On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:32:46 -0800 (PST), John Luciani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was able to run two traces to the edge connector on > the component side and two on the solder side. > > I did the following: > > 1. I opened the schematic and changed the reference > from U? to U2 > 2. converted the sch to pcb > 3. opened the file using pcb > 4. loaded the net netlist > 5. placed the parts and routed the traces.
Thank you for your response. After I read your email, I did some experiment. I found that the U? and U2 difference was not the reason. Only after I disabled "auto enforce DRC clearance", was I able to run traces on the solder side of the edge connector. have a nice day, vax, 9000 > > (* jcl *) > > > --- 9000 VAX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi list, > > I am using pcb version Jan. 27, 2005 snapshot. I > > met a problem when > > trying to use edge connector element. I created the > > edge connector > > element, and everything looked fine from the ascii > > file. The connector > > has pads on both the component side and the solder > > side. I place the > > element on board, and the ratnests looked fine too. > > Then I chose the > > solder side, chose the line tool, and started to > > draw a line, with the > > starting point on one solder side pad. But It seemed > > that the software > > did not allow me to draw a line as described above. > > I had no problem > > to draw a line from the component side pad. I made a > > test file with > > only two small elements. Please take a look and let > > me know how to > > work around the problem. Thank you very much! > > file attached as a .zip file (4kB only), which > > includes, > > 1. TESTEDGE.sym the schematic symbol > > 2. testedge.sch the schematic > > 3. TESTEDGE the new library style element file > > 4. testedge.prj project file for gsch2pcb > > 5. testedge.net netlist file generated by > > gsch2pcb > > 6. testedge.pcb the pcb file > > You might want to open testedge.pcb with pcb, then > > try to draw a line > > as I described. Thank you again! > > > > vax, 9000 > > > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/zip name=testedge.zip > >
