because these items are a collection of primitives and much easier to fetch from library and move around then to deal with them as primitives Dennis Saputelli
Douglas McDonald wrote: > > Is there any reason to have a designator for any type of passive item (nut, > washer, mousebites etc)? If not, then couldn't an item of this type be > designator free and therefore not subject to the netlisting interface... > > Doug > > > >'delete components not in netlist' > > >would be a lot more useful if there was a way wo make exceptions, like > > >maybe don't delete them if they are locked or selected or had a special > > >property for that purpose > > > > > >else you have to put a bunch of mounting holes and mouse bites and such > > >in the schematic which makes a bunch of clutter and work > > > > > >Dennis Saputelli > > > >Yes, Dennis, I agree. I have been asking for a NO_UPDATE attribute for > >components for some time. I do not like putting mounting holes on the Sch > >so I usually place mounting holes etc as components from my library (which > >include washer and nut clearances etc) and then explode to free primitives > >to save removing the component delete macros that keep trying to delete my > >mounting holes. I would prefer a component attribute that prevented the > >synch updating anything on that component - I think it should be > >(optionally, maybe) listed in the Preview Changes dialog as a change that > >is blocked by the NO_UPDATE attribute to allow us to see possible > >unintended consequences of the NO_UPDATE attribute. > > > >I think the attribute should be available to both Sch and PCB components. > > > >Ian Wilson > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com -- ___________________________________________________________________________ www.integratedcontrolsinc.com Integrated Controls, Inc. tel: 415-647-0480 2851 21st Street fax: 415-647-3003 San Francisco, CA 94110 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
