Ian Thanks,
I think a Select-Component process would be helpful, as this is usually where I happen to want to select a component (sometimes for a move, but not always) on one side of the board with a ref des right on top of it on the other side of the board. Protel seems to always select the ref des as opposed to giving you a choice box or the component. I am not sure if this related to the layer drawing sequence or not, but I always seem to have bottom layer silkscreen display on the top of top layer components. Respecting your last paragraph, and the "strange sequence", I would concur, and I wonder if one of those "strange sequences" could not be after terminating early some process such as a design rules check, analyzing GND, redraw of a polygon, etc.. Something tells me that during or after some abnormal sequence or termination that the move-pad or drag-pad is allowed to function where it otherwise would not be allowed. JaMi Smith * * * -----Original Message----- From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 12:29 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Footprint pads moving during or after copy/paste/move processes. . . . Jami, You can restrict actions to certain entity types - so if you are moving designators you can set up a Move-String command (see the Move Process reference) - this dramatically helps in dense designs. The same is possible with pads, components, tracks etc. So if you are doing a lot of stuff on the same entity type setting up (or using the default commands) that restrict actions to specific entity types is often useful. As a check, I just tried to see if I could get a component primitive to move with the PCB:MoveObject|Object=Pad process and parameter. No go, the pad stayed fixed to the component. The only method I knew of moving a pad of a component with locked primitives is to edit the pads XY coords. Now I know another - some strange sequence of operations may cause it when moving/rotating a selection - at least that is what is seeming likely to me from Brad and Dennis's reports. Bye for now, 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
