You may want to try to using the save as, change the name of your new board,
then export it to your desktop, and then import into your new data base.
Ted
-----Original Message-----
From: Rudolf Schaffer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 8:06 AM
To: Protel EDA Forum
Subject: Re: [PEDA] Copy from/to PCB
Ian Wilson wrote:
>
> 1) Select everything you wish to copy: tracks, pads, vias, components,
poly
> pours etc.
> 2) Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Ins (or Edit|Copy) to choose a reference point.
> 3) go to the new location
> 4) Edit|Paste Special... and ensure that Keep Net Names is selected. (If
> panelising you may also want to check Allow Duplicate Designators.)
> 5) Hit enter and position it where you want.
>
> There is one issue (at least) that can be a problem - copy and paste does
> not copy the rules that apply to the entities you have copied. Such things
> as plane expansions and polygon pour clearances etc. You can export the
> rules from the original and import into the new - but if a rule refers to
> something not in the new design (such as a specific pad) who knows what
> Protel will do. Past form has suggested that defensive programming may
not
> be undertaken and there might be a nice crash - but then again maybe rule
> importing is more robust than that - try it.
>
> Suggestion: I would like an extra option on the paste special menu - copy
> all applicable rules. If you right click on an object in PCB you can get
> it to list the applicable unary and binary rules - so Protel has already
> solved the issue of working out what rules to copy.
>
>
Ian,
Thank very much you for your answer!
I tried just before my call for help with
Paste Special command but i received
a lot of DRC and missing traces!
I "just" forgotted to set the correct design rules
and stack layer for my new design!!!
For this reason, i totally agree with your
suggestion to include all applicable rules as an option.
(Maybe used layers could be activated
if possible, as the source, like a starting default
configuration ?)
Best regards,
Rudy
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