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----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Karavidas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Protel EDA Discussion List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] embedded board arrays > Are you working on your law degree now? It would seem a lot more > straightforward if you simply said the features sucks. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > Behalf Of Geoff Harland > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 6:52 AM > To: Protel EDA Discussion List > Subject: Re: [PEDA] embedded board arrays > > The story of Altium Designer (and its preceding versions): the ongoing > provision of new features which have not been thought through thoroughly, > and which thus leave so much to be desired in their actual implementation. > > I don't know if it's still the case, but when Embedded Board Array objects > were first provided, and a PCB file was saved in ASCII format, *none* of > the > details of any such objects were specified within the resulting PCB file. > (I'm *not* suggesting that all of the details within the PCB file referred > to by each such object should be saved within the ASCII format PCB file - > *but* the values of the properties of each such object, as listed in the > Inspector Panel, or List Panel, or properties dialog, *should* be saved > within that PCB file.) > > And there are various other aspects about those objects which were (and > probably still are) similarly underwhelming in nature. As such, I'm not > suggesting that they should never be deployed, but anyone who ever does > deploy them should keep in mind that it is not that far-fetched to think > of > those objects as being "half-baked" in nature, and to subsequently never > make any assumptions (of a reasonable nature or otherwise) about any > aspects > of their functionality. > > Regards, > Geoff Harland. > > >> Hi Carlos. >> >> AFAIK you can't create a pick and place for an >> embedded panel in at least the early versions of >> AD. >> >> Regards, >> Darren >> >> > >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I have created a panel using the embedded board array feature >> > in Altium >> > designer SP4. I then generated gerber and NC drill files for >> > that panel. I >> > then tried generating the pick and place file for the panel, >> > but it is >> > empty. If I create a panel by copying the pcb and arrange it >> > in a panel >> > format the pick and place file is fine. Can somebody show me >> > how to create >> > the pick and place from an embedded board array? >> > >> > Thanks for your help >> > >> > Carlos > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > To Post messages: > mailto:[email protected] > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > To Post messages: > mailto:[email protected] > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
