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How to make Assy Ref Des follow Ref Des Silk

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Is there a way to set the Assy Ref Des to follow the Ref Des silk location and size? It seems there should be as it quickly gets old having to move the assy ref des to match the silk ref des location when there are hundreds of parts on a pcb.

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    The skill code below should move the assy text to the silk text locations, however I am on vacation & don't have access to licenses to test it...

    procedure(silk2assy()
    let((refdes layer orient silk assy Dx Dy)
    foreach( symbol axlDBGetDesign()->symbols
    if( (symbol->definition->type == "PACKAGE" || symbol->definition->type == "MECHANICAL") then
    if( !symbol->refdes || nindex(symbol->refdes,"*") then
    (refdes = nil)
    else
    (refdes = symbol->refdes)
    )
    if( symbol->component && refdes then
    if((((symbol->prop)->FIXED) == t)||((((symbol->component)->prop)->FIXED) == t) then
    axlMsgPut("skipping FIXED symbol %s" refdes)
    else
    (assy = nil)
    (silk = nil)
    foreach(Child symbol->children
    (layer = (Child->layer))
    if(((Child->objType) == "text") then
    if((symbol->isMirrored) then
    if((layer == "REF DES/SILKSCREEN_BOTTOM") then
    (silk = Child)
    (orient = axlTextOrientationCopy(Child))
    )
    if((layer == "REF DES/ASSEMBLY_BOTTOM") then
    (assy = Child)
    )
    else
    if((layer == "REF DES/SILKSCREEN_TOP") then
    (silk = Child)
    (orient = axlTextOrientationCopy(Child))
    )
    if((layer == "REF DES/ASSEMBLY_TOP") then
    (assy = Child)
    )
    )
    )
    )
    when(silk && assy
    axlTextOrientationCopy(assy orient)
    (Dx = xCoord(silk->xy) - xCoord(assy->xy))
    (Dy = yCoord(silk->xy) - yCoord(assy->xy))
    axlTransformObject(assy ?move list(Dx Dy))
    )
    )
    )
    )
    )
    )
    )
    axlCmdRegister("silk2assy" 'silk2assy)

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    The skill code below should move the assy text to the silk text locations, however I am on vacation & don't have access to licenses to test it...

    procedure(silk2assy()
    let((refdes layer orient silk assy Dx Dy)
    foreach( symbol axlDBGetDesign()->symbols
    if( (symbol->definition->type == "PACKAGE" || symbol->definition->type == "MECHANICAL") then
    if( !symbol->refdes || nindex(symbol->refdes,"*") then
    (refdes = nil)
    else
    (refdes = symbol->refdes)
    )
    if( symbol->component && refdes then
    if((((symbol->prop)->FIXED) == t)||((((symbol->component)->prop)->FIXED) == t) then
    axlMsgPut("skipping FIXED symbol %s" refdes)
    else
    (assy = nil)
    (silk = nil)
    foreach(Child symbol->children
    (layer = (Child->layer))
    if(((Child->objType) == "text") then
    if((symbol->isMirrored) then
    if((layer == "REF DES/SILKSCREEN_BOTTOM") then
    (silk = Child)
    (orient = axlTextOrientationCopy(Child))
    )
    if((layer == "REF DES/ASSEMBLY_BOTTOM") then
    (assy = Child)
    )
    else
    if((layer == "REF DES/SILKSCREEN_TOP") then
    (silk = Child)
    (orient = axlTextOrientationCopy(Child))
    )
    if((layer == "REF DES/ASSEMBLY_TOP") then
    (assy = Child)
    )
    )
    )
    )
    when(silk && assy
    axlTextOrientationCopy(assy orient)
    (Dx = xCoord(silk->xy) - xCoord(assy->xy))
    (Dy = yCoord(silk->xy) - yCoord(assy->xy))
    axlTransformObject(assy ?move list(Dx Dy))
    )
    )
    )
    )
    )
    )
    )
    axlCmdRegister("silk2assy" 'silk2assy)

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