Re: [PEDA] Surface Mount Boards

2001-08-01 Thread potapoff
Dear All, When I edit foopprints' names in schematic in spreadsheet view all names like 0805, 0603 and etc. are loosing first 0. So synchronizer can find footprint 805. Can somebody help me to stop changing the cell by spreadsheet editor? Best regards, Yuri V.Potapoff technical expert Rodnik

Re: [PEDA] Surface Mount Boards

2001-08-01 Thread Thomas
From Excel2000 help file: Display leading or trailing zeros in a number You can use custom number formats to retain leading zeros in numbers that you enter. Select the cells you want to format. On the Format menu, click Cells, and then click the Number tab. In the Category list, click

Re: [PEDA] Microstrip Corners (or optimal miters)

2001-08-01 Thread Andy Gulliver
One caveat on the use of curved corners:- they're placed as arcs rather than curved tracks, so if you use the autorouter it will ignore their locked attribute (if set) and mess up your careful hand routing! (BTDT...) Regards Andy Gulliver -Original Message- From: Thomas

Re: [PEDA] Different sized ground traces

2001-08-01 Thread Andy Gulliver
Assuming you're using 99SE, then you can set up a net class for each group of nets with a particular width requirement and specify a width rule based on net class for each class. This is one rule the autorouter actually follows! Regards Andy Gulliver -Original Message- From: Mark W.

Re: [PEDA] Different sized ground traces

2001-08-01 Thread Andy Gulliver
After re-reading your original email, I might have missed the point - if you want different widths on different parts of the same net then you'll have to route those segments manually as the autorouter ignores rules set by from-to, as mentioned in an earlier reply. Regards Andy Gulliver

Re: [PEDA] Wanna see your board from the bottom? (New server)

2001-08-01 Thread Darren Moore
By the way this server also works with Protel 98 if anyone like me is still using it. Darren Moore * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html *

[PEDA] The Latest MDAC Download...?

2001-08-01 Thread John Branthoover
Hello All, Has anyone installed MDAC 2.6? It stated that it does not come with JET components. There is a procedure to install JET 4.0 SP3. Doesn't Protell 99 SE require JET components to run? Has anyone done this? Any information that you can give me will be greatly

Re: [PEDA] Microstrip Corners (or optimal miters)

2001-08-01 Thread Mark Richards
I would actually prefer using curved traces, unfortunately the simulation software (Ansoft) used by the RF engineer does not like curved transmission lines. Thus, I am forced to use straight sections and 90 degree bends with miters when doing RF designs. The RF engineer performs a full EM

Re: [PEDA] Different sized ground traces

2001-08-01 Thread Mark W. Lund
Of course we can route the board by hand. I was just trying to figure out if we could do it faster. Best regards mark DUTTON Phil wrote: Hello Mark, I understand your problem. You can assign a width to a net with the 'Design Rules'. To be able to pick out a particular connection within

Re: [PEDA] Surface Mount Boards

2001-08-01 Thread Jon Elson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All, When I edit foopprints' names in schematic in spreadsheet view all names like 0805, 0603 and etc. are loosing first 0. So synchronizer can find footprint 805. Can somebody help me to stop changing the cell by spreadsheet editor? I don't use the Protel

[PEDA] Something different: placing components from file -SMD verification

2001-08-01 Thread Darryl
Dear All, I am trying to assist my friendly local contract manufacture, who receives mostly Protel designs to build on his Yamaha SMD machines. These machines are very painful to program verify. I used to work for a company that wrote a program that graphically displayed the placement file