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At 11:07 AM 10/1/01 +0100, Richard Thompson wrote: > > Tools/Preferences/Component_Drag/Connected_Tracks > > then > > Edit/Move/Drag > > >but this only drags single components? how do you drag multiple components >at the same time? It appears that Drag does not move selections but only one primitive or component at a time. I have not seen this before because Drag is ... a drag, almost always. It is generally faster to delete connecting traces from a section to be moved, move the section as a selection, and then place new traces to restore the connections. Remember that Tools/Preferences/Automatically_Remove_Loops can make this very quick (in fact, automatic loop removal can make it unnecessary to delete the original connection traces, they will generally disappear if overdrawn properly. Rarely it would be nice to be able to drag a whole selection, where the selection is moved in such a way as to make it unnecessary to redraw the connecting traces. But Protel doesn't do this, it seems. I found what I consider a moderately serious bug in researching this. Move/Drag ignores component unions, just as it ignores selections. So a union will be altered if one of its members is moved. Both should be fixed. So if you use Unions, be very careful when using Drag. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abdulrahman Lomax Easthampton, Massachusetts USA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
