You'll get used to it. Tip: Basically, I only use right click over each file, or
build, then all the useable menu options come up in a selection dialog right under the
pointer.
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Brian Guralnick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Saputelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel 99SE Opinon as new user
| the protel print server is wonderful, my only gripe is that there are
| many different places (different menus and dialogs) to set all the
| various things and i can hardly remember them all from session to
| session
|
| Geoff Harland wrote:
| >
| > > Hello! As a newbie to Protel 99SE (long time user of Protel 16 bit) I must
| > > say I like Protel 99SE very much.
| > >
| > > The Gerber File generation is great.
| > >
| > > The Printing Preview has been the hardest feature to use.
| > >
| > > The Protel 99SE manual is much better than their old ones.
| > >
| > > Jeff Adolphs
| >
| > As a long time user of both 16 bit versions of Protel and the more recent
| > versions, my opinion of the Gerber file generation is that it is not too
| > bad, but there are aspects (which I have mentioned in previous posts) where
| > I think that it could be improved. Amongst other things, be wary about using
| > octagonal pads in your design; in fact, I would suggest that you *don't* use
| > such pads *unless* you know how to deal with the current deficiencies in
| > Protel concerning these.
| >
| > The Power Print Server is not the easiest aspect to master, but it is very
| > powerful in terms of what it can achieve. Protel has made some attempt to
| > make it easier for neophytes to use, by permitting users to select from a
| > set of predefined sets of Printout definitions. And when you have created a
| > set of Printout Definitions to match your requirements, this can be imported
| > into yet other DDB files, for use with other PCBs. So while there are some
| > aspects where improvements could (and even should) be made (and some
| > improvements have been made to this since the Power Print Server was first
| > released), it is still a very agreeable and useful aspect of Protel 99 SE.
| >
| > It is my hope that ongoing development of the "core" Schematic, PCB, and
| > AutoRouter Servers is not overlooked by Protel in favour of providing yet
| > more Servers. I have good reason to believe that the next major version will
| > provide yet more Servers than present, but while I accept that there are
| > various reasons why this will be the case, I will still be spending most of
| > my time using the "core" Servers instead.
| >
| > Regards,
| > Geoff Harland.
| > -----------------------------
|
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