I've never hear of such a problem, but try sending the DDB file to Altium and describe your problem. They could test it in a matter of minutes to see if it's something weird on your system, or some inherent problem with Protel.
Tony > -----Original Message----- > From: Darcy Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 4:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEDA] PCB ascii files. > > Hey Folks, > > I've been getting an error while trying to save a PCB file in > ascii format in Protel 99SE sp6. I get the message > > Design Explorer Error! > File C:\....\Temp\xxx.tmp is too large. > > When I track down this file, I find it to be 53,259,703 > bytes. (50.7Mb). I know this process works on smaller > designs. I can delete polygons etc from the design and > eventually it will work, but it certainly isn't a good design > practice. I've already tried things like using a different > computer, closing all other programs/files, cut/paste into a > new pcb file. I can't seem to find a clean way around this > problem. I'm currently running Protel 99SE under windows xp > on a P4 2.8GHz with 1Gig of ram, so I don't think its a lack > of resources. Any ideas? Does Protel DXP solve this problem? > > Thanks, > Darcy > > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
