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.

avant · Accepted Answer

I plot setup, You can specify to use non-vectorized text (windows fonts) in the Windows tab. 
 This will make the PDF searchable. I use Arial 90% height and 75% width.

DavidJHutchins · Answer

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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