How to change text alignment with script (console command)? [SOLVED]

Max Kielland wrote:

I'm writing a script (ULP) to smash all Resistors, Capacitors and

Inductors and then set the text alignment to "Center" and move it to

the origo of the package.

Now I'm stuck on how to change the text alignment, I can't find any

command to do that.

in the ulp use "setgroup" to group all relevant texts (name, value,

attributes?) then exit the ULP with

     change align centre (>0 0);

(not tested though, does setgroup work with attributes at all?)

or

     change align center (x y) ...

where "x y" are the origin coordinates of a text

Bonus question: How do I un-smash a smashed component in ULP?

group the relevant parts then run "smash (>S0 0)"

or

     smash (S x y)

where "x y" are the origin coordinates ot the part to unsmash

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Lorenz

Thank you, now it seems like the coordinates are all strange.

For example:

(snippet from ULP script)

        E.texts(T) {

          sprintf(s,"CHANGE ALIGN CENTER (%d %d) \\\\ %s\n", T.x, T.y, E.name);

        }

Grid units are in mil

My resistor R4 (smashed text) at X: 537.5 Y:650 (when looking at it's info in the PCB editor)

But my ULP script outputs:

CHANGE ALIGN CENTER (4368800 6096000) \\ R4

CHANGE ALIGN CENTER (3413760 5364480) \\ R4

These X,Y values are completely wrong and according to the documentation they should be in the same units as the current grid, in this case mil.

When trying to use these coordinates I get "Invalid Point: (...)"

[EDIT]

I realized that the coordinates are real numbers so I changed the sprintf formatting to:

sprintf(s,"CHANGE ALIGN CENTER (%f %f) \\\\ %s\n", T.x, T.y, E.name);
But that generated a formatting error when I run it.

I then tried a typecast

sprintf(s,"CHANGE ALIGN CENTER (%f %f) \\\\ %s\n", real(T.x), real(T.y), E.name);
But that generated the same numbers as before, but with a lot of 0 decimals.

I calculated the factor to 8128 and when I divided the coordinates with this they became correct.
I must be doing something wrong here... How is it supposed to be handled?

Hi Max,

You'll need to use the u2mil() function to convert the integer values you are seeing into the mils you are using.

Best Regards,

Rachael

Thank you but what if the grid changes from mil to mm?
When I changed the grid units I got the same numbers (the old mil). Isn't there a way to get the coordinates right independent of the grid unit settings?

Max Kielland wrote:

 

Thank you but what if the grid changes from mil to mm?
When I changed the grid units I got the same numbers (the old mil). Isn't there a way to get the coordinates right independent of the grid unit settings?

GRID mil; <do stuff...>; GRID last;

Best Regards,

Rachael

Max Kielland wrote:

Thank you but what if the grid changes from mil to mm?

When I changed the grid units I got the same numbers (the old mil).

Isn't there a way to get the coordinates right independent of the grid

unit settings?

use (using microns here, but ich, mil & mm are also possible)

     sprintf(s,"ch al ce (%fmic %fmic) %s;",

          u2mic(T.x), u2mic(T.y), E.name);

just put the unit explicitly in the command string.

have a look at  Help/Editor Commands/Command Syntax  for the

coordinate syntax

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Lorenz

This did the trick, thank you! In this way we are not pending on the grid setting.

This did the trick, thank you! In this way we are not pending on the grid setting.