Tim,
the most common problem that I have found for it not pasting when
doing these operations is:
after copying and switching to the component window you want to paste into,
"click on the window" before doing your paste operation. Until you click in
that pane, it is not the active pane.
(Also don't forget to click for your reference point as part of the copy
operation.)
As for your name problem, as soon as you create the new component,
through the tools menu choose rename component and give it a name. Or you
can right click on the generic component name that is give to the new
component and rename it through the context sensitive right click menu. I
think that's right, don't have my Protel available at the moment.
Also, as soon as I have done the paste operations I will close the
origin library so that I don't edit the wrong part by accident.
Brad Velander,
Lead PCB Designer,
Norsat International Inc.,
#300 - 4401 Still Creek Dr.,
Burnaby, B.C., V5C 6G9.
Tel. (604) 292-9089 direct
Fax (604) 292-9010
website www.norsat.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Hutcheson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 5:12 PM
> To: Protel EDA Forum
> Subject: Re: [PEDA] Resistor pack?
>
>
> Hi, Abdul and others who posted. You know, it is a shame
> that some things
> work so strange at times. For example, in this case I had actually
> attempted the very steps that you recommend whilst reading
> the manual. But,
> alas, the copy/paste operation produced nothing in my new
> component! Not
> sure why but I tried several times before posting the
> question because I
> didn't want to define the darn thing completely from scratch.
> It all seemed
> straight forward but wasn't. And I'm sure if I try to do it
> now, which I
> will, it will all work as expected.
>
> BTW I do get confused in the library editor because it never
> displays the
> name of the part while you are working on it and sometimes
> flipping around
> several versions can find you modifying the wrong thing. But
> I'll learn, I
> just don't get to work with the software on a full-time basis
> and picking it
> up after a few months absence is an eye opener.
>
> Thanks for the response.
>
>
> regards,
> Tim Hutcheson
> ICQ #32491889
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