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Re: gEDA-user: Can't vertically mirror in PCB

Touché...


I was just watching the Red Sox/Yankees game and realized I can't just flip the part over; it's not like it has pads on the top of the chip too! 
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 6:45 PM, Dave N6NZ <n6nz@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I must be missing something.... can you order mirrored parts from
DigiKey by typing the part number in backwards, or is there more to it
than that?

-dave

Robert Butts wrote:
> Because traces coming from a connector are criss-crossing.  Mirroring the IC
> will fix this.  I have to keep all the components on the same side.
>
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Eric Brombaugh <ebrombaugh1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Robert Butts wrote:
>>> I'm trying to vertically mirror a chip in PCB.  I select the IC, cut it
>>> to the buffer, mirror buffer and click on the board again and the IC
>>> doesn't change.  What am I doing wrong?
>> Why do you want to mirror an IC?
>>
>> If you're trying to place it on the back side of the board, use the tab
>> and/or 'b' options.
>>
>> Eric
>>
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