Dear All,
I am still intending to compile a list of everyone's suggestions
and post them back to the group for comment. Also going to try to form this list
into a database on egroups/yahoo if practical.
Currently up to my neck in paid work though. Please be patient, and keep
posting
Some more items to add to this thread:
- (Pcb Server): Add support for the text strings within Coordinate and
Dimension items to be in a mirrored state. This would support such
Coordinate and Dimension items being produced in an unmirrored state within
printouts being produced in a mirrored state
My suggestion, which personally I rate at the top of my list,
is the following:
Currently, not all layers are created equal. In particular,
the handling of the silk sreen layers and the mechanical
layers in the DRC is different from that of signal layers.
I want to apply DRC rules (where appropri
On 02:58 PM 1/03/2001 +1100, Geoff Harland said:
>- (Pcb Server): Add support for *resizing* of a currently-focused fill
>primitive using the *mouse*. That is, if you click on an edge or corner of a
>currently-focused fill, then you can change the location of that (by
>"dragging" it with the mous
I'm still about 500 emails behind, so this may have already been addressed:
Edi,
I can customize the way a power object appears while in the tool-bar (by
editing the .BMP), but my custom bitmap doesn't appear when I try to place
the power object. The default Protel power object is placed.
The
> I can customize the way a power object appears while in the tool-bar (by
> editing the .BMP), but my custom bitmap doesn't appear when I try to place
> the power object. The default Protel power object is placed.
>
> The only thing it appears we can edit is the color of power objects.
>
> This i
I was reminded again today of the old Tango complete route command. It was
assigned to the forward slash key and it would interrupt the current route
and reduce the display rat's nest connection line to track. It really
shined when it came to doing gridded design with round off-grid pads. You
> Yes, I think it is the same as I had with the company - logo on the
> schematic.
> In the sheet ( or library part ) there is a link to the graphic file and
not
> the
> graphic itself. Your collegue has probably not the same graphic in the
same
> path.
>
> Georg
I have also had similar experienc
Yes.
My suggestion was intended to offer a graphical means of association for
the auto-placer within the schematic entry. Basically the 2D pictorial
based preference generator would just automatically generate a component
class db.
_
Brian Guralnick
- Original Message
Brian,
Have you seen/used component classes (or 'rooms')? They provide some of the facility
you're describing, although not as flexible.
The idea of having both preferred and disallowed areas for parts is interesting. To
make use of this additional information,
though, one would need an autopl
I second that.
Actually anything that would homogenize the user interface between modules
would be welcome.
A HUI is likened to working with another human.if every time you reach
out
to shake hands you don't know if your getting the left or right hand in
return, it becomes
an annoyance.
Gen
Terry Harris wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Feb 2001 18:58:12 -1000, you wrote:
>
> >One item I would like to see added to PCB is the use of a wild card (and a
> >range) when placing components etc.
> >i.e. 'edit' 'move' 'Component' U*. This would allow the user to place all
> >designated components start
On Mon, 5 Feb 2001 18:58:12 -1000, you wrote:
>One item I would like to see added to PCB is the use of a wild card (and a
>range) when placing components etc.
>i.e. 'edit' 'move' 'Component' U*. This would allow the user to place all
>designated components starting with the lowest value of U and
I agree. It would be better to have schematic power object symbols in separate
library file and thus, fully editable.
Rene Tschaggelar wrote:
> The power objects in schematic are not elegant.
> +5V_bar
> +3.3V_bar
> +15V_arraow
> -5.2V_circle
> GND_dig
> GND_analog
> Earth
>
Andrei
* *
re split planes -- change PCB so that the plane layer must be the CURRENT
layer for the split to be editable. (How often do you edit the split,
compared to ALL the other parts on the board!)
I just did my first design that had one of these, and being CONSTANTLY
prompted to choose between the spl
All areas -- more consistent feature set, menus, and shortcut keys across processes.
