Brad, I am not sure what I am overwriting, and I am just using X and ZZZ to signify I have overwriten "something" a whole bunch of times.
Next time I go thru the F9 process I will pay more attention. :-) JaMi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Velander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Pet Peeve (irritating lost feature) > Jami, > if your projects(PCBs) are X and ZZZ then you are not overwriting > the old files. You may be overwriting an earlier version of the same files > or just re-writing the directory name if there was an existing directory of > the same name with no existing gerber files. If the PCB file names are > different then there is no overwriting of previous PCB gerbers. > > Sincerely, > Brad Velander. > > Lead PCB Designer > Norsat International Inc. > Microwave Products > Tel (604) 292-9089 (direct line) > Fax (604) 292-9010 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.norsat.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: JaMi Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:02 AM > > To: Protel EDA Forum > > Cc: JaMi Smith > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Pet Peeve (irritating lost feature) > > > > > > Jeff, > > > > I think I understand what you are saying, and while I never > > realized it > > before, I think that it has been happening to me also. > > > > When I generate gerbers (do an F9) I always have to answer a > > "do you want to > > overwrite" message of some kind, pretaining to some file(s) > > somewhere, which > > I never could understand, and always ignore and simply answer > > "Y" to, since > > I always do an "export" of all of the resultant newley > > generated files to a > > seperate directory. > > > > I always wondered what I was overwriting, but if I understand > > you correctly, > > I am continually overwriting my own Project X, even though I > > am now up to > > project ZZZ. > > > > Never thought that one thru before, but I only hope I never > > need to access > > project X files anymore (even If I could figure out which project that > > really was). > > > > I'll have to pay close attention the next time I generate > > gerbers or other > > cam files. > > > > JaMi * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
