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Rotate Options Menu missing/quickly disappears

PK20240920135
PK20240920135 11 months ago

I selected in the options menu during component rotate, the last option of the drop down "Symbol Pin Number". And some default value there set to 'E'. Now every time i try to rotate another component the command window spits out " There are unmatched pin numbers".  And the options menu closes quickly without allowing me to enter another option. So basically its stuck in this bugged mode and i cannot find a way to change that option back to "User Pick", "Body Center" etc... 

This is  definitely a bug. Is there a way to bring that options menu to defaults or change it without entering a rotation mode ? 

What i am having to do now as a workaround is right click and enter move then change the rotate settings and rotate the component. But still does not change the global.  

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  • John T
    +1 John T 11 months ago

    Hi PK, yes I see this error actually when I rotate a symbol about an unusual pin number such as bga; if I then try to rotate another component about a pin that does not exist on the second component I get an error message. Thanks for pointing out this issue! 

    This is easily remedied using pre-command instead of post-command. Simply type spin into the command prompt. Now the options tab "Sym Pin #" can be modified to a relevant pin number.  This can therefore be set before selecting any component for rotation. 

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    0 PK20240920135 11 months ago in reply to John T

    THank you for your reply. I entered this mode by mistake and dont need this feature. Is there a way to exit to normal symbol origin based rotate by using the command prompt ? 

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    0 John T 11 months ago in reply to PK20240920135

    Once the command is activated using the command "spin", simply go to the options tab and select any other of the following options:

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    0 PK20240920135 11 months ago in reply to John T

    So that option is usually what i can see and select but my issue is that the "options window" does not stay and it disappears quickly after the spin command or selecting rotate.   

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    0 PK20240920135 11 months ago in reply to PK20240920135

    ok got it now u have to enter the spin command before selecting a part and i was able to exit. Thank you ! 

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