I’m using KiCad 8 and I need to place components at an inclined angle similar to how C150
appears in the attached image. I can rotate components in 90° increments using R, but I’m looking for a way to set custom angles like 30° or 45°
Is there a direct way to do this in KiCad 8?
You can set (type-in) any angle for Orientation
Also, with:
Preferences / Settings / PCB Editor / Editing Options / Editing Options / Step for rotate command you can set the default increment for the “rotate” (CW & CCW) hotkeys.
Once upon a time I was skeptical of the usefulness of placing footprints at non-orthogonal angles. But a few years ago I designed a 2 layer board which used a bunch of jumpers so I could get a more solid ground plane. I found that placing some jumpers at weird angles was helpful.