t have the ‘select track width’ option, only the ‘select segment width’ in 4022?
Well, that’s just my problem… What you describe is exactly what I’m doing, but that doesn’t change the width of the WHOLE track length. It only changes the track width between two pads. Then it stops. If the track then goes to another, say, 10 components, you have to repeat that action (change track width) for another 10 times.
What I want/would like to know, is if there’s a way to do the WHOLE track at once, from the very beginning/start till the very end. And not a piece of the track somewhere in between (and to be clear, I’m not talking about segments here, really tracks).
Ah, I didn’t knew it doesn’t change anything besides between two pads. I’m guessing this hasn’t been (not even sure if it has been planned to be) implemented yet. If this is something you frequently need to do, I guess the scripting feature might help you out but I’m afraid I’m of no help there.
If there is a “Change Track Width” that will attempt to change the width along the entire track. If parts do not change it is because of a DRC violation, but in that case it would be impossible to change the width even if you attempted to apply a width to that specific segment.
@cbernardo: I can assure you that this statement is not true. The DRC is not the cause of the problem. I can safely change the track width of each individual sub-track (is NOT the same as track segment!!!) between two pads manually without the DRC to jump in. So, if the “change track width” would change the track width of the COMPLETE track, than it would just do it. Not hampered by the DRC rules in my situation (otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to change the other parts of the tracks manually, wouldn’t I?). But it doesn’t. At least not for the 2013 version of KiCAD, don’t know the behaviour of newer KiCAD versions though…
Same behaviour in BZR 5822.
Pad-pad is the complete track. If you mean the net then you need to edit the track properties, set the size and select the option to apply the change to the entire net. I don’t know if the 2013 version would have that feature to change the entire net.