On 03:26 PM 27/03/2002 +0000, Paul Holland said: >Thanks Steve, that's great advice. > >Paul
All the advice is certainly good. But it does seem there is a bug here. DRC is reporting a validly routed net when there is in fact a problem with the net. Paul, I think you should send the sample file to Protel support. This may seem like a black-hole but our arguments about Protel not fixing long-standing bugs are easier to maintain if we can show real reports of real bugs - although it would be nice to think that reporting an issue here would get some action I do not think that that will always happen. Better to also report, with and example file, direct to Protel. In the meantime I will add this into the user group bug database. Paul, is the following a correct report? Here is my proposed entry in the bug database: Date: 2002/02/28 Summary: PCB:Components (Entities?) outside the Protel Workspace can cause an error-free DRC with components missing from the design. Details: PCB P99SE SP6 (? - which service pack Paul?). If components lie outside the Protel workspace of 0,0 to 100",100" these components can confuse DRC into thinking that nets that are not fully routed are in fact complete. A error-free DRC can result when in-fact these component(s) will not appear on the board. One possible method that this can occur is forgetting to clear the selection before starting a new selection and then moving the new selection without realising that the old selection remains selected and is moved as well. Workaround: None - but a reality check of using Z-D or Z-A (zoom document or zoom all) will show if Protel thinks there is anything outside the expected bounds of the PCB by displaying more than the expected region. Reported By: Paul Holland Confirmed By: <has anyone confirmed this behavior?> - if not can someone take the time to do so.> (I would like to think that others would be prepared to spend a little time on this confirmation work not just the usual suspects - I could do it but I would like to get others involved and I do spend some time on the bug database and other stuff. If no-one else does confirm, I will do it though.) On the issue of selection prayers. I once was showing a colleague how I would do some complex sort of global replace using the selection state as one of the filters. It involved selecting a number of different entity types by double-clicking one example and then globally changing the selection of those that matched certain criteria. I had to do this for a number of different entity types to build up the selection. It took me about 8 goes as somewhere along the way, without thinking about it, I would do an X-A. I am so used to doing X-A before a selection that automatic mode just took over. I had to sit there and do each keystroke very slowly and deliberately and each mouse move very carefully, like a novice, to break the X-A neuron path. Ian Wilson * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
