Hi, I shifted to v8 directly from v5. I use rf-tools plugin to round off the tracks. I used it in a differential pair and tried to length tune the tracks. The length tuner only selects one part of the track from one curve to another and tries to length match that section only. Im unable to select the entire track by clicking on the track and pressing U. Please help!
The plugin is creating tracks that don’t perfectly overlap, which breaks the U tool and length tuning. I would recommend not using that plugin to round tracks until/unless it is fixed to not do that. In modern KiCad you can route rounded tracks without plugins, and if you want to use plugins, as far as I know the Round Tracks plugin by mitxela does not have this issue.
Thanks for the swift response, how can I round the tracks in kicad v8 without using any plugins?
I tried the Mitxela plugin, Worked flawlessly! Thank you very much!
Also it curves all the differential pair without any intervetion!!
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During routing: by changing the corner mode to one of the “with arcs” modes
After routing: by using the Fillet action
Is the “routing with arcs” mode integrated in the stable version already? if so, where do I find this option? TIA
Having no time to read whole documentation and investigate all menu functions I assume that all what can be of interest for me I can find among hotkeys so the hotkey list is what I read for each new KiCad version.
Hotkey Ctrl+/ seems be what you are asking for. I think it was already in V7 (if not in V6).
Hm I find neither the hotkey “Ctrl+/” nor “routing with arcs” in the hotkey list (v8.0.7). And I’m pretty certain that rounded tracks was one of the major novelties in v8.
Thanks a lot, somehow missed that one!
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This has been in since V6 actually, although it’s had some minor tweaks since then:
Amazing. Maybe I missed it because the hotkey is really awkward on a German keyboard layout 
It’s more likely you missed it because KiCad gets some 50+ new features with the mayor release each year. Even when you read through Post-Vx New Features and Development News and the Release Notes for each mayor version, you’re bound to miss a few.
FYI, you can also access this in the right-click menu when routing
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is there a way to fillet tracks by using a python call?
I assume you mean “fillet”. You can’t run the Fillet action from Python, but you can insert fillets (by splitting tracks and inserting arcs). That’s what the Round Tracks plugin does.
yes, I meant fillet , sorry… I edited the post
You can’t run the Fillet action from Python, but you can insert fillets
Thanhs, I know, I’m the author of the plugin …
having the function available would make coding easier.
I mean mitxela’s plugin. I haven’t looked at your plugin to see how it does it. But the other Round Tracks plugin is doing the same thing as the Fillet tool.