On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:47:19 -0400, Rob Young wrote:
>Plus it is far superior to P99SE!
>
>I just ran a BOM with the new simple BOM generator and it is by far the best
>BOM output in Protel yet! In fact, I can just open the *.csv file in Excel
>and don't really have to modify anything. In the designator column, you can
>set the cell to wrap the text and adjust your column width. I have been
>wishing for this for years!
Well you could have downloaded my partlist generator from Protel BOM csv
files for years.
With configurable output like this sample....
Itm Qty References Description
=== === =================== ===========================================
1 2 C9 C10 Capacitor ML Ceramic NPO 50v 0603, 22p, Any,
(FEC 722-005)
2 6 C1 C2 C3 C5 C6 C7 Capacitor ML Ceramic X7R 50v 0805, 2n2, Any,
(FEC 660-607)
3 7 C4 C8 C11 C13 C15 Capacitor ML Ceramic X7R 50v 1206, 100n,
C16 C17 Any, (FEC 718-646)
4 2 C12 C14 Capacitor Tant 16v TAJ-A, 1u, Any, (RS
262-4327)
5 1 X1 Crystal SMT, 12MHz, Seiko, MA506-12 (FEC
562-889)
6 4 D1 D2 D3 D4 Diode Small signal SOT-23, BAS16, Any, (FEC
743-124)
7 3 U2 U3 U4 IC CMOS 74HC SMT SO14, 74HC08, , Any (FEC
379-244)
In 98 configured as a csv editor it was a one click operation. 99 bust that
with the now deceased database storage. DXP has bust it again because the
Sch:ReportBOM process no longer exists although it could be configured to
generate some kind of workable csv file.
BOM is another example of piss-poor backward compatibility in DXP.
Components used to have 16 part fields which I and no doubt others used to
store essential BOM information. The BOM reports generated a fixed format
csv with all fields.
So import a 99SE project to DXP and to create a 99SE compatible BOM csv
requires you dick around dragging and dropping fields into the BOM
generator then manually exporting a csv file. What I find incredible is
that (as far as I can tell) the settings for the BOM generator are not
saved anywhere, not even once for the project never mind saved in a format
where they could be applied to a different project.
After a break looking at DXP again with the new SP1 and I still find myself
resisting the urge to punch the screen........
Another issue for which maybe someone knows the answer. How do you globally
add a schematic component parameter? Or come to that how you globaly edit
them - they don't appear in the inspector.
Cheers, Terry.
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