I've done this sort of thing before, but I place them as 2 distinct components in both the sch and pcb. In the pcb, you create a class of components and give them a name such as "CanTouch". Then you create a rule that says they are allowed to touch (0 clearance, IIRC).
Not as slick as making them as one part, but it doesn't stretch the program into areas where it's capabilities to do what you want are unpredictable. Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com John Dammeyer wrote: > I'm trying to make a circuit board with pushbutton switches universal > enough so it can use either a through whole switch pattern or a surface > mount one. The four through hole pads fit nicely outside the surface > mount pattern. I've labelled each of the pairs designators the same so I > have a round through hole with a designator 1 and a surface mount with > designator 1. > > However, it seems Protel 99SE has problems with two pads with the same > designator. When it's place with the load nets it correctly assigns the > correct NET to the round pad but ignores the rectangular surface mount > pad. > > On the PCB I can individually change each pad but it's tedious with 40 > switches (160 pads) and worse when UpdatePCB is clicked in the LIB file, > it changes the pads back to No Net. > > Is there a way to make a pad or series of pads or even a pad with some > traces as a library component that is all treated as one NET? > > Thanks, > > John Dammeyer > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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]
