> I can load the netlist from the menu, but when I try to optimize, > the program bombs out with segmentation fault.
Not surprising. The optimizer can be somewhat fragile at times. (The global puller is worse). > Loading that brought the program to it's knees, You can see it > trying to paint the screen, but it's painfully slow. The > cross-hairs simply can't keep up with the mouse. The lesstif one works around this by only redrawing when the system is idle, which makes it a bit more usable for these heavy-draw cases. > One last thing - is it possible to load all the parts into the work area > but not located on the board itself? Nope, sorry. > Now that I think of it, maybe the correct method is to make a large > area, disperse all the parts, then draw an outline layer that > represents the actual board. Is the accepted method? Yup. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user