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Downloaded, installed, got repositories, created a test project. Finally open it, new schematic, selected a resistor to put on schema. Damn thing too big, tried

Downloaded, installed, got repositories, created a test project. Finally open it, new schematic, selected a resistor to put on schema. Damn thing too big, tried to zoom out, failed. Then tried to move it, failed as well. Unintuitive, not in the mood to learn its quirks so I just uninstall it.

atoav 7y ago
Scroll wheel and middle mouse button, as commonly used in most software. Home button reframes the view.
- unnouinceput 7y ago
  In my commonly used software I click on damn things, little boxes appear on corners and I can just drag them in/out to decrease/increase the size. Or if 3D software I have 3 more lines to rotate/roll for each axis. That's my commonly used software.
  - atoav 7y ago
    I understand. In fact I even before thought that this might be a problem, so I mentioned adding buttons for scroll and pan (Blender-style) in a github issue as well, because I thought it might help users like you with onboarding. The maintainer seemed to be open to the idea and noted it down for later. So maybe it will be there in the next release : )
  - mdszy 7y ago
    EDA is a type of CAD software, there's a bit more to it than "baby's first schematic editor". Things are going to be different and if that's what's making you quit the software I have to imagine you wouldn't even be using it anyway and you just thought it looked cool despite not being an actual EDA user.
    - unnouinceput 7y ago
      I would not call CorelDraw, AutoCAD, OrCAD "baby". Those are the "babies" that implement what I said above. This one here can learn a thing or 2
      - atoav 7y ago
        Onboarding users more easily was the idea. I think having icons with tooltips that include shortcuts is of similar importance and something like a “First steps“ Project where it just tells you about navigation and the spacebar menu. I myself would probably not assume that because there is no explicit button it cannot be done ( I'd rather try the usual thing like spacebar drag, middle mousebutton, etc). However I understand that this might depend on your background and your willingness to learn the damn thing, which is why lowering the entry bar is worth it imo.
      - mdszy 7y ago
        CorelDraw and AutoCAD aren't EDA software.
  - Gracana 7y ago
    Individually resizable schematic symbols are not typically needed. I think that feature would baffle experienced EDA users, and trip up new users. You almost certainly want symbols of a fixed size, drawn on a zoomable canvas.

atoav 7y ago

Scroll wheel and middle mouse button, as commonly used in most software. Home button reframes the view.

unnouinceput 7y ago
In my commonly used software I click on damn things, little boxes appear on corners and I can just drag them in/out to decrease/increase the size. Or if 3D software I have 3 more lines to rotate/roll for each axis. That's my commonly used software.
- atoav 7y ago
  I understand. In fact I even before thought that this might be a problem, so I mentioned adding buttons for scroll and pan (Blender-style) in a github issue as well, because I thought it might help users like you with onboarding. The maintainer seemed to be open to the idea and noted it down for later. So maybe it will be there in the next release : )
- mdszy 7y ago
  EDA is a type of CAD software, there's a bit more to it than "baby's first schematic editor". Things are going to be different and if that's what's making you quit the software I have to imagine you wouldn't even be using it anyway and you just thought it looked cool despite not being an actual EDA user.
  - unnouinceput 7y ago
    I would not call CorelDraw, AutoCAD, OrCAD "baby". Those are the "babies" that implement what I said above. This one here can learn a thing or 2
    - atoav 7y ago
      Onboarding users more easily was the idea. I think having icons with tooltips that include shortcuts is of similar importance and something like a “First steps“ Project where it just tells you about navigation and the spacebar menu. I myself would probably not assume that because there is no explicit button it cannot be done ( I'd rather try the usual thing like spacebar drag, middle mousebutton, etc). However I understand that this might depend on your background and your willingness to learn the damn thing, which is why lowering the entry bar is worth it imo.
    - mdszy 7y ago
      CorelDraw and AutoCAD aren't EDA software.
- Gracana 7y ago
  Individually resizable schematic symbols are not typically needed. I think that feature would baffle experienced EDA users, and trip up new users. You almost certainly want symbols of a fixed size, drawn on a zoomable canvas.