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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/15/2010 9:19 PM, Karl Schmidt wrote:
> 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.

This would this not be a feature in the schematic capture program?  An
excellent idea but I don't see it as a requirement of the part file or
the part file editor.

Wayne

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