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Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:56:21 +0100
From: Matt Rhys-Roberts <matt DOT rhys-roberts AT envinsci DOT co DOT uk>
Organization: Envin Scientific Ltd.
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb: buffer not mirroring a group of SMT resistors
 & their tracks (pcb ver 20110918)
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Thanks for this and all the previous replies. I totally understand that 
mirroring any component will upset the pin configuration, unless it's a 
2-pin device.

However it seems a nuisance that I couldn't mirror a selection that 
consisted entirely of just 0805 resistors and their interconnecting 
tracks! Glad it was only a handful.

Looking forward to trying a newer release of  gEDA when I upgrade the OS 
here.

Regards
Matt



On 27/08/14 17:35, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> Hi, I just wish to left-right mirror a selection of 0805 resistors
>> and their tracks. Selecting them, cutting selection to buffer, then
>> using either type of 'mirror buffer' function, does not modify the
>> buffer at all.
> As others noted, mirroring is disabled if you're trying to mirror an
> element, because - except for a few exceptions - you can't mirror a
> physical component.  Consider what it would mean to mirror a 144-pin
> microprocessor or even a SOT-23 transistor.  The results would be a
> disaster if you didn't realize what happened (and an inconvenience if
> you did ;)