Ian Wilson wrote: IW> There is a group for discussing Pre-rel DXP.
Thanks for the reminder. I knew that the topic was an old behavior, and included the SP number without thinking. IW> To help the developers along maybe we should discuss how we would like the IW> system to behave when moving groups of sheet entries (within a sheet IW> symbol, both sides, top and bottom etc) and when sheet entries are selected IW> on multiple sheet symbols and when sheet entries are part of some wild IW> mixed-up ad-hoc selection. OK, my preferences would be: 1. Detach the sheet entries from the sheet symbol. When creating a sheet symbol, have the user select a sheet symbol (this allows for (3), below), but then let the user dump it anywhere he chooses, on or off the symbol. If I select sheet entries on multiple sheet symbols by accident, and move some of them off of their sheet symbols, that's OK - this frequently happens in Protel when a selection is too broad, and is the perfect time to use Undo. 2. Make the compiler issue a message for sheet entries not on sheet symbol edges, such as it does now for many objects which aren't in the 'right' place (off-grid, net label not touching wire, etc.) 3. When placing a sheet entry, after the user has selected a sheet symbol, when TAB is hit and the parameter dialog shows, the text for the sheet entry should be a drop-down list containing port names from the referenced sheet which aren't yet represented by sheet entries in the selected sheet symbol. 4. Add a 'Remove un-referenced sheet entries' process. Do you see any difficulties or conflicts in these suggestions? Why would Altium do this in DXP when users have coped with this behavior forever? One big reason is that to use the multi-channel capability which has been added in DXP, the designer has no choice but to use the full hierarchical schematic model. The main reason I have seldom used this model in the past was the sheet entry editing made maintenance difficult. Now I have no choice; if I want multi channel capabilities, I have to use this model and put up these behaviors. Thanks for your response, Ian. -- Regards, Pat mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
