[PCB_FORUM] Re: Text Blocks

Bob,

You can change the size of just one text location.

Edit --> Change, Set the find filter to text only.
Options Tab, set the text block to size 4 or to what ever you like.

Hope this helps.

dave


Bob McCreight wrote:

Is it just me or does anyone else agree that the Text Block method used by Allegro is ....
Would it not be much easier to just double click on a text string and then enter appropriate values in a dialogue box for just that piece of text?
What (if any) advantage is there to the Text Block method? Who came up with this?
Case in point, I have a component with the Ref Des set as Text Block # 3 which by default has the height set at 38. There is plenty of room on the board so I would like to change the height to something like 90. However, if I change Text Block # 3 to that value I may end up messing with some other text elsewhere in my drawing, like say the Tolerances in my Title Block. Why can't I just change that one Ref Des by itself? OK, if I have to live with this scheme why can't I change the Text Block # on the fly? For example, same symbol as above but rather than go to Setup > Text Blocks and revise # 3 to a height of 90 how do I change the Ref Des to say Text Block # 9? One way would be to revise the .dra file, generate new symbol and device files, then replace the comp in my layout. That is a lot of effort for a simple task. Why not double click on that Ref Des and do a quick change?
Arrrrggghhhh.... just a bit of Friday morning venting :-}


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