Status on curved/smooth corners in traces?

[PCB_Wiz]

@cal-linux

I wondered about this feature (getting curved/smooth corners in traces, instead of sharp 45, 90, or 135 degree corner). I’ve seen discussions on this topic, and it seems like it is not available in KiCAD.

An alternative approach, which side-steps all the work of a patch algorithm, is to use any-angle routing for those rare cases where ARCs make sense - eg here is an example of a ‘user-crafted’ arc :

Layout curved tracks/traces

Using “free angle mode” routing in OpenGL I made this. My mind cannot handle seeing RF traces with angles even though I’m fully convinced it doesn’t matter. If you want, you can measure up the turning points in your trace using drawing elements for visual help while routing. If you need this exact same trace again you can simply copy it and assign it a new net. [image]