Re: gEDA-user: rotate smd parts 0603

[Klaus Rudolph <lts-rudolph@xxxxxx>]

Stefan Salewski schrieb:
> On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 08:51 +0200, Klaus Rudolph wrote:
>> Ineiev schrieb:
>>> On 10/13/09, Klaus Rudolph <lts-rudolph@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> I try to rotate some smd parts (0603) on the layout,m but only the silk
>>>> layer rotates. If I switch of the silk layer, I could not rotate
>>>> anything. Rotating SO14 is working. Sorry, I am to silly to rotate a
>>>> simple smd device :-)
>>> Can you remove all other objects from that board and post it here?
>> I added the file with one element added with gsch2pcb and one added manual.
>>
>> If I set "settings->lock names" I could rotate the element if the name 
>> is visible. If silk layer is switched of, I could not rotate the element.
>>
>> Switching "settings->only names" on or off has no effect.
>>
>> plain text document attachment (test001.pcb)
> 
> Well...
> 
> You have the text above the pads.
> So rotate tool rotates the text. How can the tool guess that you wants
> to rotate the pads?

if I switch off the silk layer, the got the same result, not the element 
nor the text is rotated

if I move the text away from the symbol, i can rotate the symbol
BUT!
if I switch of the silk layer and have the text moved away I am NOT! 
able to rotate the element! Is this intended?

> 
> So lock the text, or move it away first. Having silk text on pads is not
> good for soldering...
I agree :-)

But is it not a typical work flow to first move and rotate the parts, do 
the layout and after that move the labels around? If I first move the 
labels, they may appear near another element. This makes things a bit 
difficult to handle...

I think the "no rotation of elements if silk layer is off" is a bit 
mysterious.

The lock names setting is my work around for the problem, so I can do my 
work. But I think this is not the behavior which is expected.


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