[PEDA] Heavy OT. Was: Altium Release Protel DXP from Steve Casey

2002-07-30 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
> > Hey, I removed my CPU and RAM, and found an old Dell Mouse from 1989, and > now it's all working fine! > > JaMi, I laughed out loud when I read your post. Nice sense of humour! > > Steve. Steve, the guys in the office around me looked at me like I am crazy because I laughed out loud

[PEDA] Refdes on other Layers

2002-07-24 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
g about Problems with refdes on other Layers. Could you please explain more about it? Best regards Waldemar Kulajew Entwicklung Drehgeber Sensorik Development Encoders Sensors Fritz Kuebler GmbH Schubertstrasse 47 78054 Villingen-Schwenningen Germany Tel.: +49-7720-3903-44 Fax:

Re: [PEDA] Bottom components with 'top' attribute set.

2002-07-24 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
ather this behavior is part of the PCB by testing it on my machine. Freundliche Grüße / Best regards Waldemar Kulajew Entwicklung Drehgeber Sensorik Development Encoders Sensors _ _ _ _ Fritz Kuebler GmbH Schubertstrasse 47 78054 Villingen-Schwenningen Germany Tel.: +49-7720-3903-44 Fax:

[PEDA] Wrong 3d-tool supplier [was: 3D MODELS FOR PROTEL99SE]

2002-06-18 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Arghh, it´s early morning in Germany and my brain is still in Bed. I talked about the *Pro/DESKTOP* tool from *PTC* and nothing else. The webpage is: http://ptc.com/products/desktop/index.htm slowly awaking, Waldemar Original Message > But there is a way to create the c

Re: [PEDA] 3D MODELS FOR PROTEL99SE

2002-06-18 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Christopher Rhomberg schrieb: > > Does anyone know how I can draw new 3D components for use with PCB's 3D > view function. > I have up to know only been able to use the default components and any new > ones >are just grey blocks. > > Regards > > Chris Rhomberg Chris, 3D-Models only

Re: [PEDA] How To Set Defaults

2002-06-11 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Robert Ritchey schrieb: > > Hi, > Sorry, poorly worded question. How can I set the defaults so that when I > do a new PCB I always get what I want on these instead of 20mils as > seems to be the hard-coded default. I would like to be able to go through > everything for a new PCB, set what I wan

Re: [PEDA] Issues related to Excellon Format and Scoring

2002-06-03 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Adeel Malik schrieb: > > Hi All, > Some FABs require that NC Drill data for PCB fabriaction should be > given to them in Excellon Format. In Protel we have 2:3,2:4, 2:5 in Englich > units and 4:2,4:3,4:4 in Metric Units. Can someone comment as to which of > these formats supported by Pro

Re: [PEDA] Some more info

2002-05-17 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > In a message dated 5/17/2002 4:30:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > I get what is Solder Mask layer but what I don't get is why do we need paste > > layer after this? I blv both are almost the same thing... There would be > > holes in t

Re: [PEDA] round PCB?

2002-05-13 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
handles arcs better then any other Eda-tool whe tested when changing to Protel. Best Regards, Waldemar Kulajew > Bagotronix Tech Support schrieb: > > Hello, all: > > A customer asked us to design a round (circular) PCB for them. We have > never designed a round PCB before.

Re: [PEDA] Gold or silver plating

2002-04-23 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
way our baordhouse recomend us to do, and they deliver us our boards this way. Waldemar Kulajew * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list

[PEDA] Bugs during Panelization [was: PCB Panelization]

2002-04-11 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Brad, Dennis and all others followed the thread so far I got some questions about the Protel-bugs you are talking about. We always panelize our boards by ourself for they are very small and we nead some additional holes for our inhouse placement. I have never seen bugs in Protel during th

[PEDA] OT: EDA-tool Pulsonix

2002-03-27 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Hello everyone. One more off topic question from me. I got a mail from the reseller who sold Protel to me. He now offers a tool called Pulsonix from somewhere in UK. So I thought there may be someone among us who know more about it and can tell me offline maybe? So any comment is

Re: [PEDA] Micro Via placement & routing rules

2002-03-27 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Abdulrahman You are right when it comes to Blind vias. But a microvia is not only a blind via. Because it is "driiled" by a laser or a similar process there are nearly complete other requirements. One can chose the hole for a micro via between 0.05 and 0.1mm (2-4mil). The anular ring for

Re: [PEDA] Micro Via placement & routing rules

2002-03-25 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
comment. But I did not know about these Forum at that time so I never asked here. Perhaps some of the "gurus" here do know a better way. Regards, Waldemar Kulajew Evan Scarborough schrieb: > I need help set

Re: [PEDA] Solder mask thickness (off topic)

