Brad Kosiance wrote:
>I am curious about the database file sizes. > >I have a completed Design that is 47 Megabytes in size. > >When I copied this database and stripped out all the files so that all that >is left is the *.sch , *.pcb, *.lib and I removed all the components from >the *.sch and*.pcb the database file size stays at 47 MB. The Protel >designer shows all the files sizes to be only 709KB. > > > You need to discover the big down arrow on the upper left of the toolbar. You close all open documents, and then select the database utilities, and can select the compress database. It removes all blank areas in the database where deleted documents previously resided. There is also an option to select this .ddb to always compress on closing. Jon ____________________________________________________________ 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]
