Net names on traces , great.
However, How can I control how often they are placed on traces ? and when ?
maybe a tweak is required- see below : it ALMOST works.
using the kicad example : kit-dev-coldfire KiCad example :
In the example, the net names on the traces are not visible. I need it to be to see what else is running next to it
if I click on a trace, the net name comes up.
But really need to have it on the trace whenever it is in view Curiously, if I zoom in one more click they ALL show
I’m not a developer of KiCad . . . but I assume it is simply a question of resolution, if you zoom out too much there simply aren’t enough pixels across the track width to place the net name text. The text is no use to you if you can’t read it . . .
fair point, but in this case, there are plenty of pixels… some of the other items are displayed.
But I agree, that may be the case for these net names on traces.
Note net and pin names are pads go much smaller.
In Altium there is a ‘minimum pixel height to display net names’
need something like that here
No doubt in the code there is the constant. I’ll have to find it .
example of smaller fonts being displayed.
There may also be a precedence to showing net names that are not auto generated, e.g. GND, DTIN3 , but I’m guessing from what you have shown in your image.
How can I control how often they are placed on traces ? and when ?
There is no option for adjusting the net name display. Only switch is netname on/of and netname on pads/tracks only.
added thoughts:
Note that this is a difficult area and the usefullness of the tracknames depends on the specific board and the preference of the user. The more netnames you show the more likely unneeded netnames clutter the board. Additionally displaying netnames dynamically (depending on screen area and zoom level) can create much distraction during pan/move/zoom actions if this is too dynamic. During development of v8 there was a point reached where this was so distracting that I opened a issue on gitlab.
@paulvdh : I was faster, but you delivered the picture
The track names are RS485_N and RS485_P and KiCad still attempts to draw them even when zooming out further.
PCB Editor / Preferences / Preferences / PCB Editor / Display Options / Annotations has a setting for showing these texts, but nothing related to when or how to show these texts.
@mf_ibfeew When I see someone else is already answering a topic, I often just close it and read another topic. Then, when that other person submitted his answer it gets listed in bold again so I re-visit it automatically. This time however I had already written most of my post before I noticed you were replying.
