Soren,
I assume you must be using Protel99SE, since DXP2004 has special utilities for doing multi-channel boards.
I just tried it and it works perfectly using Protel99SE. I saved a PIK file, moved a component off the board and rotated it, saved my modified board, then auto positioned using the PIK file I saved earlier. The component ended up back where it was before I made the changes.
There are a couple of things you possibly have not tried:
- After you save the PIK file, and you change the component coordinates - did you save the changed PCB file? You have to save a file after changes have been made in order to operate on it with the PIK file. If you don't want to modify your original, you can do a "Save As" with a different file name.
- After you use 'auto position using a file', did you refresh the display? You can do that manually using hotkeys 'VR'.
Regards - Harry
At 10:07 PM 5/7/2005, you wrote:
Thanks for the answer, but this is what I have done on two different computers!
I have created the pik file from the design and have inside protel changed the mid x coordinate for one component.
Then doing what you write nothing happens.
I have 5 channels I like place like channel 1 but with other x coordinate, 1000 components, so I had hoped it worked for me.
regards
Soren
snipHarry Selfridge wrote:
This should more correctly be called component relocation because components matching those in the PIK file already have to be on the board somewhere for this to work. For Protel99SE, you go to 'Tools>Auto Placement>Place from File' and select your PIK file.
The designators and footprint names have to be the same for both the components to be relocated and those in the PIK file.
For DXP2004, it works the same except you go to 'Tools>Component Placement>Place from File' and select your PIK file.
At 02:14 PM 5/7/2005, you wrote:
Hey All
I know this issue has been up before, but my disk crashed and I lost all mail.
How to place components from a *.pik file? It does not seems to work.
regards
Soren Andersen
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