Some examples:
1) SP6 greatly enhanced the text editor, but someone forgot to update the shortcut
keys on the Edit menu -- they're still listing
the old Win3.x keys; fortunately the standard ones (Ctl+C,V,X,Z)
Edi Im Hof wrote:
> >The power objects in schematic are not elegant.
>
> You can change this quite easy. (Customize|Toolbars|Wiring Tools)
> The bitmaps of the buttons are in the directory "Design Explorer 99
> SE\System\Buttons" and can be copied and edited. I've changed ALL the
> buttons.
But
On 12:07 AM 6/02/2001 -0500, Andrew Jenkins said:
>And one for service packs:
>
>Provide detailed lists of bug fixes for each and every service pack, PRIOR
>to download of said service pack. After all, what's the point of
>downloading a service packs which may or may not break something else, if
Here's another for the list of improvements to the core app, ie, next version
In Schematic, PCB, and their associated library editors (at least):
Allow the user to select and maintain their own default, global workspace
characteristics by use of global preferences selections, instead of forcing
Another improvement to add to the list; its nature is such that it would
almost certainly have to be provided in a new version, rather than in
another SP for the existing version.
Permit "free" text strings within schematic components to be right justified
or centre justified, as alternatives to
On Mon, 5 Feb 2001 at 20:24:31, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:-
>Panning in Schematic by grabbing the display in a blank space with
>right-mouse, as in PCB.
I agree although I currently use a MS IntelliMouse to do this. Not as
smooth but works fine.
--
Neale Brodie. RUBI
Here's a few more
SCH
* The ability to define classes and class properties as well as other
rules at the
schematic level.
* Allowing PCB directives such as track width to be set in a
particular unit
(metric/imperial)
* In schematic library, the ability to define a pin as a "no connect"
which wo
Panning in Schematic by grabbing the display in a blank space with
right-mouse, as in PCB.
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At 16:40 05.02.01 +0100, you wrote:
>Edi Im Hof wrote:
> >
> > At 11:42 05.02.01 +0100, you wrote:
> > >The power objects in schematic are not elegant.
> > >I'd like to setup a list of objects for my design to choose from:
> > >+5V_bar
> > >+3.3V_bar
> > >+15V_arraow
> > >-5.2V_circle
> > >GND_d
Here are some of the silly things in Protel which could be (in my opinion)
improved.
Tab order in the global editing boxes changed from down then across to across
then down
Renumbering designators in pasted arrays should match between SCH and PCB.
SCH increments designators (R1 -> R2) PCB a
On 06:58 PM 5/02/2001 -1000, Cecil Waterhouse said:
>One item I would like to see added to PCB is the use of a wild card (and a
>range) when placing components etc.
>i.e. 'edit' 'move' 'Component' U*. This would allow the user to place all
>designated components starting with the lowest value of
Edi Im Hof wrote:
>
> At 11:42 05.02.01 +0100, you wrote:
> >The power objects in schematic are not elegant.
> >I'd like to setup a list of objects for my design to choose from:
> >+5V_bar
> >+3.3V_bar
> >+15V_arraow
> >-5.2V_circle
> >GND_dig
> >GND_analog
> >Earth
> >
>
> You can change
> I assume this kind of thing has been done before on this forum, but since
there
> does not seem to be a coherent thread of this kind running I thought I
would try to
> start one...
>
> I am sure every user has their own mental list of 'worst' bugs, and 'must
have'
> improvements for the various
At 07:15 PM 2/3/01 -0500, Mike Reagan wrote:
>6. A NO ERROR directive in PCB to overide a drc error.
This directive would essentially be a generic design rule override. It
would suppress a specific error message. The override would list the
suppressed message, and it would be possible to print
At 11:42 05.02.01 +0100, you wrote:
>The power objects in schematic are not elegant.
>I'd like to setup a list of objects for my design to choose from:
>+5V_bar
>+3.3V_bar
>+15V_arraow
>-5.2V_circle
>GND_dig
>GND_analog
>Earth
>
You can change this quite easy. (Customize|Toolbars|Wiring Tools
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