Re: [PEDA] OT Metric vs Imperial

2002-08-04 Thread Nick Martin
Hi Tony, This was an area we addressed with DXP but I know there are also some PCB reports that may not show decimal and imperial at the same time (or even based on the board settings) - feedback on specific problems in this area would help us to set priorities. The only other area I am aware

Re: [PEDA] Importing a P-CAD design

2002-08-04 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 03:05 PM 8/2/2002 -0700, David Palombo wrote: It seems like Protel has to have an ASCII formatted database [PCAD] to import. Does anyone know how to import a binary P-CAD database? Yes, load it into PCAD and write it out as ASCII, then use the PCAD importer. To load it into PCAD, either

Re: [PEDA] Upgrade Pricing Ethics WAS: Not DXP or P99SE, but have you seen the Cadence offer!!!!

2002-08-04 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 02:32 PM 8/3/2002 -0400, Bagotronix Tech Support wrote: I have been warning friends and family about what is happening with software licensing, with mixed results. I get a lot of apathy. It will be that way until one day they turn on their PC and it says (names changed to protect the

Re: [PEDA] OT Metric vs Imperial

2002-08-04 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 09:13 AM 8/3/2002 +1000, Nick Martin wrote: Doesn't matter much *what* he wrote, it would have been a bit surprising that Mr. Martin would write to the DXP list (but why not, the other top Protel/Altium officers/managers have written there), but that he also wrote to the PEDA Forum is

Re: [PEDA] Importing a P-CAD design

2002-08-04 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 03:33 PM 8/2/2002 -0700, Tony Karavidas wrote: You're going to need help (a volunteer) with a one time conversion. Someone with PCAD will have to read the bin, save it as ascii and send it to you. I have an old PCAD seat here which would probably do the trick, but it's not installed right now

Re: [PEDA] DXP comment, but slightly off topic

2002-08-04 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 06:43 PM 8/2/2002 -0500, Matt Pobursky wrote: On Thu, 01 Aug 2002 18:32:40 -0700, Dennis Saputelli wrote: if they would just try making some real boards themselves ... A brilliant idea. So brilliant, in fact, that it has already been, more or less, implemented (to what degree I don't

Re: [PEDA] OT Metric vs Imperial

2002-08-04 Thread John Ross
-Original Message- From: Nick Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 03 August 2002 00:13 To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] OT Metric vs Imperial If anyone has specific examples of Metric/Imperial round-off problems in Protel DXP could you please share these with us.

Re: [PEDA] OT Metric vs Imperial

2002-08-04 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 06:37 PM 8/4/2002 +0100, John Ross wrote: I have a few samples, all in 99SE I am afraid, as I wont spend the time on DXP as it does not offer any of the added features I would use, or worth paying ATS for. It will be more cost effective for me to spend the time evaluating other vendors