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. > > When I start a new design from scratch with the same files as above minus > the *.lib, the database file size is 192KB and Protel designer shows all the > files sizes to be 0KB. > > I prefer to copy a new design from and older one so that all the settings > stay the same. > > Is there any disadvantage to this besides the huge database file size?
> Is there any preference that others use? > Yes, I use the file system approach. It is more solid in case of a disk failure such that perhaps a single file or two can be recovered while the single read error damages the database. Rene -- Ing.Buero R.Tschaggelar - http://www.ibrtses.com & commercial newsgroups - http://www.talkto.net ____________________________________________________________ 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]
