I fully agree with Darren in recommending that every pin/pad within every component should always have an unique identity, and I initially opted for that policy after previously encountering problems when using the Specctra autorouter (and also the Neurocad autorouter).
An issue involving non-unique pins/pads within Protel files had supposedly been rectified some time ago (within one of the SPs released for Protel 99 SE?), but regardless of whether any changes actually had been made at that time or otherwise, I found that there still were problems afterwards. Hence I have continued to assign unique identities to every pin/pad within every component, and I am still doing so. Regards, Geoff Harland. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Protel EDA Discussion List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 11:07 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Common component pads > > Hi Laurie, > > > I am surprised that AD doesn't recognise `more than 1 pin > > with the same designator' and connect them altogether on > > the same net..... > > seems a logical thing to do .... but then this IS Altium!!!! > > Not if it's a switch with the two pin 1's connected in the > switch, its best to unique numbers for each pad IMO for > what your doing. > > Regards, > Darren > > > > Best Regards > > > > (Mr) Laurie Biddulph ____________________________________________________________ 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]
