[PCB_FORUM] Re: Allegro v15.1 Text Editing

The only good reason I can think of to edit reference designator text is
for renumbering purposes. If so, there are much easier ways to do it. If
you need to renumber your component reference designators just ask.
There are a couple of ways to do that using the auto-rename, or per my
preference, there is an interactive renumbering skill file.

 

Jim S. Wages / SR. PCB Layout Designer:  

Cary, NC - (919) 466-1596

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary MacIndoe [mailto:gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:29 AM
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Allegro v15.1 Text Editing

 

Chris,

 

Well, I don't think you should be editing the ref des text.  It is
intelligent text, the same as the assembly designator.  Maybe you want
to move and/or rotate it (as Pat described), and frequently change the
size of it: Edit -> Change, Text checked in the Find tab, Text block
checked in the Options tab, then to the right of the Text block set the
text block size then click on the text.  To see all of the available
text blocks, click Setup -> Text Sizes...

 

When I need supplemental silk screen text (as in naming connectors,
headers etc.), I put it on the Board Geometry/Silkscreen_Top
class/subclass, then make sure it ends up in the film description for
the top silk.  There are icons for both Add Text and Text Edit, or use
the menus Add -> Text and Edit -> Text (when you're adding text, just
set the Active Class and Subclass in the Options tab).

 

Good luck!

 

Gary E. MacIndoe
PCB Design Engineer
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Longmont, Colorado

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Tocci [mailto:cstocci@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 9:36 PM
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Allegro v15.1 Text Editing

Being an old OrCad Layout user...how does one select text for the
purposes of placement

and rotation.  This procedure is important from the standpoint of
manufacturing.  It appears

that Allegro PCB Editor, as compared with OrCad Layout, does not have a
text editor function

with respect to existing silkscreen text (i.e., reference designators).

 

Perhaps I am confused...simple question, but need a simple answer.


Chris

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