If you select Tools|Preferences then the Display tab, there's a checkbox for
'Use Net Color For Highlight'.
To set the net colours, on the 'Browse PCB' tab select 'Nets' on the
dropdown. Scroll to the required net and click the Edit button. This
brings up a Net Properties dialog where you can
It seems as if this doesn't work in DXP. I checked 'Use Net Color For
Highlight' and edited the color of a few nets, but when I highlight them
they are still white.
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From: Tony Karavidas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 10:03 AM
To: 'Protel
that was the feature i was trying to suggest
i thought it was in there but i couldn't remember it exactly
right either
thanks andy
Dennis Saputelli
Tony Karavidas wrote:
Andy, that's brilliant! I don't think I ever knew about that feature!! That
should fix him right up!
I wonder how
In a message dated 2/28/2004 4:17:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have a populated board which has two nets shorted to each other
during assembly. I want to view both of the nets with different colors in
Protel 99SE PCB document, so that I can locate the
but you can make the nets different colors
you just can't change the highlight color
which i think is what he wanted
just double click the net in browse PCB
Dennis Saputelli
Tony Karavidas wrote:
You can't because there is only one highlight color.
If you had DXP you could filter by the
Hi Adeel,
I would select one net and change it to an unused
layer, with its own colour, then do the same for
the other net.
Although I have always found shorts using a ohm
meter on a milli-ohm scale, you can narrow it
down to a small area very quickly.
Darren Moore
-Original
True, but changing the net color would only change the ratsnets. He already
has a routed board with a short somewhere. DXP would help him see it.
-Original Message-
From: Dennis Saputelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 4:48 PM
To: Protel EDA Forum
