Re: [PEDA] v large pcb document

2004-09-03 Thread Dave Courtney
: [PEDA] v large pcb document The bounding rectangle is supposed to be the board outline. If there are primitives out of bounds, Protel will extend the bounding rectangle to include them - even if they are outside the actual board outline. At this point, you best bet appears to be select, copy

Re: [PEDA] v large pcb document

2004-09-03 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 05:05 AM 9/3/2004, Dave Courtney wrote: For future reference this was a hidden component that could not be selected for some reason. I did a text search on the PCB file and found a large positive fractional X component value. To fix this I edited the schematic to remove the component, updated

Re: [PEDA] v large pcb document

2004-09-02 Thread H. Selfridge
This is a problem that crops up regularly in all versions of Protel. It is likely that, at some point in laying out your PCB, some primitive or component accidentally has been moved or placed outside your work area. It may even be on a layer that you have turned off, such as a mechanical

Re: [PEDA] v large pcb document

2004-09-02 Thread Dave Courtney
] Sent: 02 September 2004 06:37 To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] v large pcb document This is a problem that crops up regularly in all versions of Protel. It is likely that, at some point in laying out your PCB, some primitive or component accidentally has been moved or placed outside your

Re: [PEDA] v large pcb document

2004-09-02 Thread Darcy Davis
detailed instructions let me (or the list) know. Darcy Davis Design Engineer, Dynastream Innovations, Inc. -Original Message- From: Dave Courtney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: September 2, 2004 7:58 AM To: 'Protel EDA Forum' Subject: Re: [PEDA] v large pcb document Thanks

Re: [PEDA] v large pcb document

2004-09-02 Thread Leo Potjewijd
At 2-9-2004 15:57, Dave Courtney wrote: snip Can I move the layout onto a new board to fix this? 'Save copy as ASCII', then open the ASCII copy to see if all is well again. Then delete the original and rename the copy. Worked for me. Leo Potjewijd hardware designer Integrated Engineering B.V.

Re: [PEDA] v large pcb document

2004-09-02 Thread Peter Bennett
Dave Courtney wrote: I am using DXP +SP2 and have a PCB design where the document size is very much bigger than the board. Because of this I can't get a print preview or generate Gerber files. In the latter case I get a 'film too small' error. I don't know how the document size got changed but I

Re: [PEDA] v large pcb document

2004-09-02 Thread Harry Selfridge
work fine. Can I move the layout onto a new board to fix this? Regards, Dave -Original Message- From: H. Selfridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 September 2004 06:37 To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] v large pcb document This is a problem that crops up regularly in all versions

Re: [PEDA] v large pcb document

2004-09-02 Thread Dave Courtney
large pcb document At 2-9-2004 15:57, Dave Courtney wrote: snip Can I move the layout onto a new board to fix this? 'Save copy as ASCII', then open the ASCII copy to see if all is well again. Then delete the original and rename the copy. Worked for me. Leo Potjewijd hardware designer

Re: [PEDA] v large pcb document

2004-09-02 Thread H. Selfridge
as this is fine. Is there a way to isolate the 'bounding rectangle' in the original PCB file so it can be corrected? Regards, Dave -Original Message- From: Leo Potjewijd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 September 2004 16:08 To: Protel EDA Forum Cc: 'Protel EDA Forum' Subject: Re: [PEDA] v large