Component Rotation and Clearance
Manpreet Singh , 09-01-2022, 11:17 PM
Hi all,
I never tried to place a component at 45 degrees angle before but when I tried this I face an issue.
when the component is set to a 0-degree rotation angle it follows the clearance rule define in the "Component clearance rule" but when I rotate the component at 45 degrees it does not follow the clearance rule I am unable to put components closer to each other I am using Altium17.1 what setting I required to change or I have to define new rule?
any help will be appreciated thankyou.
I never tried to place a component at 45 degrees angle before but when I tried this I face an issue.
when the component is set to a 0-degree rotation angle it follows the clearance rule define in the "Component clearance rule" but when I rotate the component at 45 degrees it does not follow the clearance rule I am unable to put components closer to each other I am using Altium17.1 what setting I required to change or I have to define new rule?
any help will be appreciated thankyou.
robertferanec , 09-01-2022, 11:36 PM
It should work. Try to switch on all layers and have a look what the white square is around.
qdrives , 09-02-2022, 01:00 PM
1) Do you have a 3D body with the footprint?
2) What rule setting do you have for the component clearance?
You might try the option "Check clearance by component bundary".
2) What rule setting do you have for the component clearance?
You might try the option "Check clearance by component bundary".
qdrives , 09-03-2022, 10:04 AM
Notice the highlight difference between @Manpreet Singh and @robertferanec . With the first the square around the component is 'horizontal'. With the screenshot of Robert, the highlight has rotated with the component. First one probably does not have a 3D body whereas the second does.
There also was something about this with either a newer version of Altium or added setting, but I cannot remember the details of where I had seen it.
There also was something about this with either a newer version of Altium or added setting, but I cannot remember the details of where I had seen it.
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