Greetings the List,
I have been working on a design that includes a PSSOP package. The package has a heat
sink solder lug on the bottom. The footprint calls for a central pad with multiple
holes through it between the two rows of pins.
I made the footprint by placing a grid of staggered vias
Our draftsman is preparing documentation for our technicians. On our old CAD (DCCADD)
he could take our DXF files (which were filled polygons) and "explode" them into
unfilled polygons. When he does this for Protel, he gets lines with large dots on the
ends.
The ground planes (I think the sam
Thanx.
Michael
From: Mira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2004/04/28 Wed AM 09:44:29 EDT
To: Protel EDA Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [PEDA] Exporting DWG/DXF
Use Camtastic and export the DXF files from there.
Mira
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> Greetings the List,
>
> Our draftsman tells
Greetings the List,
Our draftsman tells us that the multi-layer issue is not so much of a problem. Our
real problem, it seems, is that when Protel exports a drawing (regardless of whether
it's in DWG or DXF format and regardless of whether it is exported as block or
primitives)he cannot "explo
Greetings the List,
I have been trying to export individual layers of a Protel design to DWG or DXF
format. When I look at the exported files, they have all of the layers on them.
Turning off the layers doesn't help.
Does anyone out there know if there is a way to export only a selected set
Personally, I never use a router. It's faster, but not very elegant. I've found that
spending much time on component placement eases routing tremendously. I would
estimate that 60-80% of my routes are less than 200 mils long and have no corners.
Michael Badillo
From: "Mike Reagan" <[EMAIL PR
Does anyone know what this message is about? I keep getting
them when I post to this list. I replied in English (since I
really don't speak German) and got the same reply. So I replied
in Japanese--I figure if we are not going to communicate, it
might as well involve two mutually unintelligib
Okay, that seems to be part of the problem, but it raises another question. Does the
single pad in question have to be on the master schematic? I can get the pads on the
master to work, but the sub-drawings are still being difficult.
Thanx,
Michael Badillo
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Aha!
Thanx,
Michael
From: "Tony Karavidas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2004/03/03 Wed PM 12:44:44 EST
To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [PEDA] Pads and single pin connectors.
I'm guessing your PCB object is a free pad???
I'm also guessing you don't have a PCB footprint defin
Yes, I have. I've even gone so far as to cut the designator out of the net list and
paste it into the designator field of the pad. Still didn't help.
Any other ideas?
Michael
From: Dennis Saputelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2004/03/03 Wed PM 12:40:23 EST
To: Protel EDA Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED
Hey guys,
I've got a problem I can't figure out. We do a lot of interconnect with wires
soldered into a single pad. We generally designate them as "E?."
I cannot figure out how to relate the pad to the schematic. I've tried using the one
pin "CON1" out of the library. I've tried naming a
I route all my boards by hand, because, while Protel has a router that is better than
the one I used to use, it still does some really dumb things. It's just easier for me
to place parts and route by hand.
I do, however, always use the "interactive routing" option as it saves hours of naming
I call that the "Dumbass touch." :)
Michael Badillo
QT, Inc.
From: "Bagotronix Tech Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2004/01/21 Wed PM 04:25:52 EST
To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [PEDA] Autorouter
> Well, remember that only publicly-traded corporations can be
> "bought
I have a couple of questions:
Whenever I update the PCB from the SCH editor, all of the net identifiers of the
traces are erased.
Is there any way to avoid this?
Is there any way to autoname a group of connected traces? I know that you can do it
if you can highlight the net, but I don't seem
I didn't get one :(
Michael Badillo
From: Brian Guralnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2003/10/09 Thu PM 11:52:15 EDT
To: Protel EDA Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [PEDA] CTL key during routing & placement & electrical grid.
??? Mouse pad from Protel? This I got to see, you may em
John,
Thank you so much. That worked. This user group is awesome.
