Hi Mark. Do you have the ALT_SYMBOLS property defined in the schematic? It won't work without it. CJB Chris Brennan, C.I.D. PCB Designer, Fidus Systems Inc. Tel: +1 (613) 828-0063 x322 Fax: +1 (613) 828-3113 -----Original Message----- From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Salberg Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 9:15 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: alt symbol (Allegro v.15.1) Thanks Jean! Both ways worked! 1. Move with "stretch Etch" deselected AND Place Manual click already placed comp. Do you know why pop alt symbol will not work? I was hoping to hit the F-key then click on the component. Much appreciated, Mark Jean Bratton wrote: >Instead of doing moves from the edit>move command, do them from the >place>manual command. It lets you do all the same things, but you can >also do the RMB>alt_symbol that way too. > >-----Original Message----- >From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Salberg >Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 8:41 AM >To: Cadence User Group >Subject: [PCB_FORUM] alt symbol (Allegro v.15.1) > >Good morning, >I would like to select an alt symbol for a component. >I know I can RMB alt sym while manually placing a part, but would like >to select when moving a comp. >1. Any way to activate this "greyed out" pull down? >I also tried mapping a hot ket to "POP ALT SYMBOL" which is a valid >keyboard command, but does not work. >Either during move or manual place. > >Any ideas? >I now have to delete all the comps, then RMB while placing. > >Thanks, >Mark > > >_______________________________________________________________________ _ >_____ >Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by >MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com >_______________________________________________________________________ _ >_____ >----------------------------------------------------------- >To subscribe/unsubscribe: >Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe > >To view the archives of this list go to >//www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ > >Problems or Questions: >Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >----------------------------------------------------------- >----------------------------------------------------------- >To subscribe/unsubscribe: >Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe > >To view the archives of this list go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ > >Problems or Questions: >Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >----------------------------------------------------------- > >_______________________________________________________________________ ______ >Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com >_______________________________________________________________________ ______ > > > ________________________________________________________________________ _____ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com ________________________________________________________________________ _____ ----------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe/unsubscribe: Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe To view the archives of this list go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe/unsubscribe: Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe To view the archives of this list go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----------------------------------------------------------