Arrange Rooms

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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.

If there are more rooms than will fit into the custom rows and columns arrangement, more rows will be added at the top.

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.
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