Dom
In the component properties change type from 'Standard' to 'Graphical'. This
will prevent it from being removed but it allso prevents it from appearing
in your pick and place files.
Ian Capps
- Original Message -
From: Dom Bragge [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Protel EDA forum
Dom,
Other than what is already mentioned, I believe there still remains more
options.
Two quick albeit possibly dangerous ways are both in the Options for PCB
Project window. The Comparator tab can be set to Ignore Differences for
Extra Components. Or, the ECO Generation tab can be set to
This is *just* what I want, thanks heaps Ian.
Ian Capps [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dom
In the component properties change type from 'Standard' to 'Graphical'. This
will prevent it from being removed but it allso prevents it from appearing
in your pick and place files.
Thanks Phil, although I'd prefer another way.
Phil Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My solution is to create a blank part and
attach that footprint to it.
I don't know of any other way.
Phil
Dom Bragge wrote:
Using DXP2004sp4 on XP.
If I place a footprint on a PCB that doesn't have a
Thanks Andrew; as I tried to describe in the original question, I didn't want
to have to do a blanket IgnoreDifferences in the ECO gen.
I just tried the previously suggested change to graphical it seems to work
well!
Riley, Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dom,
Other than what is already
My solution is to create a blank part and attach that footprint to it.
I don't know of any other way.
Phil
Dom Bragge wrote:
Using DXP2004sp4 on XP.
If I place a footprint on a PCB that doesn't have a corresponding schematic
part, how do I stop that part from being removed the next time I
