Re: [PEDA] Schematic driven PCB Layout

2001-11-28 Thread Stephen Smith
ytime. Steve -Original Message- From: Anthony Whitesell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 27 November 2001 18:49 To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Schematic driven PCB Layout Steve, It appears that you have found the quirk called "you can only use whole numbers". I t

Re: [PEDA] Schematic driven PCB Layout (and schematic net classes)

2001-11-28 Thread Jan Martin Wagenaar
Hi Steve! Please beware that when you use PcbDirectives *all* items mentioned in the PcbDirective-menu are placed upon the net. This includes f.e. the 'routing layer' resulting in that the net is*only* routed on that layer as only one layer can be selected. Of course you can delete all the unuse

Re: [PEDA] Schematic driven PCB Layout

2001-11-27 Thread Anthony Whitesell
Steve, It appears that you have found the quirk called "you can only use whole numbers". I tried setting an imperial track with to a decimal and it does not accept it. Protel also does not seem to accept any track width containing a decimal value (ie. 0.5mm, 7.5mm, 0.5mil, or 7.5mil). Does th

Re: [PEDA] Schematic driven PCB Layout

2001-11-27 Thread Tony Karavidas
You might have another rule set for min track size (There are some default rules present). It might override the directive. Tony > -Original Message- > From: Stephen Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:53 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum (E-mail) > Subject: [P

Re: [PEDA] Schematic driven PCB Layout

2001-11-27 Thread Stephen Smith
Still playing with this, I discovered that it works if your PCB is set to imperial, but not metric. It seems that the schematic editor can only use imperial measurements..well it seems like that to me. Anyone know how to change this, as I generally use metric!! Steve >I want to use the PCBL