Electrical – Can movement be constrained to an Axis in Kicad Footprint editor

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In many CAD tools there is usually a hotkey or modifier to constrain movement to an axis, or 30/56/60/90 degree angles.

Is there a key to constrain movement in this way in the KiCad footprint editor?
My use case is to move the Footprint courtyard clear of the pins for a component.

Best Answer

The Ctrl key works as the constrain key after selecting the point to move. On Linux, nightly build, this constrains to 0-45-90 degrees.

You will need to set the View canvas to OpenGL or Cairo.

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