Some improvement ideas

Other CADs (to look onto)

• https://www.flowcad.de/datasheets/FloWare-Description.pdf

Other Fileformats

• (Big open source mainboard): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijdzS118hjs

Libraries

• Add contribution files
• better spice model to simplify/clearify how to add them, and also add them with references to the value

General

• Unify hotkeys (e.g. grab and duplicate on schematic block)
• redirect help page to website, if not found on computer
• groups/netclasses (like in altium)
• more useful default size of dialogs
• dialogs can be moved over main window
• Plugin system which supports:
  • action modules
  • footprint generator
  • color scheme, keybinds
  • subschematics
  • templates

Schematic Editor

• Improve BOM creator util (probably using Olivers BOM tool in Mainline includin fancy ui)
• remove some tabs from the options menue, to be more like footprint editor
• going into specific libraries in compontent selector using the arrow keys doesn't work (https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1741333)
• remove footprint possible entries if there is not filter specified
• create wire when grab component directly connected to other component
• drag wire to bus creates bus unfolding menue and shows bus-connection graphic item (this could lead to the removal of the menue item as well :)

Footprint Editor

• pad dialog
  • auto scale pad visualisation of settings dialog
• characteristics window
  • bigger default width (if possible)
  • datasheet field
• multiedit
• selecting a whole pcb track doesn't work with areas
• add preview for 'move exactly' (at least a little image which shows in which direction the footprint would move)
• strg+track cannot be deselected by Esc (https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1741330)
• when setting the net of a area, try to show the net's which are connectable in this area (and not only a complete list)
• better overview of changes on netlist import (what net's, what footprints,...)
• add (simple) export dialog for etching
• allow setting of grid style

Footprint Wizard

• requires lots of UX-improvements:
  • selection dialog on first startup
  • dialog more like altium design (looks intuitive to me)
  • remove/move information window
  • size improvements
  • better reload
  • loading of external files
  • load/safe of parameter files

Footprints

• add more capacitor sizes

PCB New

• supporting tab on move
• fix polygon layer (edit dialog, layer selection)
• allow more variations of dia/track sizes
• tree like selection of layers, to enable/disable layers in groups
• add 2d svg-pcb viewer and exporter (including package2D repository)

PCB Calculator

• Add tolerances calculation
• Auto calculation
• Default regulators
• MathML?

Bitmap2Component

• Silkscreen Layer
• better visualisation (if possible, standard viewer)
• KLC complicant (https://gist.github.com/pointhi/30a5845a820d2637de857e38582f7919)
• Use KiCad default filewriter (it seems it's currently a custom one)