A sad consequence of all this is that Altium actually lose sales and the
community bcomes more closed as a result of cracked versions in
circulation. A university lecturer friend tells me that ALL the students in
his classes have got hold of (and sometimes use!) cracked versions of Protel
and
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Geoff Harland wrote:
But just in case anyone has a tin ear, I do NOT think that defects like
that are all right then at all.
I'm not unduly bothered about that defect in particular, but it is still
all-too-typical of what Altium has
been shipping to its customers
So it is not really a bug, because a menu choice had been provided that didn't
work. Oh well, so that's all right then.
And even though that menu choice doesn't work, it is actually still possible to
create dashed lines by pasting short line segments, as and how required. That's
really
XP and Vista), or otherwise keeping a PC on which (just) Win XP
is installed, so that you can continue using Protel 99 SE. (And you can always
retire that setup if MS subsequently does provide a fix.)
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Geoff Harland.
Yes that did occur to me, I actually am able to open the library
provided with Protel 99 SE.
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cause, and are not of an inclination to back me when I refer to
matters concerning software quality, I've had enough. Good luck when it comes
to trying to improve matters, as I won't be making any more efforts myself.
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as bugginess is concerned) higher than that of previous versions?
Based on past form, I would find it very difficult to accept that there have
been any significant improvements in that regard.
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Danger, Danger Will Robinson!
P98 to P99SE
...
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Thanks for the tip, but I was really attempting to establish whether the
Export command
which I referred to before is defective on *just* my PC, or whether it is
otherwise a genuine defect
within Protel 99 SE (and thus a defect affecting *every* PC
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So unless anyone subsequently reports that they can create metafiles from
.DDB
files using the 'Windows File System' option by using the Export (to
metafiles)
command (which would imply that there is some issue with my PC),
I am concluding
.)
Geoff Harland
I can't check this right now, but maybe another tip helps you. For any
print output related issues, FinePrint has been serving me well for many
years. It is a virtual printer driver that sits between the apps and the
real printer driver, has a preview and provides
as SP3 or SP4 is installed), but copies of printouts to the
Windows clipboard are still problematic - and I suspect that that is *still*
the case within the current version of AD 2006.)
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Geoff Harland
.
If I can find some time to look at Kicad and gain some idea of what it is like,
I will report back. But if anyone else has already taken a look at it, I (and I
suspect others) would still be interested to hear what they have to say about
it.
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Geoff Harland.
We use 2004 here at Avtron
well, and to give credit where it
is due, I first heard of it from Abd ulRaham Lomax. (a number of years ago,
and on this mailing list).
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Geoff Harland.
Hi,
I have created a simple footprint for a component that supports 2
different
physical packages ( a pcb-mount pot, 1 on 0.1 pitch
alkaline (if the pH of that wash
had not been fully spot on), then at least the pH of the board in its very
final state would still be closer to 7.0 than would otherwise be the case.
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to assign unique identities to every pin/pad within every
component, and I am still doing so.
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be rectified ASAP. Failing
that, the dialog box which I described previously should be implemented on
an ASAP basis instead, in order to at least mitigate the impact of that
defect.
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more straightforward than copying (the X-Size,
Y-Size, and Shape) property values from the Top layer to the Mid and Bottom
layers.)
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to best practice as just described, and applications which have
not...)
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for it in at least some situations, though it
would of course be even better to have the P-CAD feature provided in which
customised shapes can be specified on each layer as required.
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, but it is a case of finding the time to do so, and especially
to update and provide the associated documentation.)
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There are many other things which I could say about Protel 99 SE, but
hopefully what I have said will still give you a good start, and don't
hesitate to ask if there are any aspects for which you would like to have
answers provided.
Regards,
Geoff Harland.
Hi Geoff,
I got this to work. I had to Import
opening that file, I could have a go at
attempting to open/update it for you if you like, so you could attach a copy
of the file concerned within a private message sent to me. (Naturally I
wouldn't disclose any details of the contents of that file to anyone else.)
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informing everyone of that
workaround.
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Hi Jakub,
It's too bad that AD6 isn't a possibility for you, as a multi-channel
design is
*much* easier with AD6. Otherwise a lot of manual intervention is
required. You might check out the multi-channel design demo's just to see
what AD6 could do for you
to Internal Plane layers; it is no longer necessary
to use through-hole pads instead to connect to those layers.)
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And a big pity that Altium doesn't do more of it, and in a more
comprehensive manner.
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(quite apart from, and over and above, the fact that such bugs shouldn't
have been present within any publicly released software in the first
instance).
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JaMi,
My responses interleaved with yours.
Geoff,
see below
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of their holes.
As such, you probably really would be better off using the Hole Size Editor
instead, which is able to change the sizes of the holes within pads and/or
vias as required.
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implemented at that time either would almost certainly result in having to
wait until at least the next major release following that one).
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Hmm...
Everyone has a standard for THEIR use of mech layers.
Mech layers are, by default, not specified
2.8 files in Altium Designer 2004 (and I suspect the previous and
succeeding versions (of DXP and AD6 respectively) as well).
So if you want to go from AdvPcb 2.8 to Altium Designer, it would definitely
be preferable to resave the file(s) using Protel 99 SE as an intermediate
step.
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Geoff
the outcome
of fouling its own marketing efforts (and cash flows).
Will they take this feedback on board? Who knows? Some people (and
companies) excel at hearing what they want to hear (rather than what was
really said)...
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If you can not find
files, etc), DRC procedures, and gotchas. (One example
of a gotcha is that when a pad incorporates a hole, and that pad is *not*
on the MultiLayer layer, then blowouts are *not* provided for that pad on
*any* of the Internal Plane layers. And there are others...)
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that if Altium wants them to create library files for their devices, then
they should be provided with a copy of AD on the house.
My two cents worth anyhow, but I would be interested in hearing what anyone
else has to say on this matter.
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Single Layer Mode is selected) without the problems that you are
encountering while attempting to route from the pads instead.
I can't guarantee that this will work, ... but it might.
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Geoff Harland.
Hi all,
This is my stupid fault but...
I have a over crowded PCB, I have a section
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