Tim I just sent you some files off line let me know off line if you did not receive them
Mike Reagan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Fifield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Protel EDA Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] computer pauses > Mike, > > I used Diskeeper, and have it defrag on a daily basis when I'm not here. I > don't have any other ini and rcs files to copy. > > The ini file is for the user settings, right? What's the rcs file for? > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Reagan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 2:01 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] computer pauses > > > Tim > Recently I had the same delays happen to me for unknown reasons. I tried > all of the ussual tricks suggested and performance was still sluggish. I > have been working with 99SE since it came out so I knew what slow was. I > had been shuffling a file on a zip drive back and forth from a computer at > my office and one at my clients office. Both computers were in the 500- 600 > mhz range, the generic computer at my clients offfice was always faster > because it was equiped with more ram and a better video card. My computer > is a Compaq which I would never recommend fot this type of work, but Best > Buy lost mine and replaced it with a compaq. > > Anyway, my performance was still dogging so I went extreme. I am not sure > which of the following cured the delay problem. > 1. I defragmented the hard drive using Mejenix Fix it Utilities. Great > tools I highly recommend them > 2. I defragemented the Registries. > 3. cleaned the regestries > 4. copied the pcb and client ini and rcs files from my clients computers to > my machine > > One of the above cured the delay. but not sure which was the cure. My > performace was restored to 0-60 , but couldnt tell you what the real fix > is. The delay is gone, but next time I am going to use steps 1-4 again > without hesitation > > Good Luck > > Mike Reagan > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tim Fifield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Protel EDA Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:25 AM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] computer pauses > > > > Many thanks to all who replied to this thread. The solution was to Hide > All > > nets as well as changing ALL polygons to 'no hatching'. This sped things > up > > a great deal with no noticeable pause on R's and C's , however there are > > still pauses when dealing with a many pin devices. Hopefully this will be > > fixed on the next release... > > > > Tim Fifield > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Darryl Newberry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 6:09 PM > > To: 'Protel EDA Forum' > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] computer pauses > > > > > > Set Polygon pour to "Never". Then don't forget to repour them manually. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tim Fifield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 13:32 > > > To: Protel EDA Form > > > 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 > > > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
