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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/3/2016 3:16 PM, André S. wrote:
> On 03.03.2016 17:10, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>> Is this only a concern for you for the libs themselves, or when you
>> actually place them on the schematic? There has recently been added
>> that autoplace fields in eeschema which wouldl usually place the
>> fields intelligently.
> Thanks for the feedback.
> I could not find this function in KiCad 4.0.2-4.
> But I was under the impression that the field is fixed in the symbol,
> which it is not.
> So it is only a minor annoyance to put the fields in the desired
> position when placing the component in the schematic.

This is correct.  The component library file format has no support for
placing the fields in a different location per unit.  In the schematic
file, the field positions are saved per unit so you can move them around
on the schematic without affecting the field positions of the other
units of a component.  It's just any annoyance when editing the
component in the library editor.

> 
>   André
>>
>> 2016-03-03 16:54 GMT+01:00 André S. <list.dev.kicad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Hello Wayne,
>>>
>>> thanks for the clarification and the hope that it will be fixed
>>> eventually.
>>> :)
>>>
>>>    André
>>>
>>>
>>> On 03.03.2016 15:45, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>>>> This is a known issue.  It cannot be fixed until the new schematic and
>>>> component library file formats are implement.  The current component
>>>> library file format has no way of supporting this.  The goal is to get
>>>> the new file formats implemented during the current development cycle.
>>>> Whether that happens or not remains to be seen.
>>>>
>>>> On 3/3/2016 9:12 AM, André S. wrote:
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> today I started to create a symbol for a microcontroller.
>>>>> Since there are so many pins I decided to split the device to 3 gates:
>>>>> One for general GPIO, one for Analog Inputs, one for supply and clock
>>>>> and jtag etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> This results in different sized symbols for each gate.
>>>>> Currently there seems to be no option to place the Reference and Value
>>>>> fields at different locations for each gate.
>>>>> So when I place the fields on the correct location for one symbol this
>>>>> results in either the fields being right accross the other symbol
>>>>> or too
>>>>> far off the symbol and therefore clashing with other symbols in the
>>>>> schematic.
>>>>>
>>>>> There's even an old bug report for it:
>>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1334502
>>>>>
>>>>> Are there any plans to make it possible to place the fields
>>>>> independently for each gate?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>     André
>>>>>
>>>>>
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