Calculate the X and Y coordinates for the center of each LED, and
That's what I did when I had to lay out 32 LEDs in a circle.
Simplest way... work out the angle ... 360 / 25 = 14.4 degrees
Place one component where you want the LED to be with the correct designator
minus 1
then copy it with the origin of the copy set to the centre of the circle
paste special... -> paste array -> circular -> 14.4 degrees, 25 item count
OK then click on the centre of the circle twice ...
25 leds will appear overwriting the first which will need to be removed
then just tidy the designators etc.
Simon
"Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message
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On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:18:53 -0700, the renowned Peter Bennett
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On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:45:44 +0200, Patrice
patrice.ulrich@eost.u-strasbg.fr> wrote:
Hello
I would place 25 LED's on a circle.
I have DXP 2004 but i see no way to do it.
Has anyone a solution ?
thanks
Calculate the X and Y coordinates for the center of each LED, and
place them manually. This will be easier if you create a special
footprint fo rthe LED, with the reference position in the center of
the LED, rather than on one of the pins. The position of a placed
component can be "fine-tuned" on hte component edit form.
That's what I did when I had to lay out 32 LEDs in a circle.
It's easy to write a little program to calculate the centers (and
rotation angle is you want to rotate the footprints), or just use a
spreadsheet. Copy and paste 50 or 75 values takes little time.
And yes, I did create a footprint with 0,0 in the center!
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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