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[Karl Schmidt <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/15/2010 07:30 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote:


> When placing components such as passives (mainly R's and C's) you come
> across the common problem that you draw the symbol either horizontally
> or vertically. When you place the component it could be in one of four
> orientations, but generally it's either 0deg rot (horizontal) or 90deg
> rot (vertical).

This is called Schematic symbol alternatives - usually you only need 2 versions (bridge circuits 
need a 45 makes 3 versions) - most CAD systems have this - and its nice.  I added this to my wiki's 
wish list.

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