You can cut, copy and paste the group as you wish or use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move it.įor making a grid pattern I'd suggest using the option to place an oval SMD pad (which ends up being round provided you set the x and y axis the same), set the size to 0.3x 0.3mm (which is about as small as a laser printer can reliably do, good enough for horseshoes and hand grenades anyway, and I use metric scale to make things easier for me), set your grid spacing to the pitch of the components you wish to mount (i.e. Then you can just click around on it till it selects everything. You have to have some sort of reference printed and positioned on the case to determine the exact point to place the part.Ĭlick to expand.Use the 'arrow' draw a rectangle around the components you wish to move (which will disappear when you let go of the mouse button), go to edit menu and select the 'group components' function. I was thinking I could put pads on every grid point and print it like that, Or traces lines too. Another, if it may be done, is design a rectangle with PCB layout, and have the grid points printed, if that is possible. Measuring with a ruler is one way to do it. I need to have the exact point for each one.

As the part will be soldered directly into the vertical pcb behind. The parts are already placed on the front of the case, on the drawing, of course. Please explain a little more about the box, because I have drawn one on the schematic around the parts I want to move out of the schematic, pressing and not pressing control, and nothing happpens. The official DipTrace forum is also very slow in answering the questions. When I come here is not because I'm being lazy and want you to do the job for me: it's because I didn't find my answer or my approach is not mentioned. Before I ask the questions, I always go through the tutorial first.

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