Usually when you hold that footprint in the pcb editor and press the 'L' key, the component changes the side, with mirroring and everything.
Rene Steve Wiseman wrote: > > Hi, all. > I've been plagued with this on my last 2 double-sided boards, and it's > making things like assembly instructions a nightmare... > > Components that, for all the world, look like they're correctly on the bottom of > the board - pads on the bottom, silk-screen on the bottom, not mirrored, etc. > However, the components claim to be on the top layer. Any attempt to put > them on the bottom layer puts them on the top. > This looks like knowlege base item 2034, except that > a) I've only ever used Protel on this design (The KB item says that it occurs > when you import files from Autotrax and Tango - I suspect it also occurs when > a file is imported from Protel - it's somthing I've done on both of these > projects) > b) They say it's fixed in SP6, which I'm running. > The workaround isn't an option, since I don't have PCB V2.x , so I guess I'm > going to have to unplace all those components, and place them again. This is > going to take many hours, so any hints for a better plan would be gratefully > accepted. Until proven otherwise, I'd recommend people doing double-sided > designs to stay away from the file -> import (and cut&paste) in the explorer > window. It's particularly troublesome, since I didn't notice the failure until I'd > shipped the gerbers... ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: 0AB3BA83BDBACB4A9EF115064A35A9615C8D692D * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
