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Subject: Re: PCB layout & component rotation

From: "James" <jamesrsweet@...>
Date: 2010-03-26

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> Kicad allows you set the angle to any arbitrary amount. You right-click on the component, choose Edit Component, and then change the Orientation to User, which lets you type in the angle you want.
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Cool, thanks guys, sounds like it's there in most of them, apparently I've not been looking in the right place, I'm still a novice at using these CAD packages but learning more all the time.

I'm currently pursuing Kicad because the price is right and it is not limited in any way. Obviously I'm not spending thousands on software to make a dozen or so boards a year at home for my hobby, and I've found that most of the free or cheap versions of other products are far too crippled, the price shoots up dramatically by the time you get something useful.