See .png attached I am using symbols in Kicad and can not get wire to attach.
I have tried deleting the program and reinstalling it all to no avail, what’s bad
it used to work. I have searched blogs and nothing seems to work, please help.
This usually happens when you have set a fine grid size.
Stick to 50 mils for Schematics
I understand I think, set grid to 50mils before placing any components then when you place components it matching great! If older components from a different grid setting all bets are off for a connection.
Yes, that’s about it.
KiCad relies on perfect alignment between wire ends and pin attachment points to recognize a connection, and with a drawing resolution of 1mil this is difficult to do by hand.
If you have components that are placed off grid, then first set the grid back to “50”, and then move the schematic symbols one by one. During movement they will be placed back on the grid again.
The symbol properties do not reveal the XY position.
Editing the .sch file is a way to get part on grid
eg
$Comp
L Device:R R1
U 1 1 5C837405
P 4150 3550 <------ Note X and Y are both multiples of 50
F 0 “R1” H 4220 3596 50 0000 L CNN
F 1 “1k” H 4220 3505 50 0000 L CNN
F 2 “Resistor_SMD:R_2010_5025Metric” V 4080 3550 50 0001 C CNN
F 3 “~” H 4150 3550 50 0001 C CNN
1 4150 3550
1 0 0 -1
$EndComp
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