to rob and brad,
thanks for the information on exporting the pcb as a dwg. to be truthful,
its about time that i give that a shot. the job is something of a priority
and i really can't justify holding it up while i play with ddb
transportability,
especially when there's a better file to use in making the heatsink anyway.
i'll try that right now.
thanks, miker
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 11:20 AM
> To: Protel EDA Forum
> Subject: Re: [PEDA] ddb transfer failure ??
>
>
>
> This is from Protel not exported from CamTastic.
>
> Go into the PCB itself and then select File Export. Next select
> filename.DWG and type Autocad then press SAVE. You now get a dialog box
> asking what you want in the DWG.
>
> I find that the DWG file takes a lot less space than a DXF. This will
> include everything in the PCB so he will have all the info he needs.
>
> I generally use the Windows File system for storing instead of the Access
> Database method since then I can get to each file separately.
>
> And as others have pointed out each file in the project can be exported
> and
> sent to someone.
>
> Rob
>
>
>
>
>
> "Robison Michael R CNIN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 08/14/2001 11:52:13
> AM
>
> Please respond to "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> cc: (bcc: Rob LaMoreaux/DSPT)
> Subject: Re: [PEDA] ddb transfer failure ??
>
>
>
>
> hi rob,
>
> what exactly do you export to a dwg? that would be the gerbers, right?
> he's needing measurements to the centers of all the pads so he can
> work the heatsink plate around them. and they're using solid edge for
> a cad package, although i assume it imports dwg's alright. is there any
> particular gerber that i want to export for him? i've done just a tiny
> amount
> of work with camtastic, changing a silkscreen on a pcb to reflect our cage
> number. beyond that, i'm not very good with gerbers. i know that i have
> been told that i should review the gerbers before shipping them off, but
> that
> is of little value when i wouldn't even know what i was looking for.
>
> my response this morning to the problem was twofold: i made sure
> the ddb was not open, and i zipped it before i sent it to him. although
> your posts have pushed me towards giving them one of the gerbers
> exported as a dwg (i think), ulterior motives (mine) wanna see that darned
> ddb opened on another machine.
>
> i do not do system backups. i back up specific work directories to a
> network drive. if these files won't open on another machine, then my
> whole backup procedure is questionable. i figure i've got well over $100K
> worth of protel work backed up. i'm a civilian employee for the navy, and
> they are a pretty easy bunch to work for. but if my system hard-crashed
> and i couldn't reload all those protel board files from backup, i think
> they
> might get a bit upset. ;-)
>
> thanks, miker
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 10:15 AM
> > To: Protel EDA Forum
> > Subject: Re: [PEDA] ddb transfer failure ??
> >
> >
> >
> > It was determined a while back that closing a DDB with a print preview
> > open
> > caused problems when the ddb was opened and the printer the preview was
> > using was no longer available. If you left the print preview open and he
> > has a diffferent printer this could be causing the problem.
> >
> > Of course for mechanical people I just export an AutoCad 13 or 14 DWG.
> > They seem to like that better than the PCB itself.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Robison Michael R CNIN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 08/13/2001
> 06:57:19
> > PM
> >
> > Please respond to "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > cc: (bcc: Rob LaMoreaux/DSPT)
> > Subject: Re: [PEDA] ddb transfer failure ??
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > libraries was what i was thinking too, and it still could be that. to
> > be honest, i'm a configuration pig. i've got several jobs in this ddb,
> > and i'm almost positive that some of the jobs call libraries from
> > another ddb. but the job i wanted him to see used no libraries. i
> > just brute-force plunked down pads and traces and slapped some
> > silkscreen notations on it. no footprints at all.
> >
> > but its the entire ddb that won't open, not the specific job, so maybe
> > the libraries are a problem. that could be messy to fix. i'll look
> into
> > it.
> >
> > thanks, miker
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jon Elson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 5:43 PM
> > > To: Protel EDA Forum
> > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] ddb transfer failure ??
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Robison Michael R CNIN wrote:
> > >
> > > > it isn't broke on my system... ivan just can't open it on his
> > > > machine. like i said, since i can't send him an actual powsup.pcb,
> > > > i sent him the whole darned ddb. maybe thats not the way to move
> > > > a job from one pc to another, but thats the method i tried, anyway.
> > >
> > > Well, why CAN'T you mail him the PCB? You CAN export it from the DDB,
> > and
> > > you'll get a PCB file. He will get asked to specify a DDB on his
> > system.
> > >
> > > > bottom line: the ddb works fine on my machine. i email it to
> > > > him and get the access violation error. maybe all the information
> > > > was not contained in the ddb.
> > >
> > > I'm guessing libraries, but not sure.
> > >
> > > Jon
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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