Part origin is an x rather than a +

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I am somewhat new to Eagle. I have a board which is finished except when I ran the cam processor and view the resulting board, one of the component outlines was missing.The board was fine otherwise. When I went back to edit the board and schematic to try to correct the problem, I found that the part origin was an X rather than a + and I could not select or do anything with the part on the board. I am using version 9.4.2

geralds · Answer

This "X-Origin" is a margin of this component, it is a target arrow, not a character. This target arrow (looks like an X) shows that the component is "locked". If this target arrow looks like a "plus" (0 degrees), the component is free for using, manipulating. In the PCB click on this component on this target arrow with the right mouse button, then select properties, then you can mark this component in that checkbox as locked or unlocked. Component "unlocked": Component "locked": So, if you delete it in the schematic and you place it back without saving then it can happen that this part comes back as was as before. Check what components you have locked or what is not. Please read the manual what can you do with locked or unlocked components. It is important to know what is a component, what is an electrical wire, what are drawings, and what are margins also target arrows as well. Because you can pick up (drag, drop, and so on) the components or texts only on the targets, margins. Except, you have switched on the "group" button, then you can do something in that selected area. Please read the manual. The margins and the target arrows are just visible on the screen (also on a print out), not on the PCB-board. Best Regards Gerald ---

Part origin is an x rather than a +

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