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Rotate many components on PCB

fubbi — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 17:27:49 GMT

I am trying to rotate 300 capacitors on my PCB with the command line in this manner (and many variations thereof):

ROTATE =R90 C1 C2 C3...[etc]

I keep getting errors, also when trying just a single component.

The error says that it would be outside the board and this is not available in the free version. The component is tiny and in the middle of a large PCB, so its not the case in my opinion.

Thanks for any advice

Re: Rotate many components on PCB

sebastian.pearson — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 10:43:23 GMT

have you tried selecting all the capacitors, moving them a tiny bit, and then right clicking? if you have selected a component and moved it, keep the left mouse down and right click and it should rotate 90 degrees

Re: Rotate many components on PCB

fubbi — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 11:54:43 GMT

That would rotate the whole group together. I need each component to rotate individually

Thank you

Re: Rotate many components on PCB

jorge_garcia — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 22:07:58 GMT

Hi @fubbi ,

I hope you're doing well. The easiest way to rotate each component individually is to form a selection and then use the Inspector, change the rotation in the inspector and that will rotate all of the components individually.

Let me know how that works.

Best Regards,

Re: Rotate many components on PCB

fubbi — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 14:54:11 GMT

Hello

I keep getting the placement outside the board message. I am trying your suggestion with just 1 tiny component in the middle of the PCB.

Maybe there is some fundamental problem with my settings?

Thank you