After the PCB is fully layed out, then
you do a refdes renumber starting at the top left of the board, and
proceeding to the lower right. I believe the renumbering is based
only on component position, not on any functional grouping. Then
you
backanno the new numbers to the schematic.
Done right (I don't know the algorithm), this tends to place
components with close refdes numbers near each other.
In Protel there is the choice of doing it horizontialy (H) or
Verticlly (V). H: Starts at the top left of the board and goes
as a strip to the right side then wraps back to the left side for the
next strip.
This seems to be the most common.
V: Goes from Top Left down the left edge, then back to the top
in colums. Depending on how many parts you have and the size
of the board C100 could still be next to C200 in the column setup.
C200 could be under C100 in the strip setup.
The strip layout helps out the people stuffing the boards and
helps the technichins in the repair department, while perplexing
the enginner that did the original schematic for a while.
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