Re: [PEDA] Using P99SE schematic editor for creating general purpose flowcharts.

2004-09-30 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29 September 2004 13:28 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Using P99SE schematic editor for creating > general purpose flowcharts. > > The viso comment was from my experience with Visio years ag

Re: [PEDA] XP SP2 stop Protel 99SE working ??

2004-08-11 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
me for asking the obvious: I just checked and Billy > Gates hasn't put > SP2 for XP up in the automatic updates section of the > Miscrosoft Website > > Hence the question "Where is everyone getting SP2 for Windows XP?" > > > > > - Original

Re: [PEDA] XP SP2 stop Protel 99SE working ??

2004-08-11 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Ian Middleton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 August 2004 16:29 > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: [PEDA] XP SP2 stop Protel 99SE working ?? > > Dear all, > > I am seeing Protel 99SE hanging with "scanning documents" > when opening a ddb file after havin

Re: [PEDA] P99SE installation

2004-08-05 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Alfonso Baz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 August 2004 06:47 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEDA] P99SE installation > > I'm curious if anybody else has noticed the following when > installing P99SE > SP6 on either WIN2K or WINXP. > > Recently I u

Re: [PEDA] changing power symbols

2004-08-03 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Leo Potjewijd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 03 August 2004 09:30 > To: Protel EDA Forum > Cc: 'Protel EDA Forum' > Subject: Re: [PEDA] changing power symbols > > I just uploaded my powersymbol.lib to the yahoo forum file > area at http://groups.yahoo.com/

Re: [PEDA] 99SE SP6 updating footprints

2004-07-29 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Leo Potjewijd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29 July 2004 13:08 > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] 99SE SP6 updating footprints > snip > > John, > I just did what you described: opened an existing pcb, went > to the library editor via 'edit' in

Re: [PEDA] 99SE SP6 updating footprints

2004-07-29 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Leo Potjewijd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29 July 2004 10:12 > To: Protel EDA Forum > Cc: 'Protel EDA Forum' > Subject: Re: [PEDA] 99SE SP6 updating footprints > > At 28-7-2004 22:23, John A. Ross [RSDTV] wrote: > >If say > > > >PCB editor is open with M

Re: [PEDA] 99SE SP6 updating footprints

2004-07-28 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Dennis Saputelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 July 2004 02:24 > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] 99SE SP6 updating footprints > > i'm sure this has been discussed (?) > but i just noticed the following in 99SE PCB > > if you have several or

Re: [PEDA] Shortcuts in 99SE ?

2004-07-21 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
Dennis, Terry Sorry, my mistake, guess I should go back to sleep now :-) John > -Original Message- > From: Dennis Saputelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21 July 2004 16:59 > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Shortcuts in 99SE ? > > > John, > we are talking about shortcu

Re: [PEDA] FW: Shortcuts in 99SE ?

2004-07-21 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
Terry Do you mean like described here http://www.altium.com/protel/kb/kb_item.asp?ID=2117 here ? Then I guess the changes I seen below are the addition ional wrapper ? Makes more sense now. John PDF to start with is say from line 1 line 10 %PDF-1.2 % 8 0 obj << /Length 9 0 R

Re: [PEDA] FW: Shortcuts in 99SE ?

2004-07-21 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Terry Creer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21 July 2004 03:42 > To: 'Protel EDA Forum' > Subject: [PEDA] FW: Shortcuts in 99SE ? > > Apologies for the double post, but I just read Page 30 of the > manual a little closer and it mentions this linking process

Re: [PEDA] Ver 3.x --> 99SE or DXP??

2004-07-16 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: RogerHead [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 July 2004 03:45 > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Ver 3.x --> 99SE or DXP?? > > Hi John, > > You said > > >In some ways it is actually functionally better but I prefer > to view it > >without all th

Re: [PEDA] Recommendations please! -- DXP2004 - PADS - Expedition

2004-06-28 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Leon Heller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 June 2004 07:15 > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Recommendations please! -- DXP2004 - PADS > - Expedition > > - Original Message - > From: "Tom Hausherr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Protel E

Re: [PEDA] DXP/P2004 comment - storing views

2004-06-25 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 25 June 2004 02:06 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEDA] DXP/P2004 comment - storing views > > A while ago there was a discussion about P2004 not doing much > for PCB designers. This is a note on a small featur

Re: [PEDA] How to open OrCAD schematics in Prote DXP?

