Jason Morgan wrote: > The files in question were returned to Protel under NDA, they confirmed the > problems as reported and indicated that at present there was no fix. > > Sorry, but I can't transmit designs to the public, at least without NDA, > thanks for the offer anyway. > > I can say that there are about:- > 1100 components spread across two sides > 1000 nets > 10000 track segments (last time I talked to the guy doing the layout) > 2450 vias > 450 holes > 6 layers > Several silk and mech keepout layers etc. > 5000 SMT pads > 15 Polys on two layers > .DDB runs at about 20-70Mb and lives on the same HDD as the program. > All in a 10" x 8" board area
This is not vastly larger than what we have been doing on Win 95, 133 Mhz Pentium-I, 128 MB memory, Protel99SP5. We have about 800 components, 800 - 1000 nets, 10 - 15K track segments (the autorouter sprays them around like crazy), 1800 - 2200 vias, 1000 holes, 4 or 6 layers. Since we have a bunch on through hole passives, we only have about 2000 SMT pads. We have a board with 17 split planes on the power layer, one big one on the ground layer. Our DDB runs to 15 mB after compaction. After many edits, it gets quite big. Board area is 8 x 11". We don't have serious problems with it, and now that it is running on Win 2000, it is much better, still. Jon * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
