i have maybe 150+ bds in 99SE i have ported maybe 20 ones that have no future i maintain in 99SE
i would say i have spent at least cumulatively a person-month (to be politically correct) on the conversion of 20 boards what darren says is true, it's not hard it's just that it takes time depending on the circumstances and when just starting w/ AD6 all the terms and methods take time to learn also in my case i was not using the 'sync' in 99SE as many had orcad schematics and netlist loads the footprint matching was another issue as we had not been rigorous about getting those in the schematic although we were of course rigorous about checking them on the board the 4 way junction thing took yet more time as well as the rooms and many other things which may not be essential to port forward, but then you spend time to exclude those classes in the PCB in 99se were another issue to clean up and matching to a new database system was another issue i don't think you can match the IDs unless both the sch and pcb are brought forward and frankly although i like AD6 i don't think it is any more productive (read faster) to use, but one cannot stay with old software forever Dennis Saputelli _______________________________________________________________________ CONTACT INFORMATION: _______________________________________________________________________ Integrated Controls, Inc. Tel: 415-647-0480 EXT 107 2851 21st Street Fax: 415-647-3003 San Francisco, CA 94110 www.integratedcontrolsinc.com _______________________________________________________________________ NOTE! TO PASS OUR SPAM FILTER PUT THE FOLLOWING IN SUBJECT LINE: I.C.I. Jeff Condit wrote: > Dennis, > > I ran across this the one time I tried it. I eventually convinced the > customer to just leave it in P99SE. > > In your opinion, what is the easiest way to 1) get unique IDs assigne if > only the PCB is moved forward, and 2) getting the unique IDs assigned and > matching if both the schematic and the PCB are brought forward? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis Saputelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Jeff Condit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Protel EDA Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 8:16 PM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] DXP PCB -> 99SE > > >> jeff >> i don't know about porting backward but i can assure you that from where i >> sit going forward has been *far* from effortless >> >> granted, part of this effort has been perhaps been because of the way >> things were done (or not done) in 99SE >> but i have spent HOURS getting a working 99SE board happy in AD6x after >> opening in AD6 >> generally getting the unique IDs assigned and other issues took most of >> the time >> >> i will say that after spending the time that all projects going forward >> were successful but for me at least it was much more than opening and >> hitting save as latest version >> >> Dennis Saputelli >> >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> CONTACT INFORMATION: >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> Integrated Controls, Inc. Tel: 415-647-0480 EXT 107 >> 2851 21st Street Fax: 415-647-3003 >> San Francisco, CA 94110 www.integratedcontrolsinc.com >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> NOTE! TO PASS OUR SPAM FILTER PUT THE FOLLOWING IN SUBJECT LINE: I.C.I. >> >> >> Jeff Condit wrote: >>> I think that you should be able to port a design forward within a product >>> line effortlessly, errorlessly, and losslessly. I also think that >>> process should go backward effortlessly, errorlessly, and losslessly >>> provided you don't introduce any of the new features which are not >>> backward compatible. For example, if I take a P99SE design and import it >>> into DXP 2004, I SHOULD be able to take the resulting design (without >>> any changes) and export it back into P99SE and arrive at a functionally >>> exact equivalent file I originally started with. >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.16/1004 - >> Release Date: 9/12/2007 5:22 PM >> >> > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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] > > ____________________________________________________________ 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]