2004-06-24 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Darren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 June 2004 06:01 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEDA] How to open OrCAD schematics in Prote DXP? > > Greetings. > > Does anyone know of the best way to translate OrCAD > schematics to Protel? > > My understand

Re: [PEDA] Flipping a PCB layout - 99SE

2004-05-18 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Abd ulRahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 18 May 2004 18:33 > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Flipping a PCB layout - 99SE > > snip < > > If the old track does not form a loop with the new, it will > be left in place. This is not an ante

Re: [PEDA] TO-263 and TO-220 footprints?

2004-05-17 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Peter Moreton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 May 2004 12:48 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEDA] TO-263 and TO-220 footprints? > > > Hi, I am trying to create a simple PCB using Protel 99SE, and > am nearly there, but cannot seem to find footprint

Re: [PEDA] OT: Mentor PADS comparison

2004-05-13 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Protel Hell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 May 2004 20:08 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PEDA] OT: Mentor PADS comparison > > keep in mind with PADS 2004 you have the option to use Orcad, > PowerLogic, and ViewDraw as the schematic capture. dep

Re: [PEDA] DataBase Size too big!

2004-05-10 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Michael Biggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 4:20 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: [PEDA] DataBase Size too big! > > After designing a PCB in 99SE SP6 and my database file keeps > getting bigger. Of coarse I always save different

Re: [PEDA] Connectivity - Netlist issues

2004-05-06 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Abd ulRahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 5:35 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Connectivity - Netlist issues > > At 07:51 PM 5/5/2004, John A. Ross [RSDTV] wrote: > snip < > >There is a bit of pressure on me j

Re: [PEDA] Connectivity - Netlist issues

2004-05-06 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Abd ulRahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 5:08 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Connectivity - Netlist issues > > At 07:14 PM 5/5/2004, John A. Ross [RSDTV] wrote: > > > From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [PEDA] Connectivity - Netlist issues

2004-05-06 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Abd ulRahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 5:17 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Connectivity - Netlist issues > > At 07:21 PM 5/5/2004, Ian Wilson wrote: > >As I understand John's problem it is in P99SE - he wan

Re: [PEDA] Connectivity - Netlist issues

2004-05-05 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 8:28 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Connectivity - Netlist issues > > At 01:17 PM 5/4/2004, John A. Ross [Design] wrote: > >I am still gett

Re: [PEDA] Connectivity - Netlist issues

2004-05-04 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 5:07 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Connectivity - Netlist issues > > At 09:58 AM 5/4/2004, John A. Ross [Design] wrote: > >I have had a few discussions previously on this list about the > >connectivity models within 99SE

Re: [PEDA] Connectivity - Netlist issues

2004-05-04 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 5:07 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Connectivity - Netlist issues > > At 09:58 AM 5/4/2004, John A. Ross [Design] wrote: > > snip <&l

Re: [PEDA] Sheet entry methodologies in 99SE

2004-05-04 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
el EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Sheet entry methodologies in 99SE > > At 04-05-2004 16:48, John A. Ross [Design] wrote: > >Does anyone else use this method for keeping top sheets > clean in 99SE? > > > >See screenshot > http://www.proteluser.com/bbs/showthrea

[PEDA] Sheet entry methodologies in 99SE

2004-05-04 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
Does anyone else use this method for keeping top sheets clean in 99SE? See screenshot http://www.proteluser.com/bbs/showthread.php?p=71#post71 If you look at net labels HA[0..18], HD[0..15] and HA20/HA21/WE0 you will see that I have added additional sheet entries of the same name while using only

[PEDA] Connectivity - Netlist issues

2004-05-04 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
Hi I have had a few discussions previously on this list about the connectivity models within 99SE and how I have had in some cases seen errors where power ports are not treated as global when using Sheet Symbols/Port connections. Before committing the last of my larger designs to 2004 I would lik

Re: [PEDA] Need more software

2004-04-14 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Mike Reagan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:56 PM > To: 'Protel EDA Forum' > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Need more software > > snip < > Camtastic is a step in the right direction. Again I don't > like the integration. Specifically, I d

Re: [PEDA] Good schematic/PCB development suite recommendation?

