Hexagonal or honeycomb pattern for components

Hexagonal or honeycomb pattern for components

a_kononovNW435
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Hexagonal or honeycomb pattern for components

a_kononovNW435
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Hi!

I would like to know if it is possible to place electronic components on a PCB in a honeycomb shape as suggested in the specification. I was able to place the components in either a rectangular or circular shape, but there is no way to specify a direction other than 90 degrees, as is done for example in the 3d design.

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Best regards,
Anton

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jorge_garcia
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Hi @a_kononovNW435 ,

 

I hope you're doing well. If the components are hexagons this would be a circular array, you would then have to rotate the individual hexagons to get the honeycomb.

 

Let me know if you continue to run into problems.

 

Best Regards,



Jorge Garcia
​Product Support Specialist for Fusion 360 and EAGLE

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a_kononovNW435
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Dear  Jorge,

 

thank you for your fast reply.

With circular array it is clear, but I need to put 168 LEDs.

I found solution - one could use two rectangular arrays - one is shifted to another like in this screenshot:

a_kononovNW_1-1687782171710.png

 

and I have two more requests - to implement rotation function of each component in array like it is made in EasyEDA:

a_kononovNW_0-1687782043968.png

I found only possibility to choose direction of array.

 

one more thing - ratlines and pointer to geometrical center of components have the same color and for symmetrical components like resistors, which are aligned one can not distinguish them:

a_kononovNW_2-1687783212310.png

It would be helpful if one could have more  settings in the palette.

Best regards,
Anton

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