There is hope!... hehehehe.....just kidding Hope.


First, I think the ideal world would have Ref Designators read from R-L and Top
to Bottom.
But, the ideal world is a little bit unrealistic at the moment (adding/deleting
components, changing
artwork and traces etc........), what with all the changes (turns) a board is
susceptible to, there is no way
you want to put yourself through re-arranging Ref Designators on every turn.

Secondly, there is software out there that will re-annotate the ref-desginators
for you. Thats something
that the tech in the lab might have a problem with since he already saw that
component with that ref-designator
and that value. You could manually assign the ref-designators but that is such a
cumbersome task, its ridiculous.

To summarize, let the software do the talking. Unless, it is impairitive that a
component have a certain ref-designator
(and they all do according to the Dsn Engineer), then you should not worry about
it.

Those are my two cents.

Hope (get it? get it?)this gives you a little bit of insight,

Ezequiel Cruz
Sr. PCB Designer
ANTEC Network Actives
El Paso, TX





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Subject:  [DC] component numbering



Is there a 'standard' on how to number components?

I'm referring to the way reference designators for components are placed.
If people (engineer, designer, assembler, technician) want to see a Right,
Down method, would that apply to the schematic or the board?  If there is
no stanrdard, I'm sure it all boils down to whatever the people involved
agree upon.

I was wondering what the popular concensus is...anyone?