Michael Badillo
From: "John A. Ross [Design]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2003/09/30 Tue PM 12:17:14 EDT
To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [PEDA] creating power planes
> -Original Message-
> From: [E
I am working on a four layer board and I have been unable to figure out how to get the
internal ground and power planes to link up correclty with the outer layers. The
user's guide says (p594) that you go to the layer stack manager, double click on the
layer, and choose the net you wish to as
Amen to that!
Michael Badillo
From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2003/09/18 Thu PM 07:20:05 EDT
To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [PEDA] Routing identical channels in P99SE
One piece of advice from the school of hard knocks and soft skulls
When you are
I am very fortunate. I was a technician until one of the engineers noticed that I
learned very quickly. He brought me into the engineering department and I've been
paid while I've learned all of it: circuit design, PCB layout, machine code, C, the
old design software (an old program called DC
Unfortunately my CEO has nowhere to go up to. My department head is an engineer and a
good guy. We'd have new stuff if it were up to him.
Our interns love Linux, but the PHB (pointy-haired boss) won't let them install
it--even if it is their own copy.
We are all pretty creative around her
Sorry, you're right. I have been trying to move them by selecting the part and then
trying to move the desginator when it appears. When I selected the appropriate
silkscreen layer, they moved fine.
Thanx,
Michael Badillo
From: "Robert M. Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2003/09/18 Thu AM 08:4
Okay, Thanx.
Michael Badillo
From: Steve Wiseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2003/09/18 Thu AM 10:45:43 EDT
To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [PEDA] Quirks and Errata and Bugs, Oh my!
18/09/2003 09:01:00, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>3) On page 87 of the user's manual, there
My company won't upgrade computers, much less software. Getting a new copy of Windows
even is like pulling teeth. Our interns work on one P266 (two people). I wish there
was an upgrade for CEOs.
We've had 99 SE for maybe four months, but we bought it new--two copies in fact. So I
guess that
What I have discovered: Make your first cell using designators like C~01, C~02, R~01,
etc. in the schematic editor. Copy the cell and replace the {~=n} where 'n' is the
cell number.
Route the first cell in the PCB editor and copy it. This copies the deginators but
not the net names. Then
Hello the List,
This group has been most wonderfully helpful. Responses have been both more timely
and more useful than responses from Protel tech support (Not that I am running them
down). I have a few questions concerning some quirks or erroneus documentation (I'm
not sure which). I would
Yeah!
I don't know about you guys, but my company just dropped 16 Grand on 99 SE. We can't
possibly afford to upgrade to DXP. If Protel decides not to support SE, we're really
hosed. Guess it's a good thing I found this user group (or is it more like a support
group?).
Michael Badillo
From
I have noticed (and I have only been using 99 SE for a few months) that it does indeed
have Altzheimer's. I have had the program completely erase my entire database
(admittedly it wasn't large) including the backups.
I recently had a harddrive crash and had to reinstall Windows and Protel. Sin
Thank you. I've been using ~ because it is not used anywhere esle. I make a dummy
cell with names like U~00, R~00, R~01, C~00, etc. Then I copy it as many times as
needed, select the group to change and replace {~=1}, {~=2}, etc.
I do the same for the PCB cell and copy it, leaving the nets
Jörg,
Thank you much for your reply. This group has been wonderfully helpful. I've gotten
several replies on how to deal with this issue. They all work and are all easy to
implement.
Thanks again,
Michael Badillo
From: Jörg Guttmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2003/09/15 Mon PM 12:19:40 EDT
T
Thanx, that worked beautifully. Saved me hours of work.
Michael Badillo
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2003/09/12 Fri PM 02:59:25 EDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PEDA] Global changes
In a message dated 9/12/2003 2:52:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I am new t
Hello,
I am new to both Protel and this forum. I am using Protel 99 SE.
I am designing an eight channel active filter. Each channel is identical to the
others except for component values. I have created the first block and numbered all
components starting with 100 (i.e. U100, R100, R101, R
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