Ref Des (pain)

[phillipr]

HI ALL

Here is my problem that i have put up with for a long time.

when a change is made in the schematic and a part is deleted and a new part added it uses the old ref des number now when i synch the Pcb it replaces the old decal with the new in the position if it is the same resistor it can be a nightmare to find.

Is the a way to make the part us the hight ref des and not fill in the gaps.

Hope this makes sense.

I know you can tranfer parts you are deleting to a new page and add then add the new ones but thats to much of a pain getting the engineers to do it.

[Mark Larson]

to avoid this always add new parts, then delete old parts last, that way ref des will not be recycled

[H.Tikkanen]

If you don't want to see the same reference designators used in the project, don't remove a part. Just add the new part and connect it. Then change the old one to a non-electrical part (you can control what you want to keep visible) with no pins. Then the ECO's don't care about it.