Mattias, It s really not a bug, you also have to remove the layer from Design Rules, Routing layers and change it to "Not Used" Then you will get a clean Specta export
Mike Reagan EDSI Frederick MD > > Hi, > > I can confirm the last of the bugs reported. > I had a situation where Midlayer 14 had been used and I removed that layer > from the layer stack manager to use an other layer. (I usually use Mid > layer 1, 2 etc. but this design was don by somebody else before me). When I > exported the design to Specctra the Layer 14 still was exported. I Opened > the rules to fix it and it was greyed out. I had to add so I had 14 mid > layers in the layer stack manager to be able to choose not used under > rules. Then I could remove all unwanted midlayers and I was back to the > design that I wanted. Really messy. So it is a bug that only the routing > layer is used for the specctra export and no warning is issued that there > is an difference between Layer Stack manager and Routing layers rule. > > Best Regards > Mattias Ericson > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Mattias Ericson > Omnisys Instruments AB > Gruvgatan 8 > SE-421 30 V stra Fr lunda, SWEDEN > Phone: +46 31 734 34 08 > Fax: +46 31 734 34 29 > http://www.omnisys.se > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2002-08-14 14:29 cc: > Please respond to Subject: Re: [PEDA] Gerber and Specctra bugs > "Protel EDA > Forum" > > > > > > > > Hi Ian, > > thank you for the quick response. Here are the details: > > <snip> > > >What would be really really helpful would be you laying out the info in > the > >following form so I can copy and paste. > > > >Date: 2002/01/28 sort of format (yyyy/mm/dd) > >Summary: PCB: Gerber gerneration of renamed layers is (wrong?) > >Details: P99SE SP6 PCB: .... a few sentences describing the problem and > any > >workarounds... > >Reported by: yourself here > >Confirmed by: has anyone confirmed it? > > > >Do this for both of the bugs, if you could. I do not have Specctra so > >would not really know what I was writing anyway... > > I will do as you suggest. Here we go: > > Date: 2002/07/05 > Summary: PCB: Gerber generation of renamed layers creates 2 layer files, > one with old and one with new name > Details: P99SE SP6 PCB: In the "Layer Stack Manager", when you rename a > layer, the > "Layer Stack Manager" shows the new name, and so do all other PCB functions > related to layers, but when you create Gerbers, there shows up a layer with > the old name, plus a layer with the new name, but this one is empty apart > from multi-layer elements. > Reported by: Gisbert Auge > Confirmed by: not until now to my knowledge > > Date: 2002/07/05 > Summary: PCB: "Autoroute/Specctra Interface/Export design file" can > generate a .DSN file with the wrong number of routing layers specified > Details: P99SE SP6 PCB: There is a bug in the influence of Rules/Routing > layers and the "Autoroute/Specctra Interface/Export design file" function. > It is easy to reproduce. Do the following: > Take a multilayer PCB (no matter how many layers, but at least one inner > routing layer) and define the layers in "Layer Stack Manager" as usual. Go > to "Design/Rules/Routing Layers/Properties" and define the layer directions > as desired. Close with "ok". Go back to the "Layer Stack Manager" and > delete one inner routing layer. Check in "Design/Rules/Routing > Layers/Properties" that the layer is not active (selected and editable) any > more. Do an export to SPECCTRA. Check the resulting .DSN file, and you will > see, that the deleted layer is exported to SPECCTRA as active routing > layer, resulting in SPECCTRA routing the design with too many layers. A > clear, reproducable bug. > Workaround: Before deleting the layer in the "Layer Stack Manager", go to > "Design/Rules/Routing Layers/Properties" and reset the layer to "not used". > Then delete it in the "Layer Stack Manager", and it is gone for good. > Reported by: Gisbert Auge > Confirmed by: not until now to my knowledge > > >Still onward and upward. > > > >I gather there is lots of bad weather in Europe at the moment - are you > >very wet where you are? It is very dry in Eastern Australia at the moment > >and little chance of any significant rain till into next year apparently - > >full drought conditions in many parts. > > Not too bad in our part of the country, fortunately. But very bad in the > southeast parts of Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic. Most probably > for the same reason why it's so dry in your place. And still the US refuse > to sign the Kyoto agreement. They might get it next time. They will notice. > No harm intended. 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