I concur. Curved tracks are not actually tracks, but arcs. That is, there is nothing such as a curved track in Protel. Protel tracks are all straight lines, even if that is completely counter-intuitive. (IMO, offering "curved" track placment and not acutally defining the output of said function is both counter-intuitive and incredibly misleading)
Now, some Protel functions require tracks, but though a user might apply a track to the board, choosing the curved version (per Protel provided track placement choices), it is not ever thought of as such by Protel, (except when offered as a track-placement choice) even if it is offered to the user as such. Confused? Me too. I've come to expect no less from Protel. aj > From: Robert M. Wolfe > > > I think someone stated awhile back that > there are issues like this if your keepout > has arcs in it, I think what you define as > a board outline on another mech layer > can have arcs but the actual keepout > which really defines your keepin or > actual usable board area cannot have arcs?? > I really think Protel should have a true > board outline and provide keepouts > only for keepouts. > Again not sure but I think someone stated that > I have not tested it as I have had no need > for arcs in the keepout yet. > > Bob Wolfe > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 7:37 AM > Subject: [PEDA] Auto Router Oddity > > > > We tried to auto-route a circular board... > > I removed the circular keep-out and > > replaced it with a square and it routed > > in about two seconds...> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
