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PCB Editor and "find"

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When using the "find" feature, is there a way to have the screen go to the part you are looking for? Example, I'm zoomed in on a specific part of the board. I want to locate a part so I use the "find" feature and type in the reference desiginator. The screen remains where it is and I don't know if the part was found or not. Once I zoom out and start looking around, I see that the part that I was looking for was highlighted, but I was never taken to it. What use is the "find" feature if it does not take you to the part?

Example, in 15.7 hit "CTL-F" then type in the reference desiginator and return. You will be taken to that parts location.

Tom

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  • ScottCad

    To follow up

    It might be me, perhaps I am doing something wrong but I think there is a bug with this "Find" and display operation in 16.5

    I loaded up a design, clicked the Option pane then entered R1 in the entry box to find R1 on my board and the screen did not jump to the R1 location after hitting the enter key.

    In general edit Mode I right clicked "Super filter" and ticked Symbol/pin and then did a find and every time the screen auto pans to the location of the symbol. Even using the more option under find and selecting multiple symbols jumps the display to where they are.

    None of this worked before I set the superfilter to symbol/pin, in other words if the superfilter is turned off in GE mode then find is not working correctly.

    Would love to know if you guys are seeing the same thing at your end.

    I dunno if this is how the find is meant to work or not, but the sucker is not working right for me without invoking the superfilter as a first step..

    It's really wierd.. Dont make sense.

    Thanks Scott

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  • ScottCad

    To follow up

    It might be me, perhaps I am doing something wrong but I think there is a bug with this "Find" and display operation in 16.5

    I loaded up a design, clicked the Option pane then entered R1 in the entry box to find R1 on my board and the screen did not jump to the R1 location after hitting the enter key.

    In general edit Mode I right clicked "Super filter" and ticked Symbol/pin and then did a find and every time the screen auto pans to the location of the symbol. Even using the more option under find and selecting multiple symbols jumps the display to where they are.

    None of this worked before I set the superfilter to symbol/pin, in other words if the superfilter is turned off in GE mode then find is not working correctly.

    Would love to know if you guys are seeing the same thing at your end.

    I dunno if this is how the find is meant to work or not, but the sucker is not working right for me without invoking the superfilter as a first step..

    It's really wierd.. Dont make sense.

    Thanks Scott

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