I just had this very similar problem ("see results of performance problems"
in archives). It was taking me 8 seconds to move an 0805 reference
designator. The solution was to re-install Protel and let it override all
the *.ini files. I tried so many things prior to this that also helped, but
this seemed to be the main thing.
Other steps to make this process quicker were :
Run scandisk and defrag
DRC rules off - Even though you turn DRC off it seems to matter what rules
are ticked. I saw a huge improvement when I "un-ticked"off certain rules
even when I had my Online DRC off. Certain rules like matched lengths seem
to slow down things. Also, if there are signals that are routed with arcs,
they tend to slow things up.
Hope this helps, let us know.
Bob Jones
Digitized Technologies
2 Summit Road
P.O.Box 7284
Prospect, CT. 06712-1541
Tel: 203-758-6312
Fax: 203-758-3338
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Fifield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Protel EDA Form" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 1:31 PM
Subject: [PEDA] computer pauses
> I know this has been discussed before, but I just wanted to bring it up
> again....
>
> I'm finding that when I moving around the ref des on my pcb it pauses for
a
> few seconds on to complete the process on things like caps and resistors.
> The more pins the component has; the longer it pauses for. I wanted to do
a
> global edit so I could move all the ref des to 'center' positioning at
once
> but after about 15 min of 'pause' I gave up....
>
> I also noticed that when I move a single ref des on the command line at
the
> bottom it quickly flashes "analyzing [net name]". So I tried changing the
> polygons to no hatching and it seemed to speed up the process.
>
> If anybody has another thoughts on speeding this up, please fill me in.
>
> 4 layer PCB, 400+ comp., Online DRC is off...
>
> I'm using P99SE SP6. Win 2K SP2 800MHz, 512MRAM.
>
> Tim Fifield, CET
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