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Electronics => PCB/EDA/CAD => Altium Designer => Topic started by: kortsleting on June 21, 2016, 10:38:02 am

Title: "smash" in Altium?
Post by: kortsleting on June 21, 2016, 10:38:02 am
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I tried searching but if this is a repeat, my apologies.

Is there something like smash component in altium? I am working on a schematic and the part name (and value) is clobbering a component next to it. I would like to move them (name and value) somewhere else. Can someone point me to the right direction?

Also, is it the same process in PCB?

Thanks
Korts.
Title: Re: "smash" in Altium?
Post by: ebclr on June 21, 2016, 11:14:02 am
Just click right muse click properties chose where you want to be anything
Title: Re: "smash" in Altium?
Post by: T3sl4co1l on June 21, 2016, 05:37:28 pm
You can always click and drag the designator or comment or other label, wherever you want.  If you want it autopositioned, you can set that as well (double-click the part or the designator, or select multiple designators and do it from the inspector).

Not sure what "clobber" and "smash" mean in this context; example pictures would be helpful. :)

Tim
Title: Re: "smash" in Altium?
Post by: kortsleting on June 23, 2016, 01:37:05 am
Thanks everyone, looks like I need to do the grunt work of reading and trying myself (what's the other way?).

Tim, "smash" is a very Eagle term. This is where we separate the component from its name/value; therefore we can move name/value anywhere in our workspace. Example of my problem (taken anywhere else from the web to give an example)

(http://i.stack.imgur.com/dgWjv.jpg)

You can see the names of some parts are intruding into other parts. In my case, the problem occurs when I am drawing electrical schematics. Thus my original post.

Clobbering? I thought that was regular English...  :D
Title: Re: "smash" in Altium?
Post by: ebclr on June 23, 2016, 09:30:03 am
Simple click on the name and move anywhere you want, simple as that
Title: Re: "smash" in Altium?
Post by: kortsleting on June 23, 2016, 10:20:51 am
 :D
Excellent. Thanks guys.