In Mr. Doyle's example, the "AND" is not acting as a "logical" AND -- it's an OR, that is, the result is the addition (union) of the selections, not the intersection.
HOWEVER, I then tried using the same "object type" in multiple selections, and in that case, it WAS a boolean AND. For example: select all component.footprint which are equal to 0603T AND select all component.x which are less than 3000 resulted in ONLY those 0603T's which were also left of the 3-inch mark. Obviously(?), when using different object types, one wants the result additive, since the intersection would always be empty. But when using the same object types, it would be nice to have a choice between AND and OR. I was wrong -- it does do logical AND. So the only limitation is that it cannot do logical OR when the object types are the same. > -----Original Message----- > From: Linden Doyle > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 7:18 PM > > > > >IMHO it would be MUCH more useful if it offered true LOGICAL AND > >functions instead of the LOGICAL OR functions that it uses > > > > Maybe I've got hold of the wrong end of the stick here, but I thought it > already did an "AND" function. > > For example, I just wrote a query that selected: > all pads with holes = 32thou AND > all components with comment = 4u7 AND > all fills on the Top Overlay layer. > (Not useful but it demonstrates my point) > > Hit APPLY and all three object types are selected. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
