In the case of this new orcad feature you specifically do it 'outside' of the graphical sch you point to sheets and it gathers a properties page kind of like a batch process
ds Ian Wilson wrote: > > On 10:31 AM 11/08/2004, Dennis Saputelli said: > >seems like this would be possibly a nice feature to optionally control > >from the schematic and be fully automatic > >if you didn't like the result you could > >still muck about with the parts selectively > > Yep. I agree. Users have been suggesting a number of things (on the DXP > forum) that increase the ability to control layout from sch. Things like > setting layers and being able to create classes (nets, components etc) in > the sch. Maybe some of these ideas will appear at some stage. > > >Orcad capture also has what i think is a new feature to v. 10: > >a big spreadsheet type panel with all the objects across all the > >sheets which can be sorted by their columns > >and which can be used to globally > >edit things reasonably simply > > Sort of like DXP/P2004's List panel is it? P99SE has this but you have to > export-change-import and this is a somewhat fiddly process. > > One of my dislikes about P2004 is that the List panel is always "active" > (even if not visible). The List panel is great when necessary but filling > it and emptying it *might* be a cause of delays when doing queries that > affect lots of objects - there are delays but us users are not privy to all > the causes, I hypothesize that the List panel is one cause. I say might as > there is no way of confirming whether this is the case, but it is a > possibility. > > However there are times when the List panel is very useful. You can sort by > clicking on column headers. You can edit a bunch of objects at the same > time. You can show child objects of group objects (polygons, components > etc). Managing the columns that are shown could be better I think. The > List, like the Inspector, by default only shows columns that are common to > all the objects returned by the current filter. So when no filter is > active it shows everything and so you don't have many useful columns - you > can turn on more columns manually. > > The main issue I have with P2004 implementation of the List panel > (spreadsheet view) is that keeping it up-to-date is possibly a cause of > these pregnant pauses that one gets while running some queries/filters. I > would like to be able to turn off the List panel so it is not having to be > continually kept synched with the current filters. > > Ian -- _______________________________________________________________________ Integrated Controls, Inc. Tel: 415-647-0480 EXT 107 2851 21st Street Fax: 415-647-3003 San Francisco, CA 94110 www.integratedcontrolsinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
