Yes, been there, done that..(either a garbage man or a plumber) I've often thought of the netlist as simply a look up table that 'load netlist' uses to assign the nets to the respective pad attributes on the board. The 'internal' board netlist really riding on the backs of the pad properties, if you see what I mean. Since 99SE I've used the 'update PCB' fron the schematic, but with earlier versions, where the netlist had to be loaded, I remember similar issues, including what you describe in your related note. I don't know why this is so, but it seemed to be ok if you did as you suggest.
regards, Phil. -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Saputelli [mailto:dsicon@;integratedcontrolsinc.com] Sent: Thursday, 7 November 2002 3:50 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] 99SE, a DRC trap or just a dumb user? thanks for your comments so you are saying this is as it should be? i will not argue with that, but the distinction between the the internal and external netlist can be a bit confusing even for those of us doing this for some time our pcb lib was 'cath' 'anod' so the part was re-numbered 'on board' some time ago the orcad sch (customer supplied) was '1' '2' the part was an anti parallel bi color led being used in single color mode, we couldn't edit their sch libs we were struggling with long leg / short leg to square pad controversies yada yada, i think you get the idea my grandmother always said i should be a garbage man, it might have been easier! but what about the last part of my original message, 'a related side note about this' do you or does anyone know what i am talking about or have any comments on that? Dennis Saputelli > a related side note about this: > when we went to re-load the netlist the correct file was in the drop box > we hit Execute and it did something or other and there were no changes > made > > we did it a second time BUT used the Browse button to drill to the same > file which was already listed and then it loaded a bunch of macros > and reversed the 2 pins > > it does not seem to always need that extra step, just sometimes which is > a bit mysterious > > Dennis Saputelli * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:proteledaforum@;techservinc.com * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:ForumAdministrator@;TechServInc.com * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@;techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
