Re: [PEDA] Slow Performance of Protel 99SE

[Bob Jones]

I've had this problem before also with many posts to this forum. The best
single action to speed things up was to change the polygon repour to
never. I've done other things with rules and optimizing the computer but
this seems to be the biggest problem.

- Original Message -
From: Adeel Malik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Protel EDA Forum' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 8:58 AM
Subject: [PEDA] Slow Performance of Protel 99SE


 Hi All,
  I have P-3 with 256MB RAM and quite a lot of space on Hard Disk
but
 still sometimes the Protel seems to be crawling rather than running when
the
 Net Count or component count exceeds 2000. I also perform Compact After
 Close option when exiting. Can someone give me generic guidelines as to
how
 to increase the performance of Portel 99SE.
 Regards,
 Adeel Malik



 
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Re: [PEDA] Slow Performance of Protel 99SE

[Igor Gmitrovic]

Malik,

You could decrease the number of undo steps for schematics and pcb editors, in 
Tools-Preferences menus. This will free up some of your RAM. You could also consider 
adding more RAM. There is a non-linear function between the component count and the 
time it takes to DRC a board. For a component count like yours, it may seem that 
Protel has gone to sleep. The best way I know to solve this is to get a faster machine.

On the other hand you could halve the number of components. It would save you a lot of 
time and your boss will love you.

Igor 

-Original Message-
From: Adeel Malik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, 24 August 2002 10:59 PM
To: 'Protel EDA Forum'
Subject: [PEDA] Slow Performance of Protel 99SE


Hi All,
 I have P-3 with 256MB RAM and quite a lot of space on Hard Disk but
still sometimes the Protel seems to be crawling rather than running when the
Net Count or component count exceeds 2000. I also perform Compact After
Close option when exiting. Can someone give me generic guidelines as to how
to increase the performance of Portel 99SE.
Regards,
Adeel Malik




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