Strange. Drawing pcbs in kicad is one of the most soothing and relaxing things I do on my computer.
For about the first 30 monutes I did fight with with the basic navigation based on zooming out then back in, instead of just panning, but as long as I have an even minimally good mouse (mx anywhere 2, 2s, 3 for myself) it's fine. It's annoying on the track pad or a mouse without a good wheel.
And that's pretty much it. It only bothered me for the first few minutes to maybe an hour.
Everything else is just learning where a few settings or tools are, and getting a few basic ideas about how the schematic ties to the pcb. Those aren't really communicated very well by the app itself. I pretty much figured it out by just trying stuff and noticing what it did, but there are also tons of videos that just show you.
Almost immediately I was drawing pcbs and loving it.
For about the first 30 monutes I did fight with with the basic navigation based on zooming out then back in, instead of just panning, but as long as I have an even minimally good mouse (mx anywhere 2, 2s, 3 for myself) it's fine. It's annoying on the track pad or a mouse without a good wheel.
And that's pretty much it. It only bothered me for the first few minutes to maybe an hour.
Everything else is just learning where a few settings or tools are, and getting a few basic ideas about how the schematic ties to the pcb. Those aren't really communicated very well by the app itself. I pretty much figured it out by just trying stuff and noticing what it did, but there are also tons of videos that just show you.
Almost immediately I was drawing pcbs and loving it.