On 01:06 PM 13/11/2001 -0800, Dennis Saputelli said: >every time i tried that there was something it did that i didn't want to >do >too bad it's almost useful > >Dennis Saputelli > > >Colin Weber wrote: > > > > Also, don't forget about Morphing (or Replication). Protel's best kept > secret.
Dennis, I find the replication works well. I use it heaps when I am placing power ports, especially on designs with multiple power supplies. I have a little niggle with it in that, on power ports particularly, it is quite fussy about where you hover over the underlying port when you hit INS. I agree with Colin, it is a really great little feature. As for the multi-part discussion - I get very annoyed at having to update the parameters for a hex inverter or a quad op-amp... I would like a better method of managing the properties of multi-part components. Global changes can be used but even with that there a quite a few key strokes and mouse presses. I think multi-part components, when they have the same non-'?' designator should have only one underlying set of parameters. This could get very messy when different sections of the component reside on different Sch sheets. I think that the ERC and PCB synchronisation should be extended to do a check that all sub-parts of a component have the same properties. This would be a start. Even better would be a extension to the ERC that allowed you to select which one of a set has the correct info and then copy that to the other sections - I envisage this as a dialog box showing the discrepancies and allowing you to pick the correct info to be forced into each part of the multi-part component. Ian * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