2004-04-12 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
FYI, I reside in the UK but spend a lot of working time also in Sweden and Germany, not so much in China/Korea any more as those operations are well up and running now. US orientated, political nomenclature means little to me although I guess, I better get used to it for NAB next weekend if I want

Re: [PEDA] Nanoboard

2004-04-02 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
Jami A printed version is at the rear of the Nanoboard tech manual The design is located in the P2004 examples sub directory C:\P2004\Examples\Reference Designs\NanoBoard-NB1 In my case its C:\2004\ so just change to wherever yours is. Best Regards John A. Ross RSD Communications ltd Email

Re: [PEDA] reg hole on PCB and library

2004-03-29 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Paresh Pai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 8:43 AM > To: protel forum > Subject: [PEDA] reg hole on PCB and library > > Hi everybody. > > I am facing the following problems in 99SE > > 1. I have designed a single sided PCB for a micr

Re: [PEDA] An example why IPC footprints are often sub-optimal

2004-03-16 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 4:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEDA] An example why IPC footprints are often sub-optimal > > One to stir up the hornets nest a little...and a little off > topic maybe Ian, we j

Re: [PEDA] Mouse insists first click is a double-click

2004-03-15 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Leo Potjewijd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 4:03 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Mouse insists first click is a double-click > > At 15-03-2004 16:09, Carpenter, Dean wrote: > >Hi All - > > > >OK, this is an odd one ..

Re: [PEDA] Hardware

2004-03-15 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
Laurie Not easily would be an accurate answer I think. I almost do the same as you. To represent a mechanical part on the SCH (include in BOM) you really to use SCH symbols, even a simple one and also a refdes and comment as you say. I tend to hide the comment as it is the longest string, afte

Re: [PEDA] Common PCB footprint specifications

2004-03-11 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
Ray I know your pain, I started off life as a designer, then a layout engineer and after working with a lot of sub contractors did my bit in process engineering, then in service/manufacturing doing failure analysis and feeding that back to design where I ended up (again) and due to the experience

Re: [PEDA] Common PCB footprint specifications

2004-03-11 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Ray Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 5:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEDA] Common PCB footprint specifications > > Hello, > > I'm sure this is a repeat, but is there a simple > specification readily available t

Re: [PEDA] The road to DXP, one mans story, warning long post, (was)2004 DXP Looks Great,

2004-03-11 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
y in agreement with John. > > On 12:21 AM 11/03/2004, John A. Ross [Design] said: > ><..snip..> > >In a single user or workstation environment where the whole > design is > >driven/managed by one person, it is workable and very flexible, an > >impro

Re: [PEDA] The road to DXP, one mans story, warning long post, (was)2004 DXP Looks Great,

2004-03-11 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
y in agreement with John. > > On 12:21 AM 11/03/2004, John A. Ross [Design] said: > ><..snip..> > When the DDB came out is was almost universally denigrated. > Then lots of people went quiet about it and now we have > admissions that people liked it. > (I am n

[PEDA] The road to DXP, one mans story, warning long post, (was)2004 DXP Looks Great,

2004-03-10 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 1:49 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] 2004 DXP Looks Great, > > On 12:16 PM 10/03/2004, DUTTON Phil said: > >Bill, > > > >My DXP is still in > >the box. > > <..snip..> > >

[PEDA] Oops .Are the DXP manuals worth the fuss anyway?

2004-03-10 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
Ian, My last post looks like a reply to you, it wasn't, it was just easier to reply to a post than create a new message. I just forgot to delete the original post, sorry. Best Regards John A. Ross RSD Communications ltd Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWWhttp://www.rsd.tv

[PEDA] Are the DXP manuals worth the fuss anyway?

2004-03-10 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
Just an observation of mine, I think Mr Lomax already suggested that the manuals would probably be better written by users, rather than developers, and he is most likely correct. The precious little snippets of info that would make a new users life so much easier are most often missing, as the d

Re: [PEDA] company schematic libraries

2004-03-05 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 2:41 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] company schematic libraries > > Snip < > I call this the "one-part, one-symbol system". > > It sounds like work but it is not hard to mana

Re: [PEDA] company schematic libraries

2004-03-05 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Dom Bragge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 1:21 AM > To: Protel EDA forum > Subject: [PEDA] company schematic libraries > > I just wish to ping you on how you setup your own company > schematic libraries. There seem to be so many ways

Re: [PEDA] Complex Hierarchy to PCB layout ?

2004-02-21 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Dave C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 12:20 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Complex Hierarchy to PCB layout ? > > John, > > Well, thanks a lot, really. That is a very good suggestion, > it makes a lot of sense.

