Ian, > 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.
Do you mean that you cannot set (as minimum) the trace width/clearacne and component height in the schematic and get this information in the PCB? I've been using this for years and it's very helpful. Mira --- Ian Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >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 > > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > * * * * > * 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] > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > * * * * > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
