How to flip a component on the same side?

[josr]

How can I flip a component on the same side? So the top pin should become the bottom pin, and the bottom pin the top pin.

I have an Arduino Shield which pins should be inverted because I want to solder the pins on the other side of the shield (compared to the footprint assumption).

If I hit FLIP, then the pins are correctly but the text/outline etc is placed on the BACK.

I can fix this by hitting FLIP and then move all labels back to Front Silk. However then the outline is still on the back. How do I get the outline back on front? If I change that, component back to front then it is flipped again in the wrong (original way). And is there an easier way to do this at once?

[hermit]

@josr

How can I flip a component on the same side? So the top pin should become the bottom pin, and the bottom pin the top pin.

You can’t ‘flip’ a component on the same side. R for rotate it maybe? A footprint is fixed by the component constraints. If you want to actually change pins you will have to edit the footprint or create a new one. Somewhere under help you’ll find a list of hot keys.

[BlackCoffee]

There is No flip horiz/vert but, perhaps this will help - you can Mirror it but, only in footprint Edit mode… From there, if result is not what you want, then Flip/other tweaks…

[elekgeek]

out-of-band, what did u use to generate this GIF, IFF on windows?

[BlackCoffee]

The App is “Drop To Gif” on a Mac.

[alexu]

@josr

How can I flip a component on the same side? …I have an Arduino Shield which pins should be inverted because I want to solder the pins on the other side of the shield (compared to the footprint assumption). …If I hit FLIP, then the pins are correctly but the text/outline etc is placed on the BACK.

If I understand you correctly, then this is what you want. Typically with through-hole components, the side of the board with the text/outline indicates which side to place the component.

[kenyapcomau]

@josr

I have an Arduino Shield which pins should be inverted because I want to solder the pins on the other side of the shield (compared to the footprint assumption).

If I hit FLIP , then the pins are correctly but the text/outline etc is placed on the BACK.

@alexu

If I understand you correctly, then this is what you want. Typically with through-hole components, the side of the board with the text/outline indicates which side to place the component.

Alexu is right. The problem is the Arduino board isn’t like a typical TH component, the pins can be soldered either way.

One way out is to derive a new footprint for that orientation.

[paulvdh]

Why not simply ignore it?
THT Footprints are not called THT for nothing.
You can simply leave the PCB as is, and then insert the connectors from the other side.

A slightly less simplistic approach is to just move the top silkscreen of the connectors to the bottom with:
Pcbnew / Edit / Edit Text & Graphic Properties

I have not looked at your PCB, but if each (single row) connector is individually movable, then you can simply use f for Flip to move them to the bottom one by one.

If you think you may want do do this more often, then make a personal template library, copy (with a file manager) the right “arduino” template into it, and do the above changes once for all your coming projects.