> At 08:47 AM 10/25/01 -0600, Jim Muehlberg wrote: > >Though I have "permenent" checked in the via default menu, when placing > >vias, the net name always resets to "no net". > > > >Is this normal behavior? or is it a bug? > > It is normal behavior. I just explained it in another post, and also how to > conveniently and quickly assign the correct net to vias. They are "no-net" > while they are floating, but take on the net of any primitive to which they > short when they are placed, if there are no shorts created. > > This is far more useful than being able to make a default net for vias, and > there are workarounds for the latter, i.e, for making a lot of vias with > the same net. A piece of track with the right net could cause a whole row > of vias placed or copied onto it to take on its net. Or put down a fill, > assign it to the net you want, and then put vias down. Then delete the > fill. Once the vias have the right net, you can move them wherever you want. > > Abdulrahman Lomax
Those are good suggestions (and an example of the sort of thing you learn, from experience, after using Protel for long enough). Another ability of Protel is to paste from its clip-board while retaining the net properties of each pasted primitive (which would otherwise be set to whichever net each of the pasted primitives comes in contact with, or otherwise to "no net"). That can be accomplished by selecting the "Edit/Paste Special..." command (from the default PCB Server's menu); after the "Paste Special" dialog box is subsequently invoked, check the "Keep net name" checkbox. Alternatively, a resource (menu entry, shortcut key, or toolbar button) can be set up in which the Process invoked is Pcb:Paste, and parameters as below are specified: Mode=Special | KeepNetName=True (The | character is used as a parameter separator.) As one example, if the clipboard contains a via with its net property set to GND, all vias created from using that form of the Paste command will have their net property set to GND as well (and regardless of *where* they are pasted). I've said it before, but not for a while: being able to customise menus, toolbars, and (with certain qualifications) shortcut keys is one of the big pluses of the Protel package. Regards, Geoff Harland. ----------------------------- E-Mail Disclaimer The Information in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any opinions or advice contained in this e-mail are confidential and not for public display. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
