> This may have been mentioned before, but I've recently started using the dxf > export function in 99SE/SP6 to send drawings to another company site (where > they have yet to see the light and use Protel :-) ), and we've noticed that > vias with connections to internal planes have no connection to the planes on > the exported file (pads are exported OK). > > Can anyone else confirm this behaviour? >
Andy, I don't think this really qualifies as a bug. But it probably works that way. This is asking quite allot of an "intelligent" program like Protel to export to a "non intelligent" program like AutoCAD which wouldn't recognize the connections anyway. DXF, DWG formats are stick figure characters on a computer screen. I rarely use the direct export feature in Protel as well as rarely using the print manager. My advice to anyone using these two features is to generate gerbers, import to Camtaxtic then generate dxf or prints from Camtastic. I recently read all the woes of dxf and printing again on this forum and didn't respond because I have posted this before.......USE CAMTASTIC ! It fixes all you dxf outputs, and printing problems. The only problem with exporting DXF is, AutoCAD can be overwhelmed by the shear size of the files, requiring long waits to update a screen.....oh well that is AutoCAD's problem, not Protel's. I know it is a few more steps from File, export, but it is far more accurate and manageable to use CAMTASTIC. Regards, Mike Reagan EDSI Frederick * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *