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edrees
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 17 Jul 2014 : 17:58:31
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Duplicate a resistor (example component only) and then place it . The new resistor designator auto increments to old resistor designator+1.Good!
But now ALT V to auto "step & place" resistors neatly, and the new designator => old designator. No auto increment of designator. So you end up with upteen resistors in your design each with the same designator.
Fortunately, the DRC does pick this up with a "Common Pins" error, before you have to correct the schematic. |
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Iain Wilkie
United Kingdom
1015 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jul 2014 : 18:14:40
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ALT V ?????? Do you mean Replicate ???
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edrees
United Kingdom
779 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jul 2014 : 18:34:04
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Hi Iain, yes, ALT V is replicate on my set-up, (thought it was default short-cut key?) but you "shouldn't" be able to replicate any "component" on a given design without incrementing the designator value.
If what's copied has a designator, -auto increment it! |
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Iain Wilkie
United Kingdom
1015 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jul 2014 : 18:46:28
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Works ok for me !
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edrees
United Kingdom
779 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jul 2014 : 13:32:21
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Ummmm! Works for me too - today, BUT I really did have this problem last week (and several months ago) as I remember having to re-allocate dozens of identical resistor designators on the one schematic sheet.
In the past, I'd performed a "Forward Design Changes" and the identical components appeared in the pcb layout, -and I had to call in Support as I could no longer edit/delete the components.
Gone back to last weeks schematic (on which the problem arose) and, I must admit that it does appear to work correctly now.
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Iain Wilkie
United Kingdom
1015 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jul 2014 : 16:39:30
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Ed ..... Maybe its old age and alcohol  ... Buggers me up all the time !
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edrees
United Kingdom
779 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jul 2014 : 14:55:38
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| Iain, I accept the old age factor, but lack of, or too much alcohol, I'm not sure! |
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Step & Repeat schematic "Gotcha" !