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Hide/show Ref Des

tnehchuan
tnehchuan over 14 years ago

Hi,

in cadance, Is it possible to Hide the Ref Des, but not delete it, and then how to re-call the Ref Des back again in BRD layout if the component Ref Des are not shown?

Thanks.

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  • oldmouldy
    oldmouldy over 14 years ago
    If they are not deleted, the Color control handles visibility, Display>Color/Visibility, Components / RefDes
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  • tnehchuan
    tnehchuan over 14 years ago

    Hi Oldmouldy,

    This will hide all the Ref Des, How about to only hide certain component's Ref Des only??

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  • mcatramb91
    mcatramb91 over 14 years ago
    Hello,

    On really dense designs I sometime hide the reference designators that don’t fit.  I normally just change them to a difference REF DES Subclass like DISPLAY_TOP using Edit > Change.

    Hope this helps,

    Mike Catrambone
    Plexus Engineering Solutions
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