Centering Reference Designator

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In the Post Process Script, does anyone know of a way to set the designator justification to center (horizontally and vertically) and move it to the middle of the part versus having to do it manually by clicking on the buttons and then moving the designator?

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rrix Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Active User Joined: 10 Jan 2018 Status: Offline Points: 34	Post Options Post Reply Quote rrix Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Centering Reference Designator Posted: 01 Oct 2023 at 3:53pm
	Hi, In the Post Process Script, does anyone know of a way to set the designator justification to center (horizontally and vertically) and move it to the middle of the part versus having to do it manually by clicking on the buttons and then moving the designator?



dramos Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 18 Feb 2021 Status: Offline Points: 81	Post Options Post Reply Quote dramos Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Oct 2023 at 10:19pm
	Hi to all, Yes it is a really nice question!!! I use to center my designators and I have to do it manually too. I was unable to find the way. I hope anyone could help us. Regards, David

dramos Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 18 Feb 2021 Status: Offline Points: 81	Post Options Post Reply Quote dramos Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Nov 2023 at 4:39am
	Hi rrix, Did you find any way to center the designator? Regards, dramos

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: 5941	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom H Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Dec 2023 at 11:43am
	We would like to add this to the new V24.01 release coming up later this week, but we don't know the script syntax for the center justification of the Ref Des.
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jaerts Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New User Joined: 03 Jun 2023 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote jaerts Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Dec 2023 at 1:14pm
	This can be achieved using the IPCB_Text3 interface. You can see examples here: https://github.com/Altium-Designer-addons/scripts-libraries/tree/master/Scripts%20-%20PCB/AssemblyTextPrep https://github.com/Altium-Designer-addons/scripts-libraries/blob/master/Scripts%20-%20PCB/AssemblyTextPrep/AssemblyTextPrep.pas#L232 (It's important to enable AdvancedSnapping!)

dramos Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 18 Feb 2021 Status: Offline Points: 81	Post Options Post Reply Quote dramos Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Dec 2023 at 2:59am
	Dear jaerts, Many thanks for the links, they seem really interesting. I will try to test them during the next days. Marry Christmas and a beautiful 2024 !!! Regards, dramos