After the latest Eagle indignities, I'm trying to migrate to Kicad. After many hours, I am closer to being able to use kicad for my work, but there are a few things I still can't figure out how to accomplish:
1. Is there a way to delete tracks in a section of the board? In particular I'm looking for the equivalent of selecting a region (block) in Eagle and ripping up all tracks in that region.
2. For home PCB manufacture, I can't make a silk-screen (easily), so I like to print the silk-screen layers in copper. Is there an easy way to merge the copper and silk-screen layers?
3. In Escheme, is there an easy way to substitute one part for another. I found I wanted to replace a transistor throughout a design, and all I could find was to delete and add a new part (loosing value, etc.). Find and replace appears to only be about text.
4. In Escheme can you move a connected block? I found that I can select a block and move it, but the tracks outside the region are cut.
I've always hated Eagle's UI, but over time I'd found crude work-arounds for what I needed. Thanks for helping with the transition to Kicad.