i just did a step and repeat multi chan in SE a little differently build up one cell, fully routed copy & paste whole section, tracks, parts, warts and all and accept the R41_1 designator junk edit the R41_1, etc. to their real names re-load the netlist
this has the advantage over what you describe of not having to relocate the the parts precisely on the tracks and avoids having to swing each one about to get pin 1 in the right place also the parts get less dizzy this way if real parts were the lying about then delete them as you rename the copied ones this forms a cross check and makes it a little easier to match up was/is a little boring but worked like a treat Dennis Saputelli Ian Wilson wrote: > > On 09:44 PM 18/09/2003, Peder K. Hellegaard said: > >Hi. > > > >I am going to route a design consisting of 7 identical circuits. They are > >subcircuits of the main SCH sheet. The components are designated in > >accordance with the convention > > > >Circuit1: > >R100, R101.......C100, C101 etc. > > > >Circuit2: > >R200, R201.......C200, C201 etc. > > > >Circuit3: > >R300, R301.......C300, C301 etc. > > > >and so on........ > > > > > >I have now placed and routed one of these circuits. > > > >Anyone who knows how to automatically place and route the remaining 6 > >circuits so they will be identical to th eone I routed manually ? > > (DXP comment- DXP has a multi-channel capability that allows this sort of > thing to be done with more ease than P99SE. Uses the idea of copying Room > formats, I gather. I have not used it so can't comment in detail. Others > have with success I think. Of little use to P99SE users but some users had > expressed interest in knowing comparisons when they came up.) > > In P99SE I have always laid out one channel pretty much fully and then copy > and pasted the tracks to each channel, then moved the components into > position. If you have a lot to do it would be possible to reposition > components using the speadsheet functionality, or importing from a > database, or from a massaged pick and place file. (Manually moving sm > components with the reference point at the centroid is not as easy as > moving components with a centroid on a pad when doing this sort of work.) > > Ian -- Dennis Saputelli ========= send only plain text please! - no HTML ========== _______________________________________________________________________ Integrated Controls, Inc. www.integratedcontrolsinc.com 2851 21st Street tel: 415-647-0480 San Francisco, CA 94110 fax: 415-647-3003 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
