Thank You! Robert! I wish I had that 'special string .designator' suggestion for Mech Layer 1 (which I use for a Component Layout Drawing - for top side only PCB board layouts) a long time ago!
Jeff Adolphs Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 1:42 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Import from spreadsheet? Great Thank you Robert >-- Original Message -- >Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 11:57:42 -0500 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [PEDA] Import from spreadsheet? >Reply-To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> My problem is to get the designators to be independent of the components >> and placed on Mechanical Layer 4. >> I would like to present documentation where I have a silk screen layer >> and a component placement layer independent of each other. >> Since PCBs are getting smaller and smaller I have no room silk screen >> around 0805, 0603, ... and no room for designators on SMT parts, but >> people like to have designators on connectors. >> What I do now is making a class for the connectors so I can select them >> and then switch the designators on and off on the SMT parts, when I make > >One way to do this is to include the special string .designator on the >Mechanical Layer of your library items. > >This way all of your components would have their designator on the >mechanical layer, and you could center it on the part so it looks good for > >the assembly drawing. > >Robert D. LaMoreaux >MTS Systems Corp. >Powertrain Technology Division >4622 Runway Blvd. >Ann Arbor, MI 48108 >734-822-9696 >Fax 734-973-1103 >Main Desk 734-973-1111 > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
