Nope Andrew, you nailed it. Regards, Steve Smith, C.I.D. Product Engineer
Staco Energy Products Co. Web Site: www.stacoenergy.com & www.stacopower.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 3:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [PEDA] footprint and part names > > > Leo, > > Please take the following with a modest "grain of salt" since I'm not > currently using the software much, due in part to a change in my work > from design to the glorious world of paper pushing... > ... > Wrt changing your libraries, if it's any comfort, it has been my > experience that protel embeds the graphic symbols used in a > design _IN_ > that design. > > That is, I do not believe you actually need any libraries for a > completed, saved project. PCB files seem to contain > everything they need > to "function", as do schematic drawings. I learned this by > opening some > truly old designs of mine (autotrax, circa 1988) into P99SE. The > original designs used completely custom footprints and schematic > components, with no references to the Protel libraries existing on my > system. Each loaded correctly. Artwork was intact, and schematics were > intact. Both were unaltered. > > Test for yourself. I don't know whether that feature still exists, nor > do I have much time to find out here at work (or frankly, > these days at > home.) > > So, if you aren't editting the affected designs, then you > should be able > to deal without the libraries, until, of course, you have to edit the > designs, that is... > > Finally, you can always create a custom library from the components in > your drawing (PCB/SCH...), and save it with the work files so those > designs requiring these special parts can be isolated and, as time > allows, remedied. > > Anyone disagree? > > Regards, > > aj > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leo Potjewijd > >Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 4:00 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [PEDA] footprint and part names > > > >Hi. > > > >I could use some input: I'm (once again) banging against an > >impermeable wall of "Format %x invalid...." and as a result I > >can no longer synchronise Sch and Pcb (all I get is an > >exception error with that weird description)..... > >As usual the time pressure is huge, it should be ready at the > >end of the day. > > > >Bearing in mind that footprint names should not be longer than > >14 characters with no spaces or funny characters (although > >this problem has not bothered me until half a year ago) I want > >to clean up the footprint names. I'll even go so far as to > >make my libraries a 'proper' Ddb (still using the file system > >approach) to eliminate all problems related with that... > >But..... I have a large number of designs that USE those > >footprints with their not-so-good-for-too-long names. > > > >Changing the names in library is easy enough (my libraries > are not that > >big) and even converting them to MSAccess format is not too > >difficuilt, but how do I prevent the existing designs from > >losing integrity when the used footprint names no longer exist? > > > > > >Leo Potjewijd > >hardware designer > >Integrated Engineering B.V. > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >+31 20 4620700 > > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________ > >You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > > >To Post messages: > >mailto:[email protected] > > > >Unsubscribe and Other Options: > >http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > > >Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > >Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > > > This e-mail transmission and its attachments may contain > information from Avtron Manufacturing, Inc. that is > proprietary, privileged and/or confidential and is intended > exclusively for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. 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