[PEDA] TO-220 4th pin?

2004-01-28 Thread Dom Bragge
I just would like to ask a question about how you handle TO-220 footprints (& the like)... I have the three (electrical) pin device, that's fine. I'm placing the T)-220's flat on the board. What if I want to (selectively) put copper on the top layer under the TO-220 & have a suitable soldermask

Re: [PEDA] Leaving Protel

2004-01-28 Thread Abd ulRahman Lomax
At 09:27 AM 1/28/2004, Tim Fifield wrote: This is my last week with this company, and I'm going to be learning OrCad starting Monday at my new job. Stick around for a while: let us know what it's like. Is it still like diving into a swimming pool with no water? :-) PS. If anybody knows of any sim

Re: [PEDA] Antwort: Autorouter

2004-01-28 Thread Dennis Saputelli
so does the Electra router do fan outs that are nice so that you don't have to do them manually? Dennis Saputelli Mike Reagan wrote: > > Emanuel, > I forgot to mention you can also use the layer assignment in classes. This > also works well. I have found this be hard to set in Spectra. > > M

Re: [PEDA] Leaving Protel

2004-01-28 Thread Max P. Henzi
Good Luck Tim !!! Max P. Henzi CEO, PentaLogix, LLC Tel. +1.925.673-2888 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.pentalogix.com -Original Message- From: Tim Fifield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 6:28 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: [PEDA] Leaving Protel Hi All, This is m

Re: [PEDA] Leaving Protel

2004-01-28 Thread Dennis Saputelli
why don't you keep us posted once in a while about how you like it, ups & downs vs. protel etc. see ya Dennis Saputelli Tim Fifield wrote: > > Hi All, > > This is my last week with this company, and I'm going to be learning OrCad > starting Monday at my new job. > > I just wanted to take a m

[PEDA] Leaving Protel

2004-01-28 Thread Tim Fifield
Hi All, This is my last week with this company, and I'm going to be learning OrCad starting Monday at my new job. I just wanted to take a minute to thank everybody on this forum who has helped me over the past 3 years with Protel. It's been a great learning experience! Thanks again! gains in

Re: [PEDA] New Protel Forum

2004-01-28 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 02:41 PM 1/26/2004, Steve Smith wrote: I just got a phone call from David Murphy of the Eng-Tips web site www.eng-tips.com . He was asked by one of his members if he should start a Protel forum and after talking it over with him for several minutes, concluded that he should. Now, I wonder, wer

[PEDA] Multiple Postings & Interuption in Service

2004-01-28 Thread Forum Administrator
On Monday afternoon members of this forum received multiple postings of the "New Protel Forum" message. There were a number of replies that flamed the poster of the original message because they incorrectly assumed he had purposely flooded the forum with multiple postings (note that the time st