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autodeskguest

Hi again,

Sorry for the newbie question but I'm really at my wit's end.

I would like to change the diameter of the pads to the passive components on

the already routed board image but the CHANGE command won't let me, even if

the Pads layer is active. All I get is a rude noise, even while the status

bar tells me to left-click on the component I want to change.

Also, it would make my life a lot easier if I could duplicate a section of

the board elsewhere on the same board without having to do it in the

schematic editor. Imagine 2 channels of a stereo system placed side by side

with interconnecting circuitry routed manually. This would look neater, not

to mention making trouble-shooting a lot easier on the actual physical

hardware.

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks,

Martin

 

 

 

 

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  • Tilmann Reh wrote:

    Rob schrieb:

    The inability to easily modify pads without digging through libraries in

    this program drives me nuts! I've used several programs that are much

    shorter and easier. It's why I didn't buy the pro version.

    Please fix it!

     

    Sorry, that's nonsense. Doing PCB layouts is more than sketching

    something with Paint. Please keep the whole PCB production process in

    mind, and understand that (correct) libraries serve you best for

    generating working production data.

     

    Well, the OP does have a bit of a point. There are times when you just

    want to make the pads of this one device just 1 mil smaller, and it's

    not a production board, just a one-off prototype, etc. Having to go into

    your library, make another package variant, call it something meaningful

    so you'll remember what you did and why, go back and update the library,

    then change the package....that's a lot of effort for something that

    sounds like it should be simple.

     

    I don't believe it is a tool's responsibility to enforce a particular

    workflow so that customers have to do things "the right way". I believe

    a tool should allow customers to work the way they want to work.

     

    Andrew.

     

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  • Tilmann Reh wrote:

    Rob schrieb:

    The inability to easily modify pads without digging through libraries in

    this program drives me nuts! I've used several programs that are much

    shorter and easier. It's why I didn't buy the pro version.

    Please fix it!

     

    Sorry, that's nonsense. Doing PCB layouts is more than sketching

    something with Paint. Please keep the whole PCB production process in

    mind, and understand that (correct) libraries serve you best for

    generating working production data.

     

    Well, the OP does have a bit of a point. There are times when you just

    want to make the pads of this one device just 1 mil smaller, and it's

    not a production board, just a one-off prototype, etc. Having to go into

    your library, make another package variant, call it something meaningful

    so you'll remember what you did and why, go back and update the library,

    then change the package....that's a lot of effort for something that

    sounds like it should be simple.

     

    I don't believe it is a tool's responsibility to enforce a particular

    workflow so that customers have to do things "the right way". I believe

    a tool should allow customers to work the way they want to work.

     

    Andrew.

     

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