# Fix Generic IC wandering

**URL:** <https://forum.fritzing.org/t/fix-generic-ic-wandering/2352>\
**Category:** parts help\
**Created:** [November 2, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/fix-generic-ic-wandering/2352 "2016-11-02T22:52:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Old\_Grey](https://forum.fritzing.org/user_avatar/forum.fritzing.org/old_grey/32/973_2.png) [@Old\_Grey](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/Old_Grey)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/fix-generic-ic-wandering/2352/1 "2016-11-02T22:52:46Z")

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How do you fix the generic IC wandering each time you open the sketch.

I can temp fix it. Select IC, change to DIP16, change back to DIP14, and it’s back in position. But that is not permanent. Each time you open the sketch it wanders, and if you don’t correct it each time, after 5 opens it moves a lot.

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**Author:** ![steelgoose](https://forum.fritzing.org/user_avatar/forum.fritzing.org/steelgoose/32/332_2.png) [@steelgoose](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/steelgoose)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/fix-generic-ic-wandering/2352/2 "2016-11-02T23:22:48Z")

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Yep, we ran across this issue once before but I don’t remember how we fixed it… probably need to save it as a new part… fix it and re-save it.

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**Author:** ![Old\_Grey](https://forum.fritzing.org/user_avatar/forum.fritzing.org/old_grey/32/973_2.png) [@Old\_Grey](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/Old_Grey)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/fix-generic-ic-wandering/2352/3 "2016-11-02T23:59:45Z")

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I submitted it as a bug a long time ago and was hoping it would be fixed by now, but since it’s not, I guess I’ll do it the long way and make a new part.

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**Author:** ![sgparry0407](https://forum.fritzing.org/user_avatar/forum.fritzing.org/sgparry0407/32/708_2.png) [@sgparry0407](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/sgparry0407)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/fix-generic-ic-wandering/2352/4 "2016-11-03T20:21:51Z")

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When I was exporting PDFs I noticed that the generic parts came out HUGE and out of position unless you made them custom parts. Possibly that’s related?

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**Author:** ![Old\_Grey](https://forum.fritzing.org/user_avatar/forum.fritzing.org/old_grey/32/973_2.png) [@Old\_Grey](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/Old_Grey)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/fix-generic-ic-wandering/2352/5 "2016-11-03T20:31:31Z")

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I don’t know what the huge would be, but this was the bug I sub 4 months ago.

> [@Duplicate IC in Sch view bug](http://forum.fritzing.org/t/duplicate-ic-in-sch-view-bug/1505):
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> Steps I took that resulted in the problem: Drag the first IC (V.4) - top left in group - in Core parts into Sch view. Select 16pins in inspector. Rotate 90º Right click Duplicate. Each time it gets duplicated the light grey pin numbers move away from the IC so they aren’t aligned anymore. … What I expected should have happened instead: Pin numbering should stay with their pins. … My version of Fritzing and my operating system: V0.9.3 - this also happened in V0.9.2 Win 7 64 Sp1 … Pleas…