Re: Auto place with dxp

Simplest way... work out the angle ... 360 / 25 = 14.4 degrees
Place one component where you want the LED to be with the correct designator
minus 1
then copy it with the origin of the copy set to the centre of the circle
paste special... -> paste array -> circular -> 14.4 degrees, 25 item count
OK then click on the centre of the circle twice ...
25 leds will appear overwriting the first which will need to be removed :-)
then just tidy the designators etc.

Simon




"Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:18:53 -0700, the renowned Peter Bennett
> <peterbb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:45:44 +0200, Patrice
> ><patrice.ulrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>Hello
> >>I would place 25 LED's on a circle.
> >>I have DXP 2004 but i see no way to do it.
> >>Has anyone a solution ?
> >>thanks
> >
> >Calculate the X and Y coordinates for the center of each LED, and
> >place them manually. This will be easier if you create a special
> >footprint fo rthe LED, with the reference position in the center of
> >the LED, rather than on one of the pins. The position of a placed
> >component can be "fine-tuned" on hte component edit form.
>
> That's what I did when I had to lay out 32 LEDs in a circle.
>
> It's easy to write a little program to calculate the centers (and
> rotation angle is you want to rotate the footprints), or just use a
> spread***. Copy and paste 50 or 75 values takes little time.
>
> And yes, I did create a footprint with 0,0 in the center!
>
>
> Best regards,
> Spehro Pefhany
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