Thanks, Brad. I did find out how to delete the room. It seems that the room area is cross-hatched. At first I couldn't see it because it was hiding under a polygon plane. But I found it and deleted it.
I'll have to try that room placement stuff on the next multi-page design. Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Velander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 1:54 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] rooms? > Ivan, > rooms are for controlling placement of parts during layout. It is > the equivalent to floor planning in IC or semiconductor design. You may > define a room and the parts which should be placed in the room for > placement. > You undoubtedly had the rooms generated automatically through the > update PCB facility, there are two check boxes near the bottom of the update > PCB screen, one of them controls automatic room generation by the schematic > page(s). > Deleting rooms, can't recall and can't try at the moment. Good luck. > > 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 > > Visit us at Booth 2G2-09 at CommunicAsia 2002 in Singapore June 18-21. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bagotronix Tech Support [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 10:20 AM > > To: Protel EDA Forum > > Subject: [PEDA] rooms? > > > > > > OK, you Protel gurus... > > > > What's a "room"? Yeah, I know, it's what I'm in right now. > > But seriously, > > a room just appeared on my PCB after an "update pcb" action. > > I need to > > delete it, but I can't select it. How do I get rid of it? > > > > What are rooms for? If they are for placement, can I get the > > netlist loader > > to put components in a room instead of spreading them out to > > far right outer > > space? Too much panning... > > > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > > > Best regards, > > Ivan Baggett > > Bagotronix Inc. > > website: www.bagotronix.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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