2002-03-18 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
> > OK. This is off topic (not about Protel) > < -- snip -- > > I was able to put a multimeter probe on a via and the other probe on the > trace from that via, and after scraping the probe across the trace twice I > went through the solder mask and got a short. > > Does this sound like an accep

Re: [PEDA] Interest in sharing libraries and footprints? (was Libraries for PIC processors)

2002-03-15 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Matt for there seames to only silence to your question here my coments and thoughts < -- snip -- > > > I'm wondering, too... Are there any other repositories for shared > libraries or such for components and footprints? More importantly, if not, > are folks out there interested

Re: [PEDA] Protel99SE Question on Text Alignment

2002-02-14 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Michael, the only thing I know near to your discription is the "PCB:AutopositionComponentText" command, used to automaticaly arnge the designators and comments of the selected Components. It is found under Tools | Interactive Placement | Position Component Text. Or should be there.

Re: [PEDA] Solution to Setup Mechanical Layers

2002-02-13 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Ian Wilson schrieb: > > On 02:06 PM 13/02/2002 -0800, Brad Velander said: > >Anthony, > > yes, yes, yes, your memory is functioning better than mine. That is > >the exact problem that I had. The problem is initiated or re-initiated by > >clicking the "Default" button on the drawing displa

Re: [PEDA] PCB to schematic back annotation

2002-02-13 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Jun, assuming you are jusing Protel 99SE, there is the way by using Design| update schematic from the PCB menu. You will get a popup where you can preview and edit the changes. Hope this helps, Waldemar > > My PCB is placed and routed manually, the disignators are very different f

[PEDA] Re[3]: View PCB 3D

2002-02-07 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
> Looks nice. But what use is there ? > From a prototype that has been tested I can make a shot > with a digital camera. This image is then used for fabrication > and documentation. > I realize there might be advantages when working with very > bulky parts, assuming collisions are visible. But w

Re: [PEDA] Re[2]: View PCB 3D

2002-02-07 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
"ElectronTrade (info)" schrieb: < --snipp --> > > Please visit www.qualecad.com > They have plug-in for 3D view of pcb in Protel. But their module can > load 3D models created in Solidworks. I don't use it really but I tested > it a few months ago. It work very good. I was waiting for the 3D too

Re: [PEDA] Solder mask over via's

2002-01-24 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Afshin just one more informotion: my Fab-house told me I should not tent vias complete. It couse problems because the soldermask will burst open during HotAirLeveling or wavesoldering because of the Air inside the via. They told me to leave the hole open and only put the cover the Copper. I did i

[PEDA] DRC-Problems with clearence between Via and Pad

2002-01-22 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Hello everyone During my redesign of a quite compact Board, I changed the positions and Footprints of some Components. After the most work was done I discovered there where vias under some SMD-PADS. For these is a deadly thing during reflow soldering, I should find out where these happene

Re: [PEDA] Find and delete Tracks without net

2001-12-13 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > Hi Waldemar, > > I tried this Edit > Select > Net > clicking on a No-Net-Track > Clear > and oops, all tracks and vias with No Net diappeared in my PCB. > I manually changed them from different nets to No Net before, just as a test. > > I hope this will fit fo

[PEDA] Find and delete Tracks without net

2001-12-13 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Hello out there, I am currently working on a design based on an older one. There are a lot of parts in the Schematic that should disappear. After deleting them in the Schematic I updatet the PCB and found, naturely, a lot of tracks with no Net. Now here is my Problem: trying to s

Re: [PEDA] How to change Netlist lines back to solid lines?

2001-12-12 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Shuping Lew schrieb: > > Hello, there, Does anybody know why my netlist on the PCB suddenly turned > into hidden lines instead of solid lines? I did not change anything and not > sure how to changed them back to solid lines again. Thanks in advance. > > Susan Lew > Quintron Systems, Inc Hello,

Re: [PEDA] Protel99SE and training.

2001-12-02 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
David the only man I know is Joachim Leonardy here in Germany. He is working with Protel europe in some way, and offers training in german *and* english. But I don´t know the Prices for a training you asked for.I have only had a training in german in our house and don´t remember the costs

Re: [PEDA] Updating PCB designators

2001-10-29 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Andrew, when I first looked in these Forum I run in the name "synchroniser" to. Meanwhile I discovered (hope I´m right?)it means the server that apears in Protel99SE when you chose update|schematic in PCB, or update|pcb in Schematic. Like Robi just answered (greatings to australia;-) ) y

Re: [PEDA] update schematic problem ??

