Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules?

2001-05-07 Thread Steve Wiseman
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, John Haddy wrote: > I need hand placement for prototypes and a sea of pads without bounding > boxes to guide a human is just asking for trouble. So, if I must have > overlay present, I don't want it interfering with my placement any more > than absolutely necessary. After

Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules?

2001-05-07 Thread Steve Wiseman
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Dennis Saputelli wrote: > what is the distance from the silkscreen line to the pad? > silkscreen tolerance is not real tight By the time it's 0402, it's dots rather than lines, and they're outside, rather than between, the pads. That's more an 0603 version I've drawn ther

Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules?

2001-05-07 Thread Dennis Saputelli
what is the distance from the silkscreen line to the pad? silkscreen tolerance is not real tight Dennis Saputelli Steve Wiseman wrote: > > On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, John Haddy wrote: > > > I need hand placement for prototypes and a sea of pads without bounding > > boxes to guide a human is just ask

Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules?

2001-05-07 Thread Peter Bennett
Thomas wrote: > > Sorry Jed, didn't see you were running Protel98. > As others have stated there is no rule for this in 98, only 99se supports > component clearance rules. > I guess you could construct components with the overlay repeated on an > unused mid layer and set rules for that, seems a b

Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules?

2001-05-07 Thread Ian Wilson
On 05:06 PM 10/04/2001 -0600, Gladieux, Jed said: >Does anyone know how to create new design rules. For example, I would like >to flag instances where component outlines on the silkscreen layers overlap. > > >I got bit by this on a very busy board and wound up with 2 components >physically interf

Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules?

2001-05-07 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 05:06 PM 4/10/01 -0600, Gladieux, Jed wrote: >Does anyone know how to create new design rules. For example, I would like >to flag instances where component outlines on the silkscreen layers overlap. [using Protel 98] Component interference rules did not exist in Protel 98. They've been added

Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules?

2001-05-07 Thread Jim Mcgrath
Hi, PowerSmart wrote: > I have adjusted my silkscreen on these parts to accommodate the closer > grouping. This allows me to place them closer but it violates the IPC > spacing rules. Only a few houses have commented on this practice. > The IPC is STRICKLY a start point by no means up to curren

Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules?

2001-05-07 Thread PowerSmart
Agreed! - Original Message - From: "Jim Mcgrath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 11 April, 2001 12:42 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules? > Hi, > > PowerSmart wrote: > > &g

Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules?

2001-05-07 Thread John Haddy
> -Original Message- > From: PowerSmart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2001 11:56 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules? > > > I have adjusted my silkscreen on these parts to accommodate the closer

Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules?

2001-05-07 Thread Thomas
hough. -Original Message- From: Thomas Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2001 10:03 AM To: 'Protel EDA Forum' Subject: Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules? There is a design rule called component clearance constraint under the Placement tab. It will generate an error if the top/bottom ove

Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules?

2001-05-07 Thread John Haddy
dy > -Original Message- > From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2001 10:00 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules? > > > On 05:06 PM 10/04/2001 -0600, Gladieux, Jed said: > >Does anyone kn

Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules?

2001-05-07 Thread Ian Wilson
On 05:22 PM 10/04/2001 -0700, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax said: >At 05:06 PM 4/10/01 -0600, Gladieux, Jed wrote: >>Does anyone know how to create new design rules. For example, I would like >>to flag instances where component outlines on the silkscreen layers overlap. >[using Protel 98] > >Component int

Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules?

2001-05-07 Thread Ian Wilson
On 10:41 AM 11/04/2001 +1000, John Haddy said: >However, the coponent clearance rule is next to useless once >you start working with tightly packed boards. If you want to >place componnets so that their silkscreen borders overlap >(e.g. 0402s places side by side), you need to turn off the >compone

Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules?

2001-05-07 Thread PowerSmart
quot;Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 10 April, 2001 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules? > However, the coponent clearance rule is next to useless once > you start working with tightly packed boards. If you want to > place componnets

Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules?

2001-05-07 Thread Ian Wilson
On 05:06 PM 10/04/2001 -0600, Gladieux, Jed said: >Does anyone know how to create new design rules. For example, I would like >to flag instances where component outlines on the silkscreen layers overlap. > > >I got bit by this on a very busy board and wound up with 2 components >physically interf

Re: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules?

2001-05-07 Thread Thomas
]] Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2001 9:07 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [PEDA] Creating custom design rules? Does anyone know how to create new design rules. For example, I would like to flag instances where component outlines on the silkscreen layers overlap. I got bit by this on a

[PEDA] Creating custom design rules?

2001-05-07 Thread Gladieux, Jed
Does anyone know how to create new design rules. For example, I would like to flag instances where component outlines on the silkscreen layers overlap. I got bit by this on a very busy board and wound up with 2 components physically interfering with each other although pads/tracks were all OK.