Curved Traces: Shower Singer to Professional?

[morganfeldon]

Some discussions have occurred in the past but nothing unified.

Dragging of tracks with arcs is not supported (#6544) · Issues · KiCad /...

Kicad Arc editing mode doesn't do anything (#14174) · Issues · KiCad / KiCad...

[Feature Request] Share third 'Arc editing mode' that you already have....

Editable arc radius and starting angle

It would be very useful to have an ability to edit arc radius and starting angle. When arc is being created, user specifies the following parameters: center point radius absolute starting angle relative ending angle However, when editing existing arc, the only editable parameters are: center point, starting point relative ending angle It would be great if Properties dialog had an option for switching between two sets of parameters as listed above for editing purposes. Depending on which s…

Curved tracks in KiCad 7 (workaround)

I’m making a high-power RF inductor and want to curve the tracks to reduce radiation. I know there have been many past discussions on this, but as KiCad is ever improving, I thought I would bring it up again. Currently there is an ok workaround: Draw the track with the normal routing tool Delete the segment you want to replace with an arc Draw the arc in its place I’m using KiCad 7.0.1, which allows me to draw arcs on the copper planes (Yay!). Older versions might not allow that. However, …

Rounded corner track discussion

I realize all the cool kids are doing it, but running a risk of sounding like a Debbie Downer I would like to ask - why? This RF superstition was debunked years ago (here for example) I’m all for additional bells and whistles in KiCad but when we don’t even have basic features available, like PCB penalizing, I think catering to all those 3 people who work with microwave design in KiCad might be a bit … excessive?

Circular/Arc Tracks Yet? (in 7.0.1)

Does anyone know if circular/arc tracks can be made in 7.0? I searched the forum and there were comments around v5 that support for such might be coming to 6. But I have not seen anything to suggest that they’re possible (without scripting or plugins) in either 6 or 7. I’m attempting to create a board with a number of circular rings around which WS2812B LEDs will be placed. A physical sample I have from AliExpress shows that is what they did for ground and vcc, and it seemed like an elegant sol…