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FP Designer Origin

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Forum Description: issues and technical support
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Printed Date: 22 Nov 2024 at 8:57pm


Topic: FP Designer Origin
Posted By: Joris
Subject: FP Designer Origin
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2013 at 12:49pm
It seems that the "Set Origin" option gets applied relative to the existing origin.
For example:
- Create new user defined package, set origin to 2.00,0.00, click set again and it will move to 4.00,00
- Open footprint with non-center offset. Do snap Options: "Home", and it will remain where it is.

I guess desired behavior is being able to set it to "absolute" origin.


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Posted By: Nick B
Date Posted: 30 Aug 2013 at 12:25pm
We just posted the 2013.11 prerelease - can you please confirm this issue was fixed?
 
The pre-release is available http://www.pcblibraries.com/downloads/_FPX2013-11-altDL_7g114oz.zip" rel="nofollow - here .


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Posted By: Jeff.M
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2013 at 8:37am
There's nothing wrong here.
When you set the origin to any specific value it moves relative to the current origin.
So if the home origin is 0,0 and you move it by 2,0 it will move to 2, 0.
If you move it again it will move to 2,0 relative to the current origin but 4,0 relative to the home origin.
The home origin is 0,0 for new designs.  If it is subsequently moved to a different location and saved, the new location becomes the home origin when the part is reloaded.


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Posted By: Joris
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2013 at 9:34am
Hi Nick, 

Part of the problem got fixed, as the "Set" option now works absolute rather than relative.
However I don't agree with Jeff, there should be a way to restore the origin to the center (or original) location of a part.
The whole point of FP Designer is that you can go back and tweak your existing designs without having to start over. IF you accidentally moved the origin to a funny location it can be very awkward to get it back to a meaningful location.
I tried the mid-point/end-point/center options but couldn't get those to work.

Thanks


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