text justification on Designator

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   I have the "Designator" created on eMechanical9, and apparently by default, footprint expert uses a lower left text justification (the origin of the designator is at the center of the part, but it's justification is not centered).
Is there a way to have that justification be center/center instead?

I'm using that designator (along with Assy Outline) for the PWA drawing. In Altium, I use the designator from Overlay Top or Overlay Bottom (for the silkscreen) - so I'd rather have Center/Center for that eMechanical9 designator. I can change it at the board level, but if I have to update the footprint from library, the justification gets changed back to lower left.

Regards,
Chris

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ckhalleran Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Active User Joined: 22 Nov 2017 Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote ckhalleran Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: text justification on Designator Posted: 07 Oct 2021 at 9:50am
	I have the "Designator" created on eMechanical9, and apparently by default, footprint expert uses a lower left text justification (the origin of the designator is at the center of the part, but it's justification is not centered). Is there a way to have that justification be center/center instead? I'm using that designator (along with Assy Outline) for the PWA drawing. In Altium, I use the designator from Overlay Top or Overlay Bottom (for the silkscreen) - so I'd rather have Center/Center for that eMechanical9 designator. I can change it at the board level, but if I have to update the footprint from library, the justification gets changed back to lower left. Regards, Chris



Tom H Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 05 Jan 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Status: Offline Points: 5716	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom H Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Oct 2021 at 10:18am
	We know that Altium just recently added a new feature for for center/center Ref Des Justification. We need to update our Altium interface to allow the user to select the Ref Des Justification of their choice. In the meantime, if you want center/center Ref Des Justification you must manually edit the Ref Des in the library. We'll try to update the Altium translator ASAP and we might need your help in adding this new feature.
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ckhalleran Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Active User Joined: 22 Nov 2017 Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote ckhalleran Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Oct 2021 at 10:44am
	Cool, thanks Tom