AHA! That was it. Thanks a lot. I knew there had to be a way. Bob Stephens
-----Original Message----- From: H. Selfridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 4:30 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Saving PCB Section as Component? Did you remember to turn on the inner layers in the library editor? The editor assumes just top and bottom by default. At 02:10 PM 12/19/03, you wrote: >Well, I tried that and it saved everything on the top, bottom and silkscreen >layers, but not the internal signal layers :( > >Bob > >-----Original Message----- >From: Harry Selfridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 12:00 PM >To: Protel EDA Forum >Subject: Re: [PEDA] Saving PCB Section as Component? > >The same old way still works - > >1. Clear all selections in the PCB Layout Editor (just a safety measure). >2. Select the items you want to be in your component. >3. Copy the selected items (ctrl-Insert), be sure to click at you desired >origin point for the component (makes it easier). >4. Open a new library and/or library component in the Library Editor. >5. Paste your selected items into the library component (shift-Insert) at >the origin. >6. Rename your new component, and save the library. > > >At 09:18 AM 12/19/03, you wrote: > >I recently laid out two versions of a part - a gullwing for prototype and a > >BGA for production with the BGA inside the Gullwing just to see if I could > >do it. It came out pretty nicely and now I want to save it, traces, vias >and > >all, as a component footprint for use on future PCBs. There used to be a >way > >to do this under 99SE or 98 I forget which, by selecting all and grouping > >selected primitives as a component or something like that - I haven't used > >98/99 for some time so memory fails me. Anyway, is there a way to do this > >under DXP? > > > >best regards > > > >Bob Stephens >snip > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
