Whoops, wrong forum... never mind. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gacrowell > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 1:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PEDA] Board outlines in components > > Recently I was asked to do a component for a set of DIMM edge fingers. > Not a problem, but since the fingers are intimately tied to > the standard > board outline of the DIMM, I went ahead and placed the board > outline as > part of the pattern. This worked well and the user was pleased. The > only drawback, at the time, was that I couldn't also place the board > outline dimensions into the component as well. > > All was fine until he tried to autoroute the board with SPECCTRA. It > wouldn't do it at all, SPECCTRA couldn't see the board outline. After > he subselected the elements of the board outline from the component, > copied and replaced them on the board layer, SPECCTRA was fine. > > Now that I think about it, envisioning how the .pcb file would appear > (in ascii anyways), the board outline in a component would appear at a > different hierarchical level that one placed separately. Its apparent > that the PCAD-to-SPECCTRA translator doesn't look inside component > levels for board outlines. That's a pity, it worked so well to create > it that way for the DIMM and its edge fingers. I suppose I could ask > that the translator be changed to 'see' board outlines in components, > but this is such an obscure issue that I doubt that would ever happen. > > So, I just wanted to pass that along: Board outlines that are > entered as > a part of a component, won't be seen as a valid board outline by > SPECCTRA. > > Gary Crowell > Micron Technology > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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] > >
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