it's a really great tool for editing tracks which are already down
i use it all the time and mostly leave it 'on'
sometimes it does not work perfectly and there are definitely times when you need to turn it off
try this take a track that is laid down and properly conneted with the nets and all let's say it takes a right angle turn place a track near the turn a route over on a diagonal whoosh it breaks the tracks and cleans up the 'loop'
ds
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It's a setting designed to remove ground loops, but I prefer to do that
myself so always make sure I have that one unchecked.
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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leonard Gabrielson Sent: Wednesday, 10 November 2004 10:45 AM To: Protel EDA Discussion List Subject: Re: [PEDA] Removes tracks by itself!
Well, that didn't take long! Yep, that was it. What is that, exactly?
Thanks alot!
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Hi Len:
Under "Tools-Preferences", on the options tab, see if the "automatically remove loops" box is checked. If so, uncheck it, that might be the problem.
Cheers,
Matthew van de Werken - Electronics Engineer
CSIRO Exploration & Mining - Mining Geoscience Group
1 Technology Court - Pullenvale - Qld - 4069
ph: (07) 3327 4142 fax: (07) 3327 4455
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The primary virtues of engineers are (in this order:) Laziness, Hubris, Sensibility, Enthusiasm, and Communication Skills.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leonard Gabrielson Sent: Wednesday, 10 November 2004 10:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEDA] Removes tracks by itself!
Hi folks,
I've been using P99SE (sp6) for quite awhile now, and every once in
awhile I run into this bug/fault/problem. I've got a pretty large
design (9 pages), and most of it will require hand routing. I figure
I'm about 80-85% finished. I got to the PCB mode in the normal fashion,
by doing Design/Update PCB, etc.
I now find that when I am routing some Ground traces, and I hit <esc> to end that trace, the computer is running quite slowly, and when the cursor comes back to normal, Protel seems to take it upon itself to UNROUTE a whole bunch of my previously manually routed ground traces!!
If I catch things quickly enough, I can do an undo, but something's wrong here, and I don't know what. All the traces are legitimate grounds in the schematic, and I'm not receiving any errors when I do a PCB rules check. (If I punch a via in the track, it does, in fact, show the GND net on the via). It doesn't always unroute the same bunch of traces, and locking or unlocking them doesn't seem to make a bit of difference. Things are quickly grinding to a stop, and need some ideas...
I have saved & reloaded the design, restarted the computer, updated from schematic mode (many times), and also done design rules checks. It seems pretty obstinate, and when it finds tracks it doesn't like, absolutely WONT let you route them without sacrificing a trace or more somewhere else!
Protel 99 SE SP6 Windows 2000 SP4 2.4 Gig cpu 1 Gig RAM tons of hard disk space
Any suggestions appreciated,
Len
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