On 11:59 PM 29/11/2001 -0500, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax said: >At 11:27 AM 11/30/01 +1100, Michael Beavis wrote: >>Free pads allow for more powerful design rules to be employed but it is >>possible to lose them when synchronising from SCH if care is not taken. >>If the 'Delete component' option is selected in the sync process and the >>free pads do not appear on the SCH they will be removed from the PCB. > >Free pads, by definition, do not appear on the schematic. I read this post >from Mr. Beavis and was pretty shocked. I was about to start railing at >the programmers who would allow Free-padname to be deleted as if it were a >component. But I tried it first. I could not get free pads to disappear >from a PCB when the PCB was Updated from a schematic. > >If one uses a component for mounting holes, yes, that component should be >on the schematic or it will be deleted.
One reason I explode mechanical stuff once it is locked in place - prevents the Synch from removing them. Bring on the requested part attribute, NoSynchronize. Ian Wilson * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
