Upon further investigation, it appears that my 3D viewer is not working at all. When I try to view a very simple double side rectangle pcb it just shows a blank workspace and sometimes I get the same warning message. I tried reinstalling the server but it didn't fix the problem. I used to be able to view the board in 3D. I think perhaps something went wrong when I upgraded my OS from NT to 2K. I don't recall using the 3D viewer until now since before I did that.
Tim -----Original Message----- From: Brian Sherer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 1:52 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] 3D warning Tim, in my experience DXF problems with splines and arcs seem to be import round-off errors. I've had some luck in regenerating the complex curve by manually re-entering the arcs by opening the original file in Autocad while the imported file is open in Protel, then editing the arcs one by one in Protel to match the exact Center, Radius, Start Angle and End Angle of each arc in the original ACAD boundary. Entering the exact numbers reported by ACAD for each arc seems to give Protel enough data to "connect the dots" with sufficient accuracy to force a continuous curve or spline. Pretty tedious, but it's worked in all the instances I've tried it on. Brian At 10:32 AM 2/28/02 -0400, you wrote: >When I try to view my pcb in the 3D viewer I get the following message and >then it just sits there, stares at me and won't let me press the ok button. > >"Board boundary is incomplete - calculated boundary will be used. Check that >the boundary on the Keep Out layer is closed, with their track ends touching >at their centers." > >The tracks appear to be touching, when I grab each end of them. >FYI.. The pcb outline was am import from AutoCAD and has lots or arcs in it. > >Anybody had this message before? > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
