The reference object is used to specify the style and location of the text that identifies a component.

syntaxSyntax:
DlxLayer.DrawNetlabel(insertionPoint, name, netClass = "", rotationAngle = 0, alignment = DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_DEFAULT)

Parameters

Parameter Description
insertionPoint A DlxPoint object with the coordinates of the insertion point. The point of insertion of a Nel label is its electric hotspot. A Net label must always be placed next to a wire or bus line so that its insertion point identifies the object to which it is assigned.
name Specify the name to assign to the connection. If the net label is attached to a bus line, specify all the signals propagated by the bus by separating them with a comma. The groups of signals that have the name formed by a prefix followed by a progressive numerical index (for example the data lines of a memory component: D0, D1, D2 etc.), can be specified using the following form:

prefix[start_index..end_index]

Examples:
A0,A1,A2
A[0..15]
A0,A[4..7],A10
A[15..0]
netClass A string containing the name or handle of the class. The Net classes define the styles of the connections. They include the wire style in schematics and the DRC and Routing classes for the PCB.
rotationAngle The angle, in degrees, of rotation of the text with respect to the x-axis.
alignment Specifies the horizontal and vertical alignment of the text with respect to the insertion point. Enter the following values:
Vertical
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_TOP
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_MIDDLE
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_BASE
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_BOTTOM
Horizontal
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_LEFT
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_CENTER
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_RIGHT
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_COMMA
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_JUSTIFY
Vertical & Horizontal
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_TOPLEFT
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_TOPCENTER
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_TOPRIGHT
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_TOPJUSTIFY
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_MIDDLELEFT
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_MIDDLECENTER
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_MIDDLERIGHT
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_MIDDLEJUSTIFY
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_BASELEFT
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_BASECENTER
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_BASERIGHT
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_BASEJUSTIFY
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_BOTTOMLEFT
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_BOTTOMCENTER
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_BOTTOMRIGHT
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_BOTTOMJUSTIFY
Current alignment
DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_DEFAULT

Return Value

The last newly created DlxNetlabel object. Call the IsValid() method to determine if the object was created correctly.

Example

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var prj = DlxApp.GetJob().GetProject("Example Sch");
if (!prj.IsValid())
  prj = DlxApp.GetJob().NewProject("Example Sch");
var doc = prj.GetDocument("Examples Sch", DlxApp.DOCTYPE_SCHEMATIC);
if (!doc.IsValid())
{
  doc = prj.NewDocument("Examples Sch", DlxApp.DOCTYPE_SCHEMATIC);
  doc.SetPageFormat("A4", false);
}
if (doc.IsValid() && doc.Activate())
{
  var page = doc.GetActivePage();
  if (page.IsValid())
  {
    var layer = page.GetLayerFromType(DlxApp.LAYERTYPE_DRAWING);
    if (layer.IsValid())
    {
      layer.DrawLine(new DlxPoint(50,100), new DlxPoint(120,100), true);
      layer.DrawNetlabel(new DlxPoint(90,100), "VCC", "power", 0, DlxApp.TEXTALIGN_BOTTOMLEFT);
    }
  }
}

See also