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Electronics Forum / CAD / August 2005Auto place with dxp
Hello I would place 25 LED's on a circle. I have DXP 2004 but i see no way to do it. Has anyone a solution ? thanks >Hello >I would place 25 LED's on a circle. >I have DXP 2004 but i see no way to do it. >Has anyone a solution ? >thanks Calculate the X and Y coordinates for the center of each LED, and place them manually. This will be easier if you create a special footprint fo rthe LED, with the reference position in the center of the LED, rather than on one of the pins. The position of a placed component can be "fine-tuned" on hte component edit form.  SignaturePeter Bennett VE7CEI email: peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca GPS and NMEA info and programs: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter/index.html Newsgroup new user info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/nnq >>Hello >>I would place 25 LED's on a circle. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >the LED, rather than on one of the pins. The position of a placed >component can be "fine-tuned" on hte component edit form. That's what I did when I had to lay out 32 LEDs in a circle. It's easy to write a little program to calculate the centers (and rotation angle is you want to rotate the footprints), or just use a spreadsheet. Copy and paste 50 or 75 values takes little time. And yes, I did create a footprint with 0,0 in the center! Best regards, Spehro Pefhany Signature"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com Simplest way... work out the angle ... 360 / 25 = 14.4 degrees Place one component where you want the LED to be with the correct designator minus 1 then copy it with the origin of the copy set to the centre of the circle paste special... -> paste array -> circular -> 14.4 degrees, 25 item count OK then click on the centre of the circle twice ... 25 leds will appear overwriting the first which will need to be removed :-) then just tidy the designators etc. Simon > >>Hello > >>I would place 25 LED's on a circle. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Best regards, > Spehro Pefhany Thank you, easier should not be possible > Simplest way... work out the angle ... 360 / 25 = 14.4 degrees > Place one component where you want the LED to be with the correct designator [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > http://www.speff.com |
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