Re: [PEDA] DXP review

2004-02-18 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Kiba Dempsey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 1:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEDA] DXP review > > Does anyone know where I can find any independent reviews on > the DXP software? There has been some notes, comments,

Re: [PEDA] File Format Not Recognized

2004-02-14 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
Just my $0.02 My Protel 99 SCH files actually show as 'Microsoft Schedule+ Application' association My Protel 99 PCB files actually show as 'PowerPCB Design' association I have Win AutoUpdate disabled I have Capture 9.2 installed, Plogic, PowerPcb and some others. Only time I ever have an issue

Re: [PEDA] Nothing to do with Synchroniser won't recognise components

2004-02-04 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Protel Hell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 2:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Synchroniser won't recognise components > > are the rules for email different outside the U'S.? You mean like this? :-) I did not

Re: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin?

2004-01-29 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Dom Bragge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 5:23 AM > To: protel > Subject: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin? > > I just would like to ask a question about how you handle > TO-220 footprints (& the like)... > > I have the three (electrical)

Re: [PEDA] Schematic Symbol Import

2004-01-08 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
a way to import these. > > Thanks, > Steve > > -Original Message- > From: John A. Ross [Design] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 4:54 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Schematic Symbol Import > > > -Origin

Re: [PEDA] Schematic Symbol Import

2004-01-08 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Steve Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 4:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEDA] Schematic Symbol Import > > > Is there a way to import Mentor or EDIF schematic symbols > into DXP? I have found schematic symbols on

Re: [PEDA] Transparent footprints

2004-01-05 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Laurie Biddulph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 6:33 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: [PEDA] Transparent footprints > > Hi, I hope you all had a happy Xmas. > I need to place two large components on a pcb that will > actually be

Re: [PEDA] double pins

2003-12-06 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Rene Tschaggelar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 2:18 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] double pins > > I'm usually coming from the Update design, update footprint, > ... This time I also tried to create and load a

Re: [PEDA] Who can give me some materials about multi-channel design?

2003-12-03 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Mr. Zhang Yangtian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 11:51 AM > To: Protel?? > Subject: [PEDA] Who can give me some materials about > multi-channel design? > > I am using the option of multi-channel design of protelDXP. > But fro

Re: [PEDA] pick and place report

2003-12-02 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Mike Ingle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 4:11 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: [PEDA] pick and place report > > Hi all, > > This job will be my first where a pick and place machine is > used. I have some confusion regarding

[PEDA] On LiveDesign

2003-11-22 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
After a quick search for LiveDesign I came across this article http://www.eetuk.com/bus/news/OEG20031119S0001 A few quotes from it, but please read the article for yourself, "It is essentially the same methodology they would use to create a pc board design, but now the platform is an FPGA," said

Re: [PEDA] What is 'LiveDesign' demo? where can I see what it will do for me. Fw: Exciting news for all users of Protel DXP and nVisage DXP

2003-11-22 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
Prompted by Ivans comments below and my own curiosity as to what we are waiting for, Who else would like to see an Altium on-line demo or multimedia presentation on what LiveDesign actually is? If we are going to have to dump DXP in favour of waiting for Protel 2004 with LiveDesign, I do not thin

Re: [PEDA] Logo and non-English characters on PCB documents in DXP

2003-11-18 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
Seems this post got lost or I left the response too far down to notice = You can try this utility, it is free and comes with source code. http://www.proteluser.com/download/bitmap_to_pcb/ Or you can buy a utility called Klipper http://www.desktop-eda.com

Re: [PEDA] Joining nets

2003-10-27 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Laurie Biddulph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 6:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEDA] Joining nets > > > We have a pcb that has both analog and digital circuits and > consequently we have assigned a ground to each type

Re: [PEDA] oblong Pads/Slots (plated) in P99SE

2003-10-10 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Michael Biggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 6:48 PM > To: 'Protel EDA Forum' > Subject: [PEDA] oblong Pads/Slots (plated) in P99SE > > I have noticed in P99SE component library that you cannot > change the hole size to be a oblo

Re: [PEDA] Part Field entries

2003-10-07 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
from the library and set a default value. John > > Mike. > > > > |---------+----> > | | "John A. Ross| > | | [Design]"| > | | <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [PEDA] Part Field entries

2003-10-07 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Michael Binning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:53 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: [PEDA] Part Field entries > > Hello all, > > I hope somebody can help me out with this one. > > I have created a button in one of my toolba

Re: [PEDA] Part Field entries

2003-10-07 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Michael Binning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:53 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: [PEDA] Part Field entries > > Hello all, > > I hope somebody can help me out with this one. > > I have created a button in one of my toolba

Re: [PEDA] Keepouts

2003-10-07 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEDA] Keepouts > > Hi, > I wish to prevent a polygon from pouring in a certain area. > I have used a fill as a keepout on that layer, b

