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PCB footprint with moveable pins

Does anyone know if it is possible, or if there is a good way, of creating a schematic symbol that maps to a footprint that has pins that can be moved? I have a panel mount pushbutton switch that is used a lot and it is connected to the PCB via wires so I like to arrange the pads such that they make dressing the wires neat and orgainized. Unfortunately it is different for just about every design I do that uses it. 

They way I do it now is I just create a box in the schematic in the shape of the switch and use individual test points as the connections. It works and doesn't look -too- bad but my client wants to see a symbol that looks like a switch and shows the pins that are associated with the pole and each throw. This particular switch has 3 poles and another one has 4. 

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Hi,

 

If I had to do it, I would have used your solution as well.

At this moment I don't see any other possibility.

but you could add a drawing of the switch and place the individual testpoint near their connection on the drawing.

 

In fact what you would need is a kind of multi-section footprint in analogy to the multisection schematic symbol...

 

Succes...

stressed user

 

 

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