no you can't drag a locked primitive pad as far as i know i think what brad and i have seen is a genuine bug which is the pad location data somehow getting scrambled
re the issue of editing a pad when you intend to edit a component (also re the click action often acting on some primitive that you do not intend): my solution is to add hot keys which specifically invoke the old object type specific action: Move Pad, Move Component, Edit Pad, Edit Component, etc i used the Shift key to separate the M E keys etc. from the 'normal' usage so the sequence is SHIFT-E (edit) C component, etc. this gets rid of the touchy feely thing and has pretty much solved this issue for me (this, however, has nothing to do with the bug brad and i have seen) jami, re your 25 mil hi silkscreen do the fab shops complain? can you actually read it or does it all glob together? when it is that tight and when they can't be charted off to the side somewhere we usually move them to another non fab layer and move them right on top of the pads and present those on paper or PDF of course the pick and place machine doesn't care Dennis Saputelli Brad Velander wrote: > > After re-reading some of the previous messages again, it seems that some > people may be trying to suggest that clicking and dragging a component pad > is possible on a component within a PCB (not a library). Does anybody want > to expound on this? I have tried to do this 50+ times and I cannot > accomplish this feat. All I get is an option to select primitives in the > general area or the component itself, never once had the option of dragging > a component pad! > > Sincerely, > Brad Velander. > > Lead PCB Designer > Norsat International Inc. > Microwave Products > Tel (604) 292-9089 (direct line) > Fax (604) 292-9010 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.norsat.com > > See us at Booth S8155 at NAB 2002 in Las Vegas April 8 - 11. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jon Elson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 3:50 PM > > To: Protel EDA Forum > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Footprint pads moving during or after > > copy/paste/move processes. > > > > > > > > This is scary. I generally click in the center of the component, as I > > usually do NOT want to edit the pad, but the component. But, > > sometimes, > > especially when there is netlist trouble, I click on the pad > > to see the net > > name > > more clearly than the way it is drawn over the pad. Scary to > > think you can > > > > move the pad with a bobble on the mouse button! > > > > Jon -- ___________________________________________________________________________ www.integratedcontrolsinc.com Integrated Controls, Inc. tel: 415-647-0480 2851 21st Street fax: 415-647-3003 San Francisco, CA 94110 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
