Reference Designator on Two Layers?

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   When I am placing components I like to have a ref des in the geometric centre of the component and turn silkscreen off to minimize clutter. 

The export to Altium includes a ref des on layer 16 which does this but it would also be handy if the ref des also appeared on the silkscreen and not in the geometric centre in this case.  

Can this be done and if so how please?

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NeilVPeers Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Active User Joined: 04 Aug 2016 Status: Offline Points: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote NeilVPeers Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Reference Designator on Two Layers? Posted: 17 Aug 2016 at 9:33am
	When I am placing components I like to have a ref des in the geometric centre of the component and turn silkscreen off to minimize clutter. The export to Altium includes a ref des on layer 16 which does this but it would also be handy if the ref des also appeared on the silkscreen and not in the geometric centre in this case. Can this be done and if so how please?



chrisa_pcb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 29 Jul 2012 Location: San Diego Status: Offline Points: 772	Post Options Post Reply Quote chrisa_pcb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Aug 2016 at 10:23am
	As a specific customization, what it sounds like is you would need to get into and use a post process script to fix up the output to your liking. You're going to have to get into Altium Scripting to do it though, turn on Use Post Process Script checkbox in the translator, and provide that script to Altium to be run every time after a script is run.

Matthew Lamkin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 02 Oct 2012 Status: Offline Points: 284	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matthew Lamkin Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Aug 2016 at 5:54am
	This sounds like the componentname2 output that CADSTAR has in the LEP.

chrisa_pcb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 29 Jul 2012 Location: San Diego Status: Offline Points: 772	Post Options Post Reply Quote chrisa_pcb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Aug 2016 at 3:22am
	I'm referring to the fact he wanted to shift the ref des away from the geometric center. The Altium script should already be setup to handle two refdes's. Simply set the layers.