Arrange Rooms

The Arrange Rooms Dialog.

Summary

The Arrange Room dialog allows designers to arrange the locations of Rooms automatically.

Access

Select Rooms you want arrange and select Design » Rooms » Arrange Rooms. 

Options/Controls

Columns/Rows

• Columns - Shows the current number of columns being used to place the rooms. Edit this field to change the number of columns.
• Rows - Shows the current number of rows being used to place the rooms. Edit this field to change the number of rows.

SortBy

• Sort By - Shows the current sort order, that is, the criteria used to distinguish the first room from the next and so on. Click to view and select a sort criteria from the list. The available options are:
  • Channel Name - Sorts the rooms alpha-numerically by their name.
  • Room Area - Sorts the rooms by their area.
  • Room Component Count - Sorts the rooms by the number of components they contain.
  • Room Width - Sorts the rooms by their X (horizontal) size.

  • Room Height - Sorts the rooms by their Y (vertical) size.

    The default sorting is biggest first (in the case of names, closest to Z first).

• Sort in Ascending order - Enable to sort the rooms in ascending (smallest to largest) order according to the Sort By criteria.

Position

• Origin X - Shows the current X (horizontal) coordinate in relation to the origin from where to start placing the rooms. Edit this field to change the X coordinate, which can be defined in either mm or mil units. To specify the units when entering a number, add the mm or milsuffix to the value. Default units (metric or imperial) are determined by the Measurement Unit setting in the Board Options dialog (Design » Board Options), and are used if no units are specified.

• Origin Y - Shows the current Y (vertical) coordinate in relation to the origin from where to start placing the rooms. Edit this field to change the Y coordinate, which can be defined in either mm or mil units. To specify the units when entering a number, add the mm or milsuffix to the value. Default units (metric or imperial) are determined by the Measurement Unit setting in the Board Options dialog (Design » Board Options), and are used if no units are specified.

  Select Origin Using Mousemust be disabled to edit this field.

• Select Origin Using Mouse - Enable to manually set the origin for the room arrangement using the cursor.
• X-Spacing - Shows the current X (horizontal) distance to leave between adjacent rooms. Edit this field to change the distance, which can be defined in either mm or mil units. To specify the units when entering a number, add the mm or milsuffix to the value. Default units (metric or imperial) are determined by the Measurement Unit setting in the Board Options dialog (Design » Board Options), and are used if no units are specified.

• Y-Spacing - Shows the current Y (vertical) distance to leave between adjacent rooms. Edit this field to change the distance, which can be defined in either mm or mil units. To specify the units when entering a number, add the mm or milsuffix to the value. Default units (metric or imperial) are determined by the Measurement Unit setting in the Board Options dialog (Design » Board Options), and are used if no units are specified.

  Auto Spacingmust be disabled to edit this field.

• Auto Spacing - Enable to have the rooms arranged with equal X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) spacing.
• Place On Grid - Enable to force the rooms to arrange in alignment with the PCB document grid.