2001-09-27 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Dwight Harm schrieb: > > Only schematic pages that are open when you hit "Update Schematics" will be > changed. I think it's always been like that. I also found that "Update > parts in Cache" only affected the open schematic pages, at least after I was > in this 'partially updated' state. > <

Re: [PEDA] Tented and freestanding Vias

2001-09-20 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Waldemar Kulajew schrieb: > > Hello all, > > Me Again! Hope I can explane my Problem without to many spelling or speaking > mistakes. > > I try to layout a board where two Problems apear who seam to cause each >other, > and I can not find a workaro

[PEDA] Tented and freestanding Vias

2001-09-20 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Hello all, Me Again! Hope I can explane my Problem without to many spelling or speaking mistakes. I try to layout a board where two Problems apear who seam to cause each other, and I can not find a workaround. 1. I need to tent my vias half (gap -5mil) 2. I need to set them free

Re: [PEDA] Simple Polygon Question (Maybe)

2001-09-19 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Saddle schrieb: > > Hi Folks, just a quikie, > > A large number of the boards I make have multiple polygons on the same side > for different nets and they are not rectangular in shape. With parts and > pads everywhere, the edge boundaries of a layed polygon are not that > obvious. The problem I

Re: [PEDA] AutoPan Problem

2001-09-18 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Nicholas Cobb schrieb: > > All, > I have been working with Protel for the last two years and the autopan has > worked fine for me. All of a sudden, in the last couple of days, it has now > go out of control. If I drag a selection around the page I fly from one side > to the other. This is

Re: [PEDA] Problem Found (Ex: MechaniCal Layers are disappearing)

2001-09-17 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Brad, Ian is right. I remember I pressed the default button after changing the display order to set it to its default. Hope you don´t used it till now. The only way to set the changes back seams to be by manually changing the .INI file. and thats very easy with the list Ian send to us.

Re: [PEDA] Problem Found (Ex: Mechanikal Layers are disappearing)

2001-09-17 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Ian Wilson schrieb: > > Hello all including Protel Support (who have been CC'ed), > > Waldemar sent me his ini, rcs and a sample PCB file. It was not until he > sent the ADVPCB99se.ini file that I could see the problem. > > It took some playing about but I found the problem in the Layer Drawi

[PEDA] I Apologize, was: [Hello! It is Mechanical...]

2001-09-17 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Samuel Cox \"Sam\" schrieb: > > Maybe you can not get it to work right > because you can not spell it right. Samuel, and al who are suffering for my terible english spelling and grammar or even unintelligible sentences. _I apologize_ _Realy_ For my problems with spelling I have two choices. 1

Re: [PEDA] Mechanikal Layers are disappearing

2001-09-13 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Brad Velander schrieb: Brad, back in the Office again in the Morning I notice my qouestion had caused some others. So I read the mails and desided to look for my PC-Configuration. For windows system information showed some unreadable (un-)information i opend the case I found an Asus b

[PEDA] Mechanikal Layers are disappearing

2001-09-13 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Hello all, I am using Mechanical Layers 5 +6 first time and run into an famous effect: my tracks an these layers disappear! Every time I set an other layer aktiv (i.e TopLayer) and caus an redraw (i.e. by panning or hit [V]+[R] keys) I cant see my lines any more. When I set the Llayer act

Re: [PEDA] AW: via tenting question

2001-09-13 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
See below Michael Schmitt schrieb: > > What do we want ? we want the copper of the vias being covered with the > solder mask but the via holes open. > > I add a solder mask expansion design rule that simply says the rules > attribut is -Minimum_Annular_Ring (what i use for the vias 10mil). This

Re: [PEDA] tenting vias

2001-08-22 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Mr. Baggett, some answers for your questions 3 and 4. My experience is either to tent the vias only half or tenting them with selkscreen (if this is the right word for the lacquer used to show the component-positions). 1) The first Idea means to use a soldermask covering the pad b

Re: [PEDA] Changes to the Protel company name

2001-08-09 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Hi, Now I ve got a problem. It was forbidden to read [PEDA]-Mails during work. My Boss seen me nearly die laughing. <8-) Waldemar, even standing up from the Flor. Andrew J Jenkins schrieb: > > On 02:53 PM 8/7/2001 -0700, Brad Velander wrote: > >No Tim that would be, only if you "don't"

Re: [PEDA] ASCII Format

2001-07-27 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
To Mr. Colin Weber > > I believe CDs only have a finite life also. Does anyone know how long? In an Computer-magazin that tested CD-R-live in 1997 I red obout a Time of one (only one!) year until first foult could be noticed. Dont know wether the times have changed in the last Years, but mak

Re: [PEDA] Divide and conquer: a lib. for everyone

2001-07-26 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Thanks for these good Words, Tim Coleman. First I entered the Group I was happy about al the People and the kind they talked one to another. The last two days it seams some of us schould take Cover to be missed from the bullets flying across these Battlefield *g* My suggestion is to ask Ted To

Re: [PEDA] windows file system VS data base format

2001-07-19 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Jeff don´t know much about "windows file system" i gues it would be a risky thing for you not only will see wht is going on but olso you are able to change things without let protel "know" what happend. to Your second question: Protel will copy your Gerber-data automaticaly to windows\temp\CAM_f