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edit the pin design

autodeskguest

Hello,

 

Do you know if there is a possibility to edit the library pin design ?

For design and aesthetics reasons I would like smaller text for the pin name

and number.

 

Thanks,

 

Jerome

 

 

 

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  • Tilmann Reh wrote on Tue, 09 February 2010 12:17

    The implicitly generated pin names and numbers have fixed sizes.

     

    This is true of the pin names and numbers in a symbol.  It's not clear

    whether the OP is referring to these or the NAME and VALUE text.  The

    latter can be changed by smashing the part, then editing these text strings

    directly.

     

    As for the fixed pin names and sizes in a symbol, these seem reasonable

    since pins are intended to be on a .1" grid.  With this size you can have a

    column of pins with the name text about the right size.  It's big enough to

    be readable but just small enough to not collide with the one above and

    below.

     

    I do think there is too much space between the pin and its text label, and

    the text orientation of top and bottom pins is backwards.  The convention

    for vertical text is to read it down, not up.  Are they ever going to fix

    that?

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  • Tilmann Reh wrote on Tue, 09 February 2010 12:17

    The implicitly generated pin names and numbers have fixed sizes.

     

    This is true of the pin names and numbers in a symbol.  It's not clear

    whether the OP is referring to these or the NAME and VALUE text.  The

    latter can be changed by smashing the part, then editing these text strings

    directly.

     

    As for the fixed pin names and sizes in a symbol, these seem reasonable

    since pins are intended to be on a .1" grid.  With this size you can have a

    column of pins with the name text about the right size.  It's big enough to

    be readable but just small enough to not collide with the one above and

    below.

     

    I do think there is too much space between the pin and its text label, and

    the text orientation of top and bottom pins is backwards.  The convention

    for vertical text is to read it down, not up.  Are they ever going to fix

    that?

    --

    Browser access to CadSoft Support Forums at http://www.eaglecentral.ca

     

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