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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

  • steve

    Finding parts has three ways.

    1. Invoke a command in PCB Editor like Display Highlight or Display Assign Color then in the FInd by name type the refdes of the part you want and hit tab or return and the part is highlighted and zoomed to.

    2. No active command type the refdes in the Find by name, it is shown in the world view, then click on the Zoom to selection icon.

    For both of these to work you need to make sure that Symbols are checked in the Find Filter.

    3. No active command - left mouse button the part in the schematic and it zooms to object in the PCB.

    You can also type refdes <refdesname> hit return at the command line and the part is selected then use zoom to selection icon.

    You could also raise an enhancment request with Cadence / VAR to Improve this function..... 

  • mcatramb91

    Sorry for being late to the conversation about this but I have a couple things to add:

    1. As far as I can tell <Ctrl>+F isn't a standard function inside of Allegro, even in the 15.7 days, it must of been some custom SKILL code or special alias that would allow it to work.
    2. If you want to zoom/center on a component just type symbol followed by the reference designator on the Allegro command line then LMB Click inside the WorldView to zoom/center on the selection (WorldView is to the right of the Allegro command line by default)
      • You can also click on the Zoom Selection Icon to center the display as well. (Zoom Select Icon is between the Zoom Previous and Redraw icons on the toolbar)

    For example, to zoom/center on Ref Des U2 type symbol U2 on the command line to temp highlight the component and if it does not zoom/center on the component then LMB click inside the Worldview to zoom/center the display. (or click the Zoom Selection icon)

    I personally always used Show Element (Display > Element) to find components which would zoom/center the display by default.  I would start the Show Element command and type symbol or comp followed by the Ref Des.  You could even create an alias to do it quickly:

    alias find "show element ; comp"

    After this alias is set then just type find followed by the reference designator on the Allegro command line and it will zoom/center on the component. (downside the show element window will appear which you can just close.)  Also note that comp on the command line will only work with the Show Element command.

    Hope this helps,
    Mike Catrambone
    Plexus Engineering Solutions

  • fxffxf

     You should try typing in the allegro command area: refdes c1

  • steve
    This only selects the part in the world view. I still need to then click in the world view or use Zoom selection.
  • mcatramb91

    After something is selected in the design LMB Click inside of the WorldView and Zoom Selection icon work the same way - zoom/center on the component on the design not just the WorldView

    Mike

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