No grid in footprint editor

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Hello!

Everything is in the title. Does anyone know how to show the grid? I mean, other than trying to
switch the grid using the icon. I thought the color might be a problem, changed it but it doesn’t
make any change.
Thanks for any hint.

Application: KiCad

Version: 6.0.0-rc1-unknown-e56e61ffb5~144~ubuntu21.10.1, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.5
libcurl/7.74.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1l zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.9 libidn2/2.3.1 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.3.0) libssh/0.9.6/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.43.0 librtmp/2.3

Platform: Linux 5.13.0-21-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, ubuntu, wayland

Build Info:
Date: Nov 23 2021 09:49:28
wxWidgets: 3.0.5 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.24
Boost: 1.74.0
OCC: 7.5.2
Curl: 7.74.0
ngspice: 35
Compiler: GCC 11.2.0 with C++ ABI 1016

Build settings:
KICAD_USE_OCC=ON
KICAD_SPICE=ON

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try following places with grid-relevant-settings:

  • grid on/off (icon on left tool-bar)
  • grid-spacing (pull-down-menu at top toolbar).
    Inside the footprint-editor: take care of the relationship of grid-spacing<–>size of view-window. SMD-footprints are usually small - so to see the grid-points you have to choose a small grid (for a first try: set 0.1mm)
  • with footprint-editor open: preferences–>footprint-editor–>Display-Options:
    grid-thicknes+grid-spacing

You can also play with these options in the normal board-editor-view. If the grid works there it should also work in the footprint-editor.

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Hello!

Thanks for your reply. For some reason, grid was set to dots, which makes it close to invisible with my color setting. It works now!

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This happens to me also when regularly downloading new versions of 6.0

Another thing I noticed: In PCB, “Presets” (near the bottom of the RH Appearance column) after installing a new 6.0, shows -----.
I was caught out once (can’t remember about what) until I changed that to something else.
Worth checking that also after a new 6.0 install.

Cheers, Jan

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