[PEDA] PCB 2.8 Question
Hi, I am still using my old PCB 2.8 systems with my Client 3.2 for some projects. I like the speed compared to 99SE. Anyway, I have come up with a strange problem and would appreciate any help tracking it down. I have found that PCB is messing up my ground net. Also, when I go to exit, I always get a bomb box. This is the only PCB file this happens with. If load a fresh netlist it will not do this. If I auto-route the round net I get this weird behavior. I have looked at the netlist after the auto-route and found a severely trimmed ground net. I have checked the schematic over and over. I get no DRC errors. I tried removing everything but the components on a test file and I get the same results. I have seen something like this when I short two nets accidentally but I cannot find it this time. Any ideas on how to track this down? Thanks, -Bob Robert Ritchey Quest Engineering & Development 1328 East Cottonwood Lane Phoenix, AZ 85048-4765 Tel: (480) 460-2652 FAX: (480) 460-2653 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: www.QuestEngDev.com/ WWW: www.Smart-Fly.com/ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Re: [PEDA] PCB 2.8 Question
Robert, I had a similar problem with my old OrCad SDT (version 3.2): weird shorts between nets. It took both of our designers two days to detect the cause of this: hidden (power) pins on components. Those pins were invisible but could still connect to other objects (and promptly did so). Perhaps your design uses parts with hidden pins? Take care, Leo * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
[PEDA] P99SE toolbar wanderlust
Hi, Anyone know how to stop the annoying behavior of Protel Schematic to arbitrarily rearrange one's toolbars whenever one uses the part editor and then moves back to the schematic editor? I do not seem to be able to fix the "wiring" toolbar to the left pane. Each and every time I use the library editor (schematic), upon completing my edit and exitting the editor back to the schematic design, I have to drag the toolbar back from the nether-regions of the desktop and put it back where I intended it to go in the first place... While I'm at it, anyone ever have the nerve to hack Protel to change the default behavior of the schematic library editor? I am sick and tired of having to go the document settings to change the snap setting each time I load the library editor. It's not like they're going to ever repair the application, even though the problem has been publicly noted ever since P98 was initially released, and perhaps before... Thanks in advance, aj * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