Re: [PEDA] creating power planes

2003-09-30 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEDA] creating power planes > > I am working on a four layer board and I have been unable to > figure out how to get the internal groun

Re: [PEDA] Off topic: Drawing revision control and PLM

2003-09-26 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 12:24 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Off topic: Drawing revision control and PLM snip > What I want is an open source package > that can open > a VSS archive. I have

Re: [PEDA] Trace Width Charts

2003-09-25 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Website Visitor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 9:11 AM > To: proteledaforum > Subject: [PEDA] Trace Width Charts > > > Hi there, > > I'm still a bit green when it comes to layouts. Was hoping > someone more experienced could

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-19 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
ons ltd Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWWhttp://www.rsd.tv ====== > - Original Message - > From: "John A. Ross [Design]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 7:02 AM >

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-19 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:40 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? > > Snipped< > I would love to get together, face to face, computer to > computer with a > very experienced

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-19 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:47 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? > > I think some of you are thinking I am supporting Altium in > this. I try to > be honest, analytical and

Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?

2003-09-19 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:41 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ? > > <..snip.. I deleted a whole lot of more contentious stuff, > enough grenades > for today.> Ian My comm

Re: [PEDA] Mentor Board Station Netlister

2003-09-16 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 11:58 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Mentor Board Station Netlister > > > At 12:48 AM 9/14/2003, John A. Ross wrote: > >Like most of the netlisters in 99SE and D

[PEDA] Mentor Board Station Netlister

2003-09-13 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
Due to time constraints I need to issue one of our partner companies with a netlist rather than a completed board. They use MG Board station as their layout tool. Has anyone used the Board station V6 netlister in 99SE successfully? Or can offer any advice on re-formatting or combining the files

Re: [PEDA] Board fabricator in UK/EU

2003-09-11 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Stephen Casey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 12:50 PM > To: Protel forum > Subject: [PEDA] Board fabricator in UK/EU > > > Hello, > > I have a requirement for a slightly unusual PCB. Does anybody > (preferably in the UK) know

Re: [PEDA] Prototype Assembly House - now assembly guides

2003-09-04 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Steve Wiseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 12:14 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Prototype Assembly House - now assembly guides > > Since I'm evidently not the only person to still be hand assembling, > here's

Re: [PEDA] Joining 2 different nets keeping seperate identifiers?

2003-09-03 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Joe McCauley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 12:10 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: [PEDA] Joining 2 different nets keeping seperate identifiers? > > > I need to have a current return line with 3mm thickness. This > line h

Re: [PEDA] Updating libraries from database

2003-08-26 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Hodne, Hakon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 10:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEDA] Updating libraries from database > > > I'm using nVisage DXP for schematic capture. I know how to > connect and update schematics from

Re: [PEDA] Geometric Center

2003-08-25 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Tim Fifield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 4:28 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: [PEDA] Geometric Center > > > Does anybody know how Protel 99SE calculates the geometric > center (Mid x,y) in the pick and place files? Tim As

Re: [PEDA] ddB Repair actually works!

2003-08-22 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
Tim I also found it beneficial in some cases to export all the files out of the database, create a new one, import the files back into the new database and carry on from there. I know it's a bit of work that should not be needed, but form my point of view it is better than risking losing the DDB

Re: [PEDA] Discovery -> LAN Network pasue & hiccup patch.

2003-08-14 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Brian Guralnick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 7:16 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Discovery -> LAN Network pasue & hiccup patch. > > > As far as I am aware the 'free' version of ZA is only licenced for > > 'home' >

Re: [PEDA] Autoreply: ---- someone set this thing to stop rebroadcasting Au to replies ------

2003-08-09 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Bagotronix Tech Support [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 8:02 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Autoreply: someone set this thing to > stop rebroadcasting Au to replies -- > > > It seems Mr. Watts has invented

Re: [PEDA] Analysing...

2003-07-31 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Terry Creer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 12:09 AM > To: 'Protel EDA Forum' > Subject: [PEDA] Analysing... > > > Hi all, > I've just been handed a rather large board with quite a > few individual GND polygons on it (35 to b

Re: [PEDA] DXP switch

2003-07-29 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Tim Fifield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 4:24 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: [PEDA] DXP switch > > > Well, I've been informed that I'm going to be switching to > DXP. Does anybody have any words of wisdom to make this > swi

Re: [PEDA] 99SE places "hidden" components

2003-07-29 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 8:31 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] 99SE places "hidden" components > > Hi Abd and Ian, > > unfortunately that does not work. I tried to do just what you > suggested,

Re: [PEDA] 99SE places "hidden" components

2003-07-28 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
Best Regards John A. Ross RSD Communications ltd Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWWhttp://www.rsd.tv == > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 3:33 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: [PED

Re: [PEDA] P99SE Sheet Symbol & Port connectivity across sheets.

