In the new version of KICAD 9.0.4, the grid origin doesn’t seem to be working.
This is my test process.
- Check the absolute position of grid origin.
Edit → Grid Origin
Clicking Reset will display the absolute coordinates of the grid.
The x and y coordinates are slightly misaligned.
Currently, the Drill/Place File origin and the Grid origin overlap.
Therefore, the absolute coordinates for both the File Origin and Grid Origin are (-99.95, -99.95).
Also, since the grid setting is 0.05mm, there’s no problem placing components on the grid coordinates.
- Let’s test what happens when the units of the grid settings are larger than the grid coordinates are misaligned.
First, set the grid units to 0.1.
Then, try moving the component to the origin.
However, as shown in the image, the component doesn’t snap to the origin exactly.
To position the component according to the current grid unit, I first need to move the entire work data to an absolute position and then work on it to achieve the correct position.
If I reset the origin, I should be able to center the component on that position, but this doesn’t seem to work currently.