I have very complicated GND zone. May be even 50 corners. In previous design I edited the shape when all other footprints were at their places and all connections were done.
Now, based on this design I am doing the next one replacing part of if with other elements.
When I am moving any footprint it is caught by my GND zone corners. This is very disturbing. How to switch it off?
In Preferences I only see snapping to pads and tracks. Snapping to graphics I have set to ‘Never’.
- temporarily switch off zones in appearance panel–>objects-pane
- temporarily switch off top copper (assumed zone is on top copper)
- activate bottom copper and enable dim-mode (assumed zone is on top copper)
- use Shift-key modifier during footprint movement
SHIFT: disables object-snapping
CTRL - disables grid snapping
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Thanks. Methods 1,2,4 helps.
One zone is on two layers (top and In1) and second is at bottom. In the region I am working they have the same shape. So zones at top, In1, and bottom catch me.
Method 3 - not works - when bottom is active and dim mode I can’t move my footprints being at top.
Using Shift seems the best solution as I see everything at PCB, but keeping shift during all positioning work…
I can’t imagine situation when where moving footprint snapping to zone corners could be useful for anything. And if such snapping exists than there should be the switch to switch it off.
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