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    Posted: 24 Oct 2013 at 2:03pm
It would be nice to be able to choose the kind of indication we would like to have for the pin 1.
It can be a dot, a chamfer, a dot and a chamfer... etc.

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My customers want a dot also I would prefer something that looks like a dot but is actually text as Altium allows you to move text freely, but a dot requires the component to be unlocked to move it.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tom H Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Mar 2014 at 7:10am
We added your request for a Polarity Dot by Pin 1 in the upcoming V2014 release.

The dot size user definable and has Help Menu documentation.

User Preferences setting the dot size -


Calculator Drafting Tab to customize the size on-the-fly (for "Lite" users) -  

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Will this be a true attribute in that it will be movable?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tom H Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Mar 2014 at 7:20am

For PADS Layout this is a Text Attribute and the dot can be relocated or deleted in the PCB layout.

For other CAD tools that don't support Text Attributes it will be a Drafting Line item.

Yea, it's finally here!


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Excellent news!  Thanks.

Now, by "text attribute" do you also mean that the dot can be changed to a "1", for example?

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I suppose it could but the text size is optimized for the 'dot' character - 0.9 mm height, 0.45 mm line width.  If you want to use a "1" you'd be better off creating your own attribute.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote JZsori Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Mar 2014 at 9:35am
Thanks Jeff - that's encouraging that it is done with text rather than copper.  I'll have to play with it but it sounds like it should be doable.  Some clients are ok with dot but others want numeric.  And, depending on the design I could make the "1" larger or smaller based on space available.
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