I sometimes experience problems with getting sheet borders on the grid. I think it is related when you rotate them, though not sure of anything really. After enough dragging and moving I can usually fix it, but I suspect strange forces are at play here.
A similar thing is happening to me with wire-bus entries. The lines and bus are on grid, but the entry… it refuses to go on the line. It eems to be related to where your mouse is when you press m. Like with the sheets, playing around or replace it eventually is the workaround
Kind regards,
Bas
Application: KiCad Schematic Editor x64 on x64
Version: 8.0.5, release build
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Would you give it a try with the latest version of the v8 branch ? (v8.0.8) I haven’t see this problem in the new v9, so I assume it got corrected in the mean time.
The latest V8 is:
And you should know to keep your KiCad version current. You’re on this forum since: Joined Sep 11, '20
Grid problems in the schematic editor are becoming less prevalent, as KiCad is making it more difficult to place things off-grid or move it off the grid.
What is the grid you are using? In the schematic editor, a grid of 50mil works best. Don’t even attempt to use a metric grid. (Hmm, KiCad seems to ignore the settings if you attempt to switch to a metric grid in the schematic editor. (which may be a good compromise, I’m not complaining)).
To get stuff on the grid:
- Make sure you set a
50mil grid.
- Zoom out to see the whole schematic.
- Draw a big selection box around the schematic to select everything.
- Right click and select: Align Items to Grid from the context menu.
That should put almost everything on the grid again. But if you have symbols or hierarchical sheets which have been designed on some other grid, this does not fix those entities. It can only move them, not modify them.
