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The distance between the pin and associated name in the symbol editor

appears to be fixed and equal to 0.1" which is a rather big gap.

I looked in the "Edit" and "Options" menu items but couldn't find a way to

change this. Is it somehow possible to change this gap size?

 

Second question : vertical pins in a symbol have their name also oriented

vertically. Is there a way to chage this to horizontal? If I have one GND at

the botttom and one Vcc pin at the top of a symbol, I'd prefer to have the

names "GND" and "VCC" horizontally because in that way they don't interfere

with the names of the horizontal pins, unless I make the symbol a lot bigger

than really necessary.

 

I should add that I'm still using version 4.11 and that these remarks might

be no longer valid on more recent versions.

 

 

 

 

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  • Robert wrote:

    The distance between the pin and associated name in the symbol editor

    appears to be fixed and equal to 0.1" which is a rather big gap.

    I looked in the "Edit" and "Options" menu items but couldn't find a way to

    change this. Is it somehow possible to change this gap size?

     

    Second question : vertical pins in a symbol have their name also oriented

    vertically. Is there a way to chage this to horizontal? If I have one GND at

    the botttom and one Vcc pin at the top of a symbol, I'd prefer to have the

    names "GND" and "VCC" horizontally because in that way they don't interfere

    with the names of the horizontal pins, unless I make the symbol a lot bigger

    than really necessary.

     

    I should add that I'm still using version 4.11 and that these remarks might

    be no longer valid on more recent versions.

     

     

     

     

    You can't change any of these default positions and orientation for the pin

    name.

     

    What you can do is hide the pin name and type in a new name as a text field

    positioning it wherever you wish.

     

    Upgrade to v4.16 which is still covered by v4.11 license.  No major changes

    but some minor fixes as I recall.

     

    cheers

     

    David

     

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  • Robert wrote:

    The distance between the pin and associated name in the symbol editor

    appears to be fixed and equal to 0.1" which is a rather big gap.

    I looked in the "Edit" and "Options" menu items but couldn't find a way to

    change this. Is it somehow possible to change this gap size?

     

    Second question : vertical pins in a symbol have their name also oriented

    vertically. Is there a way to chage this to horizontal? If I have one GND at

    the botttom and one Vcc pin at the top of a symbol, I'd prefer to have the

    names "GND" and "VCC" horizontally because in that way they don't interfere

    with the names of the horizontal pins, unless I make the symbol a lot bigger

    than really necessary.

     

    I should add that I'm still using version 4.11 and that these remarks might

    be no longer valid on more recent versions.

     

     

     

     

    You can't change any of these default positions and orientation for the pin

    name.

     

    What you can do is hide the pin name and type in a new name as a text field

    positioning it wherever you wish.

     

    Upgrade to v4.16 which is still covered by v4.11 license.  No major changes

    but some minor fixes as I recall.

     

    cheers

     

    David

     

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