When I create a new component shape for the PCB and I try to align shapes / pads or terminals of varying sizes using the align tool it does it but with an offset so that they don't actually line up. Almost as though the centres are in the wrong place? I normally need to align by the horizontal or vertical centre.
I have tried changing the grid to see if that had an effect but having tried it a couple of times I didn't notice any change. Am I in the right area? It is so frustrating when making a simple layout that it is so difficult.
I am using Easy-PC version 15
Can anyone shed some light onto this and help me out?
I have tried a few combinations but it always seems to work for me. I can only suggest you send a small example file to our Support team with the relevant details and ask them to take a look for you.
The problem was submitted to support and the response was the following.
It looks like there is a problem with how it works out the 'middle' of each item. For these pads it seems to be using the full extents of the pad which includes the pin name, thus skewing the calculation of the centre. If you move the pin name N2 so it is 'inside' the pad, you should find that it aligns with the other pad as expected.
What it should be doing instead is taking the 'basic' extents of the item without including attached things like names. I have logged this on our support database so that we can fix the code for the next patch.
So if you have the same problem as I do then at least we have a way round it until the patch comes out.
Alignment not working?
Posted - 23 Jun 2012 : 13:13:14
