Hi Harry, Thanks for that tip. I did not have the bounding outline complete because of a block move. 2.8 didn't care but I realize that 99SE is a lot pickier about a lot of things.
At 12:00 PM 11/11/2006 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:38:23 -0800 >From: Harry Selfridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [PEDA] Pre-routing In 99SE >To: Protel EDA Discussion List <[email protected]> > >Hi Bob, > >I doubt that your component footprint is what is causing the >problem. As I recall, the most common reason for the "failed to >initialize" complaint from the 99SE router was a missing or >incomplete bounding outline on the keepout layer. > >There are some suggestions/hints in the knowledge base article: >http://www.altium.com/forms/kb/kb_item.asp?ID=1694 > >Regards - Harry > > >At 11:40 AM 11/10/2006, you wrote: > >Hi Again, > >As you can tell I am just getting into 99SE. Believe it or not PCB 2.8 had > >done all I needed for quite a while. I now have a board with some > components > >at 45 degrees and 2.8 falls apart there. Anyway, I am probably doing this > >wrong but it has worked for all this time in 2.8. I defined a > heat-sink with some > >fills and no pads. When I would pre-route in 2.8 it would change > these fills to > >what ever might be connected to them, like the tab on a D2PAK. I > tried to turn > >off all the auto-routing in 99SE to get a pre-route but it does > not work. It goes > >through the locked traces and then says it cannot initialize which > really does > >not tell me anything. I am not even sure if 99SE will act the > same way as 2.8 > >did. I may have to re-do the way I define my heat-sink. This is > a surface mount > >heat-sink that has a contact area like a "U" (Aavid 7109D). The > only way I can > >figure to do this is will 3 fills. As you can tell I am way > behind the curve here and > >would appreciate any suggestions. > >Thanks, > > > >-Bob -Bob -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Ritchey Quest Engineering & Development 1328 East Cottonwood Lane Phoenix, AZ 85048-4765 Tel: (480) 460-2652 FAX: (480) 460-2653 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: www.QuestEngDev.com/ WWW: www.Smart-Fly.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________ 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]
