I bought this linker to Solidworks and am happy with the improved interface with our mechanical engineer. I can make a board outline in Protel with connectors and perhaps some large components. There is a Solidworks 3D drawing file for each footprint.. The linker creates a Solidworks representation of the board which can be edited for mechanical considerations and the changes passed back to P99. One or two such iterations usually suffice. Desktop EDA also have a linker to Autocad and DXP versions of both.
Graham Brown
Desktop EDA http://www.desktop-eda.com.au Suite 26 2 Park Drive Bundoora Vic 3083 Australia
ph +61 3 9455 2289 fax +61 3 9479 1675 Rich Thompson wrote:
DXP does support this
-----Original Message----- From: Jun Gong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 October 2003 20:32 To: 'Protel EDA Forum' Subject: [PEDA] Height limit on PCB, Protel 99SE sdk and more
Hi,
We often several areas on PCB where component height is limited. Currently Protel 99SE doesn't support this feature (I don't know DXP). I have to look back into the component's data sheet frequently. To make things easier, a solution is to put the height info into schematic symbol( one of library fields). You may understand it is still a pain. I am thinking to develop a server to help me in automatically gather the height info in schematic, then generate component classes by height and the height limits of PCB areas, generate DRC rules.
Is there anybody familiar to develop Protel Server here? I need Protel SDK for Protel 99SE, and I need somebody's help in doing the programming. Maybe we can start the first open-source programming from here.
Thanks.
Jun Gong
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