The Update on February 8th has dramatically changed the ways that I can position the cable labels within a drawing (I can no longer place the labels away from the cables!), as well as removed the option for near, far or center positioning. This upgrade has left me at a stand still on some of my drawings and completely impeded my ability to label cables the way I please. I do not understand the purpose of this upgrade at all. It has not added any new feature, instead it has only restricted existing ones.
I really need the ability to place labels where I freely will them to be.

-Eris Fellmeth

Fellmeth@controLED.de

Hi David,

Thanks for the clear explanation, I understand now your issues with the auto label settings. I wish there were a happy middle ground that I could suggest.
I never had any issues with the previous cable settings at all. However I do agree that in standard Schematic situations the labeling will go smoother, I still am faced with lots of extra work anytime I don't want the label directly on the cable (which in many of my drawings is a common place occurrence) and when I do want to align the labels away from the cable it is now very tedious to make it visually clean since there is no longer an alignment option.

-Eris Fellmeth

Fellmeth@controLED.de

Eris,

Perhaps I do not understand the steps you are having to take to position your labels.

Firstly, I believe that no matter what we do - you will want the labels somewhere else.

So, what steps do you have to take to move a label ?

I think it is F5 (to turn off the snap to grid), drag the cable label to where you want and hit F5 to turn the snap to grid back on again.

Do I mis-understand the problems?

David Snipp
Stardraw.com Ltd