A way to rotate a schematic symbol to any angle?

[chris_cummingsDT]

Hello! Marty and I are wondering if there is way around the 90 degree step limit in the schematic capture screen. In our example, Marty wants to display the LED at a 45 degree angle:

When doing an X/Y array, or especially when Charlieplexing, it is great to do it like this versus what we have to do now:

I think we see the 2D PCB having this arbitrary angle option (although Eagle's free-spin UI was better, in our humble opinion) it just seems like a restrictive interface, limiting to 90 degree increments. Does it have to do with lead lengths not intersecting grid points?

[yqliu]

@chris_cummingsDT ,  this is not supported, and you are right about the consideration of the grid points. One workaround is that you can create a new part with rotated LED symbol in it.

[chris_cummingsDT]

Thank you for the update! May I ask if there is a way to rotate a symbol in the library editor? It seems the angle option is not editable here either, and the Rotate command is locked to just 90 degrees.

Maybe you are suggesting that the diode symbol be created from scratch as 45 degrees?

[yqliu]

Yes, just create the symbol from scratch. The key is to change the bend style when using the line tool and then you can draw lines of any angles.

[chris_cummingsDT]

OK. Thank you Yqliu. Would it be OK to put free-rotate like Eagle has, somewhere in the wish list? I think the concept of arbitrary line lengths and angles in library symbols and the schematic capture screen is a good feature and even important to a limited set of users. 

I think non-signal-carrying lines should be more delineated in the editing UI (maybe always a specific color? Or dashing pattern?) and the Signal-Carrying lines should ALWAYS snap to grid points, regardless of grid size or Unit Of Measure. That includes dynamically snapping to any new grid size, a current problem.

[jorge_garcia]

Hi @chris_cummingsDT,

I hope you're doing well. EAGLE didn't have a a free rotate in the schematic. In both EAGLE and Fusion 360 only the PCB layout has free-rotate. In the schematic the symbols can only rotate in increments of 90 degrees.

Thank you for the suggestion.

Best Regards,