Brad Velander wrote: > > Mike, > I think that your library part may have been made at some distance > from the 0,0 reference in the library. With schematic symbols the placement > reference location is always 0,0. Typically a schematic part should be > designed with the end of one pin (or pin 1 if you like) always on 0,0. The > reason you get the reference designator located so far away is probably > because the part's gross outline is from 0,0 all the way out to your symbol > and Protel sets the reference designator and others arbitrarily somewhere > along the part's gross outline. > > Sincerely, > Brad Velander.
Even with parts created at the origin, I often find the ref des and value are placed some distance from the part when first placed - flipping the part twice will restore the ref des and value to the correct location. -- Peter Bennett TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada GPS and NMEA info and programs: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter/index.html * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
