2 Replies Latest reply on Oct 18, 2013 8:21 AM by Gary_Lameris

    Text alignment varies

    aclark
    aclark Sep 3, 2014 11:23 AM

      I am having a problem with text alignment.  I've looked in this discussion, which seems to be closed, but none of the suggestions there have helped.  I am using DxDesigner 7.9.4u6

       

      http://communities.mentor.com/message/29252#29252

       

      The text I am having the trouble with is netname labels.  Other text such as symbol properties and schematic notes do not have this problem.  Sometimes the text alignment changes so much I have to widely space components on the sheet to avoid the netname crashing into symbols.

       

      In this example, the nets are identical length short sections between a conenctor pin, and on-page connector.  The text alignment changes with zoom level, and when printed or a PDF generated.  The alignment error seems to vary as well - at one zoom level one property may to the right of all the others, and at another zoom level to the left. Also zooming in and out seems to vary which properties move and in which direction; even if I only zoom one mouse wheel click in and then out again.

       

      e.g. screen captures:

      DxD_Zoom1.PNG DxD_Zoom2.PNG

       

      e.g. from export PDF.  Left is using "system fonts" the right is using "stroke fonts" as suggested in the other discussion. You can see the font changes, but the alignement is the same:

      DxD_Zoom_pdf1.PNG DxD_Zoom_pdf2.PNG

      Changing the zoom level and re-aligning does not help.  When I change the zoom or print, the alignment still varies.

       

      I have checked in the properties window that all properties have the same origin position "Lower Left".

       

      I have also pulled the properties away from the net to confirm that they are all anchored to the centre of the net.  One thing strange, is all of the properties say origin "Lower Left", but the line showing the property owner comes from the lower right.  I have tried using the mirror and rotate buttons, but the line always comes from the lower right, and the test still says origin "Lower Left".  When I do the mirror and rotate, I don't see anything saying that the test is "mirrored" or "rotated" - is this information shown somewhere else?  However, in this example, the nets have always been like this, always horizonal.

       

      DxD_Zoom3.PNG

        • 1. Re: Text alignment varies
          robert_davies
          robert_davies Oct 18, 2013 5:38 AM (in response to aclark)

          There are still some issues with fonts and zoom levels, we've continued to address these in the forthcoming VX.1 release so we continue to improve performance. This is particulalry true with mapped fonts.

          As to the leader line anchor point, this is fixed to the nearest edge of the text bounding box to the net anchor point and does not reflect the text origin, we already have an internal enhancement request to modify this to reflect the text origin. We alos have an internal enhancment to add the orientation (rotation) of text in the properties dialog, at the moment this is not reported anywhere.

          One thing to check is whether you have 'Fixed text rotation' set in the Advanced settings, it limits text to be only rotated 0 and 90, but it works as an overlay, so this may be having an effect on what you're seeing.

          • 2. Re: Text alignment varies
            Gary_Lameris
            Gary_Lameris Oct 18, 2013 8:21 AM (in response to robert_davies)

            I would check the rotation of the text, Unfortunately, there isn't a dropdown for this yet.