You crack me up with #6! :) Actually I think Nick Martin told us how to add that text a little while ago. I think you could name it in 99SE.
It's now been factory set which is great. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 3:09 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] 10 best options I want > > > On 08:41 PM 1/12/2002 -0500, Mike Reagan said: > >Thanks for the input Ian, > >One question....does update the component footprint in > schematic work > >in DXP? ie if I change the footprint in a lib for a resistor from > >1206 to 0805 then update the schematic, does Protel still have two > >entries in the footprint box? or the correct one? This is the most > >troublesome problem we have with engineers using an old > schematic as a reference then updating the > >schematic from the libraries. Has this little problem been > addressed in > >DXP? > > > >Thanks for the inputs....maybe we will take a second look at it now. > > > >Mike Reagan > >EDSI > > Mike, > > Footprints in DXP schematics are now only one of several > "models". It is > possible to have more that one model of the same type and one > is selected > as default. The whole issue of parameter (and model) > management (what to > preserve and what to update during updates from libraries) > has been, and > is, an area of discussion, due to the current beta I can't > say much more, > but I am not worried about the future of this aspect of the program. > > You would have to try it yourself to see if it met your needs. > > Some other things I forgot to list: > 1) Ctrl-R rubber stamp placement mode (like pasting but no > need to keep > Ctrl-V'ing). > 2) Once it is working the autorouter has much greater control > over weights > and costs. > 3) I quite like the new panel based view - though dual > monitors make a huge > difference. The Inspector panel is good. (I remain > unimpressed by the > merging of the List view with the Query/Filter entry panels, > though details > not appropriate here.) > 4) Mech layers can be associated (Layer pairs) so they flip > layers when > components etc are swapped from top to bottom etc. Much like top and > bottom solder masks are associated. > 5) Then there is the component type stuff Tony K. mentioned. > 6) But here is the biggy, the killer feature, the solution to > all our ills > and the bringer of world peace - the > little-arrowy-thingy-next-to-the-file-menu has a *text*, yes > a *text*, label! > > Enough for now, > Ian > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