2003-07-23 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Brad Velander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 8:24 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum List Server (E-mail) > Subject: [PEDA] P99SE Sheet Symbol & Port connectivity across sheets. > > > Hi all, > well I finally had to break my normal patt

Re: [PEDA] OT: DB9 RS-232 serial port on peripherals.

2003-07-11 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Brian Guralnick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 7:49 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: [PEDA] OT: DB9 RS-232 serial port on peripherals. > > Hi, > > I was wondering what the pinouts of a peripheral's female > RS-232 DB9 connect

Re: [PEDA] PowerPCB Pads ?

2003-07-11 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Dennis Saputelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 4:14 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] PowerPCB Pads ? Dennis See below > how easy is the creation of footprints in Pads ? > (the proper name for the current version is Po

Re: [PEDA] Template for the PCIX standard

2003-06-30 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Peder K. Hellegaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:31 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEDA] Template for the PCIX standard > > > Hi > > Anyone who has a template for the PCI X bus or know where to find it. Peder I might b

Re: [PEDA] Attachments (BOM sorter)

2003-06-26 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 9:14 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: [PEDA] Attachments (BOM sorter) > I think the attachment rejection still works on attachments > greater then a certain size, since an example

Re: [PEDA] OrCad to Protel

2003-06-23 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
CTED] WWWhttp://www.rsd.tv == > > > > > > "John A. Ross > > [Design]"To: > "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: [PEDA] OrCad to Protel

2003-06-21 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
Robert I think you are being a bit hard here and overly critical of Protel tools, if the tools were so bad why has Zarlink (Mitel, GPS) used them for so long. Some of your statements below show a certain unfamiliarity with the tools which would be pre-requisite knowledge for a fair and honest com

Re: [PEDA] BOM sorter

2003-06-20 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
Dave All I get out of it is run time error 13 type mismatch. Is the procedure just open file, load csv and go? Best Regards John A. Ross RSD Communications ltd Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWWhttp://www.rsd.tv == > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PR

Re: [PEDA] copies don't update

2003-05-29 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
> -Original Message- > From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 9:19 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] copies don't update > In regards to these sorts of issues ... and others when they > come up. Are > the members on this list interested

Re: [PEDA] A Question About Netlist Compare and Partially Matched Nets. Protel 99SE SP6.

2003-02-22 Thread John A. Ross \[Design\]
Regardless of the board size the synchroniser DOES take more time than just generating a netlist & import to PCB in the same design. My designs are not physically big, but pretty dense, and made out of many SCH sheets as we heavily re-use a lot of sheet 'blocks' for system level re-design & block

Re: [PEDA] The othe half of DXP?

2002-11-13 Thread John A. Ross \[Design\]
- Original Message - From: "JaMi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "JaMi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 9:15 PM Subject: [PEDA] The othe half of DXP? > Now you know where your ATS money went. > > I wonder if it comes wit

Re: [PEDA] Antivirus Software & Memory Issues

2002-11-13 Thread John A. Ross \[Design\]
- Original Message - From: "Bagotronix Tech Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Antivirus Software & Memory Issues > bag deploys, and you crash. Except it's even worse than that - it's like a

Re: [PEDA] Antivirus Software & Memory Issues

2002-11-12 Thread John A. Ross \[Design\]
> John, > > Please see below, Jami I replied to you with some things off-line. Too much traffic, not enough Protel related content. You really need to define your own security policy, and then see what solutions best fit your enviroment & needs. :-) John > - Original Me

Re: [PEDA] Antivirus Software & Memory Issues

2002-11-12 Thread John A. Ross \[Design\]
Ivan / Tim With respect If you are going to base a quote on my response you missed out something I said earlier in the same email >> But remember, it is a safety cushion, not a cure/solution. If you had read this, in the context it was intended you could have saved a lot of typing. Of course

Re: [PEDA] Antivirus Software & Memory Issues

2002-11-12 Thread John A. Ross \[Design\]
Jami > 1. Should I install an anti-virus program? Of course you should, especially if the workstation shares time with internet access and/or email. But remember, it is a safety cushion, not a cure/solution. The choice of vendors would be yours. Norton has had more than its fair share of proble

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