Current length of track being routed

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Hello All,

I’m new to KiCad and on this forum. Hello you all :slight_smile:

A short two questions (i hope):
1.Is it possible to see in “live” track length that currently is routing?
2.Is it possible to draw a straight track with custom length? (Some dialog maybe)

Thanks,
Alexey

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  1. There is a simple general measurement function built into KiCad. Every time you press the space bar, the “dx”, “dy” and “dist” coordinates at the bottom of the screen are reset to zero. If you do that at the location you start a track, then you have some measurement of the length of the first segment you draw.

  2. You can fist draw a track in the direction you want then select it and press e for Edit, and you can type in coordinates. You can also use some math functions, For example:

  • Copy “Start pint X”
  • Paste it in “End point X”
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When drawing the outline of the PCB, I usually set the grid to a very coarse value, such as “1mm” or even “5mm”. This makes it easier to draw straight lines and match endpoints, which is important for the PCB outline.

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Nice. Thanx.
I’m not sure if you one of developers… but running “current length” in bottom of the screen could be really nice feature.
Thanks again for prompt reply.

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