Abdul wrote: >You might also move a footprint pad by, for example, having selected the >pad and having left it selected, doing a global edit on a free pad and >altering the X or Y coordinate, *and* changing the scope to "all >primitives" from "free primitives." I haven't verified this; once again, >this would not be easy to do accidentally, particularly if one is careful >about global edits, as one should *always* be. Pay attention to the count >of changes reported before okaying it!!!
I have thought of this scenario, especially since the original post implied that this could have happened in a MOVE or ROTATE, but the real question is how do you select a PAD that has not been Freed from its COMPONENT, or as in your example, leave it selected. The only way I can think of to select a pad is to double click on it, and that opens a dialog box. Now once the dialogue box is open you can CHECK the box next to the word SELECTION, and that will leave the pad selected when the dialogue box is closed, and then the scenario you describe could happen, but that is a deliberate action that one would remember. I guess the real question is will Protel allow you to SELECT a single PAD of a COMPONENT with LOCKED PRIMITIVES by any other process, or at any other time when the operator may be unaware of it. JaMi Smith * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
