the only idea i have is that it is not SP6 ? the keepout check box is real crowded in there like an afterthought so it sort of sounds like a version issue
other than that as a really wild guess i wonder if some 'server' is not installed that makes that feature available but i sort of doubt it Dennis Saputelli _______________________________________________________________________ CONTACT INFORMATION: _______________________________________________________________________ Integrated Controls, Inc. Tel: 415-647-0480 EXT 107 2851 21st Street Fax: 415-647-3003 San Francisco, CA 94110 www.integratedcontrolsinc.com _______________________________________________________________________ NOTE! TO PASS OUR SPAM FILTER PUT THE FOLLOWING IN SUBJECT LINE: I.C.I. Brad Velander wrote: > Hi all, > I am helping our other designer get P99SE installed on his new personal > laptop. We are seeing something that he claims has been occurring for a while > on his previous laptop. Normally around here all of our installs are > through a network license. On his personal computer we are installing it > standalone and using a single seat activation code. > > The problem is that within DRC rules set-up, on Clearance rules scope, > Object Kind. When Object Kind is selected we do not see an option to make the > Object Kind a Keepout. All the other object checkboxes are there including > Vias, SMD Pads, Tracks/Arcs, Thru-hole Pads, Fills and Polygons. No Keepout > checkbox nor the associated text. Normally this particular checkbox resides > just to the right of the "s" in Fills. Nothing, no sign of the Keepout as a > selectable Object Kind. The existing 6 choices under Object Kind are equally > spaced and justified across the selection box/outline. There is no blank spot > where the "Keepout" is missing. > > My first thought was this is possibly a "Large Fonts" problem. However > his laptop doesn't have "Large Fonts" enabled. He had this "feature" on his > last laptop also, he wants to get rid of the problem because it limited his > effectiveness working on his laptop from home when he was getting close to > finishing a design. The other interesting detail was that any design > transferred from work to the home system and then back to work, had the > Object kind scope blanked (looking at the rules list there would just be a > blank scope where previously it had been "Keepouts") when it was returned to > a work computer. > > Any ideas? > > Sincerely, > Brad Velander > Senior PCB Designer > Northern Airborne Technology > #14 - 1925 Kirschner Road, > Kelowna, BC, V1Y 4N7. > tel (250) 763-2232 ext. 225 > fax (250) 762-3374 > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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]
