Dennis, How big is this schematic? Ime, a moderatley large schematic can be redrawn (having a print to work from) in relatively short order. For instance, a while back I had to redraw a 4 page schematic containing about 200 components and about 1200 connections. Took me about a half day (actually, it took me from around 9pm til 12:30AM, but who really cares, except me...). I'd rather do it from scratch with confidence than to spend a day fixing someone else's mistake, though in my case, it was some premature file management in which I accidently deleted a database but had fortunately made a test print just prior...
Regards, aj >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Saputelli >Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 9:52 PM >To: Protel EDA Discussion List >Subject: Re: [PEDA] GRID IN 99SE SCH > > >i just cajoled someone into designing a schematic for me in Protel > >after a bit of kicking and screaming and a bout w/ orcad he >finally agreed to it (he uses designworks and swears by it for sch) > >so now i have the schematic (done in dxp 2004 SP2 and saved back to 99) > >the grid was set to 5 in doc options > >i have always been careful to make all connections using grid 10 > >when i paste a component the pin won't land exactly on the >wire it seems to be off by maybe 1 > >but if pick up the component and move it it will snap to the wire > >further inspection showed many wires drawn on grid 1 although >wires don't list coords (at least in 99) i can see this with >the visible grid set to 5 > >i guess i was never aware that one could take a part and that >the part pin would snap to an off grid location (obviously >taking the whole part with it) while the grid was set to 10 > >am i headed for trouble here ? > >related question >with enough care and precision can one draw a schematic a grid >1 and expect the connectivity to work ? > >do i really need to move all the wires around?, there are >pretty many of them > >now don't blast my friend, he is a *very* smart guy and this >was his first schematic with absolutely no prior experience w/ >protel and it's quirks he actually expects the sw to help him >with the task! > >ds > >BTW >my friend absolutely HATES protel for sch (he doesn't do >boards) he says it is the biggest bunch of garbage he has ever >seen and he has been around the block with many programs > >his gripes (again he was using P2004 SP2) > the wiring, rubberbanding > RMB rarely has anything he expected or wanted > too much work to fill all the metadata into fields > too much work always repositioning text after rotating parts > part building too hard compared to designworks > busses were not easy to use with mixed signals > and so on > > >_______________________________________________________________________ >Integrated Controls, Inc. Tel: 415-647-0480 EXT 107 >2851 21st Street Fax: 415-647-3003 >San Francisco, CA 94110 www.integratedcontrolsinc.com > > > >____________________________________________________________ >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. Any use, copying, retention or disclosure by any person other than the intended recipient or the intended recipient's designees is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies. ____________________________________________________________ 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]
