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Display component attribute on PCB

CaptainMJ — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:25:13 GMT

Hi All,

I have a terminalblock on my PCB and I would like to write 3-4 characters for each pin on the board like, GND, +12V, In1, In2 etc.. I tried adding that as attributes and also values to the component in PCB view, but i don't see it printed on the 3D PCB which means it wont be on the board. Is there a way to do this? Not necessarily using attributes.

Many thanks,

Marcus

Re: Display component attribute on PCB

engineeringNCMXB — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:03:56 GMT

Add the information at TEXT on the footprint.
To make it dynamic - you can tie it to an attribute by inserting a '>' before the name of the attribute.

>ATTRIBUTE

Fusion will replace 'ATTRIBUTE' with the value of the attribute.

Re: Display component attribute on PCB

CaptainMJ — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 04:45:07 GMT

@engineeringNCMXB , thanks, ah yes I did see those '>' for the component name in the footprint, that all makes sense now!

Many thanks!

Re: Display component attribute on PCB

AutomaticRock — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:46:44 GMT

Hi @CaptainMJ ,

Can you tell me how you have managed to give each pin a description? I want to do the same thing, but I can't figure out how to do this with attributes?

Best regard,

Benno