I've been thinking about getting a better mouse, thanks for the recommendation. Thanks Brian
Also, I'm trying out an interesting piece of software called "mouse wheel control" which allows you to re-map the wheel to suit a given application. Of course my settings are to map the wheel to page-up and page-down for easy zoom-in/out for Protel SE99. I found it at http://www.shareup.com/Mouse_Wheel_Control-download-523.html ==================================== Steve Bartlett UPTOWN LABS, LLC. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.uptownlabs.com ==================================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Send PEDA mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of PEDA digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Mouse recomendation for Altium/Protel (Brian Guralnick) > 2. Re: standard/default use of mechanical layers (Rene Tschaggelar) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:20:15 -0400 > From: Brian Guralnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [PEDA] Mouse recomendation for Altium/Protel > To: Protel EDA Discussion List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Since the death of my last ball mouse, I've been looking for an optical > mouse which could at least track as good & follow my quick movements. > > Finally, here is the one: 'Logitech MX518 Gaming Grade optical mouse'. > > You can adjust the resolution in real time from 1600-800-400 dpi. with 2 > buttons, 1 above & 1 below the thumb-wheel. > Set the mouse sensitivity in windows low & use the varying dpi to adjust > speed. > It's sample rate is so fast that I have yet to see it ever make my mouse > pointer skip/jump no matter how fast and sudden I move it. > No drivers necessary, it takes Windows about a minute to see the mouse > when you plug it in for the first time. > > http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=835,CONTENTID=10121 > > ___________________ > Brian Guralnick > Vergent Technologies Inc. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:50:35 +0100 > From: Rene Tschaggelar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [PEDA] standard/default use of mechanical layers > To: Protel EDA Discussion List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > john bougs wrote: > >> I am new to Altium designer and am slowly finding that >> some of the mechanical layers have standard/default >> uses. >> >> Can anyone point me to a list of standard/default uses >> of mechanical layers? >> >> Here what I've found so far. >> >> mechanical 16 is used for drawing title blocks >> mechanical 15 is device courtyard (IPC libraries) >> mechanical 13 is device outline (IPC libraries) >> >> Assembly drawings use mechanical 4 and 14 for >> something. >> > > > Interesting. > Since at least from DXP onward the layers can be > renamed, I'm doing this. I'm having, each named > as such : > Text (Mech1) > Outline (Mech2) > Dimensions (Mech3) > > Rene > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > PEDA mailing list > [email protected] > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > > End of PEDA Digest, Vol 30, Issue 5 > *********************************** > > ____________________________________________________________ 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]
