Displace / Move / Relocate from

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General

You can displace / move / relocate / shift a component by using one of the following:

• press the [d] key after selecting a component, then use the mouse or the arrow keys
• go to the menu bar and click "Edit" then "Displace/move"
• press [Shift] + [D] to enter exact displacement coordinates,
• select a component with M1H, then drag it to the desired location
• select a component with M1, then click the (move) tool, found on the toolbar

You can exit the "Displace / move / relocate from…" mode by pressing [Esc] or by clicking M12.

IMPORTANT NOTE: To highlight a complete component, the button in the sidebar needs to be pressed. Otherwise only the element hit gets displaced and you get an error message "Tear component to pieces?". Press "Cancel" to get to the initial state.

In order to move a component in TARGET 3001!, you will have to select that component by clicking the handle of the component by M1H after which the drawing of the component will disappear and be replaced by a phantom image of the component.

After selecting the component with M1H, drag it with the mouse to a location of your choice, and then release M1H. If the component contained corresponding elements (such as name, value, signal wire, etc), then those elements will also be moved with the component.

Lock against displacement

In case a single package does not move, it might be locked against displacement/movement. A doubleclick M11 upon the handle cross of the component shows the properties of the package and allows release of this lock:

Displace by grid

Click M1 on the handle in order to highlight the part. Now press keyboard key [d] and reach the displacement mode. The element view changes to phantom view. Now don't use the mouse but the arrow keys of your keyboard:

The part moves by grid.

Image: The object (Phantombild) gets displaced by e.g. 2 grid steps.

Displace by coordinates

You can move a component to a specific coordinate by pressing the [Shift]+[d] keys, which will open a (Offset for displacement) dialog box in which the exact coordinates can be entered at "Offset X:" and "Offset Y:". Pressing the "0|0" button will reset the coordinates to zero ("0"), and pressing the "x-1" button will convert the value of the coordinates from positive to negative and negative to positive.

While moving a selected component, you can also rotate that component in an anticlockwise direction of 90 degrees, without having to leave the "Relocate from…" mode. This is done by pressing the [t] (turn) key or by clicking M2.

Pressing the [Shift]+[t] keys will open a dialog box called "Rotation Angle for future rotation" in which a specific "rotation angle" can be entered in order to rotate a selected component.