>--- Abd ulRahman Lomax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you are using Net Labels and Ports Global scope, > you must place a net > label to force the assignment of a net name. With > this scope, you don't > need to use ports at all....
I don't? Great! But then how do I generate the little strings next to the net labels that tell me what page and grid reference the net goes to? I'll tell you how I've done it in the past -- by hand! It's time consuming and error prone, but necessary. My schematics are typically about 10 pages or so so I need an aid to help me find the other end of the wire. (When I'm debugging in the field, I'm using paper copies.) Ports allow me to automate the process but with two distinct disadvantages over my tedious manual method: 1. It seems impossible to generate references within the same page automatically (without 3rd party tools). 2. The automatically generated references sometimes appear on the wrong side of the port so that the text is placed directly over a wire. Sometimes I can fix this; sometimes I can't. Anybody have any clever ways they handle generating net cross references? I've seen schematics (not drawn in Protel) that include tables at the end with this kind of information. Although, in my opinion, that's not quite as convenient as having the information embedded on every page, if I could generate that kind of table automatically I'd adopt that method in a second. Thanks! Matt __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
