thanks Mike I tried that, and it is a good help, but it places SMD pads on top of through hole pads (SMD on bottom side, and T on top side)
cheers Danny > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Reagan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 4 July 2002 12:15 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Auto Placing > > > 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/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
