Arrrrggggggggggg,,,, this is what I did not want to hear... ____________ Brian Guralnick
----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Trow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel Viewer | | SORRY !!! | | I've led you astray. | | The metafiles are only for PCB - stupid me !! | | If you want a "softcopy" of a schematic by putting it in a program such as | Word you can just use copy/cut/paste commands. | | There is also an add-on called klipper - distibuted by desktop-eda | (www.desktop-eda.com.au) - which allows: | | -PCB and PCB Library Editor: | - Copy and paste to and from the Windows clipboard | - Place bitmaps and Window Metafiles into you PCB or PCB library | documents | - | -Schematic and Schematic Library Editor: | - Paste from the Windows Clipboard | - An alternative to the Protel Place Graphic command that stores the | image in your document | - Place the objects on the Windows clipboard as a graphic image (which | you can re-size) | - Place Text on the Windows Clipboard as text in your schematic | - | <copied from the klipper help file> | | Sorry for the mis-direction | | | Wayne Trow | PCB Design Technician | Gallagher Group LTD | Hamilton | NEW ZEALAND | [p] +64 7 838 9800 ext 8737 | [f] +64 7 838 9801 | [e] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | | | "Brad | Velander" To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | <BVelander@nor cc: | sat.com> Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel Viewer | | 17/01/02 11:16 | Please respond | to "Protel EDA | Forum" | | | | | | | Wayne, | where is this metafile output for schematics? I certainly can't | find | it, is it something that is based on one of your printer drivers? I found | the metafile output for PCB prints but can't find hide nor hair of anything | similar in schematics. Even searched through the Protel help (as if I | expected that to actually work) and the only references that it came up | with | was importing or exporting from PCB previews. | | Sincerely, | Brad Velander. | | Lead PCB Designer | Norsat International Inc. | #300 - 4401 Still Creek Drive, | Burnaby, B.C., Canada, V5C 6G9. | Tel (604) 292-9089 (direct line) | Fax (604) 292-9010 | Website: www.norsat.com | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Wayne Trow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Cc: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 1:53 PM | Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel Viewer | | | | | | For the schematic viewing you could use the metafile output capability of | | the schematic editor. Metafiles can be open by such programs as Word, | etc. | | | | Gerber viewers are probably the best way to view pcbs because, as | mentioned | | in other posts, there are no programs that will read a Protel PCB file. | | Graphicode have a gerber viewer that is free - GC-Preview - go to | | www.graphicode.com. | | | | Hope this helps | | | | Wayne Trow | | PCB Design Technician | | Gallagher Group LTD | | Hamilton | | NEW ZEALAND | | [p] +64 7 838 9800 ext 8737 | | [f] +64 7 838 9801 | | [e] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | | | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
