Thanks Mike, I think our issue really is how some components managed to get moved outside the PCB workspace. I can feel some lengthy manual checks coming on..... :-)
Regards Paul -----Original Message----- From: Mike Reagan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 27 March 2002 13:50 To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel 99SE Un-routed nets bug? Paul, You certainly pose a good question, but I believe 100000 mil is the limits of Protels workspace. What happens outside of the workspace is anyone's guess. I have connected 50- 60 designs a year with thousands of connections each, multiply that times 5 years and I have only ever had one drc error from connectivity. It was attributed to polygons which I won't cover here. My recommendation is move your design to area under 50000 x 50000. everything will work fine, The DRC is bulletproof. I make sure designs are under 50 inch because Spectra will crash if the design is out of limits Good Luck Mike Reagan ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Protel EDA Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 5:01 AM Subject: [PEDA] Protel 99SE Un-routed nets bug? > Hi, > I'm new to this forum so please be gentle with me! > > One of my colleagues recently managed to design a board with 4 nets > unrouted, yet the un-routed nets DRC ran clean. > > He managed to do this by accidentally moving the components in question > outside the pcb design area. The nets from these components then seemed to > behave as if they were connected, not showing in the PCB editor or flagging > up an unconnected net within the DRC. > > I have managed to partially re-create this error simply with 2 SMD resistors > connected together, creating 2 nets. When one is moved to 1000000mil x > 1000000mil, one of the nets suddenly becomes 'connected'! > > Has anyone heard of this before? > > Paul Holland > PCB Designer > Synergy Board Systems > Tel: 0044 (0) 1522 520222 > Fax: 0044 (0) 1522 531222 > Mob: 0044 (0) 7799 048851 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: www.synergyboardsystems.com > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
