Add a Callout / Leader dimension type
Description
KiCad should support callout / leader annotations, which are basically a type of dimension object.
These have (at least) two control points: The origin, and the endpoint where the text appears.
The origin should have an optional arrow, and the endpoint should have some adjustable offset from the text that is joined by an extension line:
a
_
|\
\
\
\
b---c TEXT
Where a
is the origin point, b
is the "end" control point, and c
is the "text" control point.
Ideally the gap between the origin a
and the start of the arrow is configurable, as is the margin between the control point c
and the start of the text field.
KiCad Version
Application: Pcbnew
Version: (5.99.0-3244-g459cc326e), debug build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.4
libcurl/7.68.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1f zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.7 libidn2/2.2.0 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.2.0) libssh/0.9.3/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.40.0 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 5.4.0-45-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
Date: Sep 8 2020 10:42:25
wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.24
Boost: 1.71.0
OCE: 6.9.1
Curl: 7.68.0
ngspice: 31
Compiler: GCC 9.3.0 with C++ ABI 1013
Build settings:
KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
KICAD_SPICE=ON
KICAD_STDLIB_DEBUG=OFF
KICAD_STDLIB_LIGHT_DEBUG=OFF
KICAD_SANITIZE=ON