Danny, If you want to do a quick and dirty "see if it fits": Select all components Interactive place in RECTANGLE Then draw a rectangle
All of the components will fall inside your drawn rectangle, you may have to experiment a little to get spacing Mike Reagan EDSI ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 8:52 PM Subject: [PEDA] Auto Placing > HI All > > I have a very tight design, and want to see whether I can physically fit all > my components on the board - this seems to be an appropriate use of the auto > placer. Whenever I use the statistical placer the file crashes, and the > cluster placer seems to ignore the keep out layer and component clearance > requirements. > > I have done what help suggested, ie > 1) reset the origin to the absolute origin > 2) define my keepout layer > 3) set my placement DR's > > Is there anything else I can do to get the components to be placed with > correct clearances within the board boundary, or must I do it manually? > > cheers > Danny > > > ************************************************************************ > * Tracking #: BF49DCF061712549A516857570FFD1FAA88A8C86 > * > ************************************************************************ > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
