At 03:43 PM 12/11/01 -0500, Robison Michael R CNIN wrote: >does a power port require a plane?
No. A power port creates a global net, but otherwise it is quite the same as any other net. You could use a power port to create a global clock signal, though I wouldn't recommend it. (Global nets connect across all sheets in a schematic regardless of the connectivity settings, no intersheet port is necessary. That may be why they called it a "port.") >what i want to is if i am going to have to go thru the schematic and change >all the power ports to a plain ole net to run it as a trace. You can relax, Mike, you don't have a problem. As an aside, one of the solutions to the Protel hidden power pin problem would be a user option that would disable the globalization of power nets attached to hidden pins. Instead those hidden pins would create local nets which would only be globalized if a power object with the same name were placed on the sheet. In other words, power objects would still be global, but hidden pins would not be treated as if they were power objects, as they are at present. ( ) Hidden Pins Create Global Power Nets The default would be yes, to match legacy schematics. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abdulrahman Lomax Easthampton, Massachusetts USA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
