Design rule screen in 5.7.0

On 1/15/2010 8:08 PM, Olin Lathrop wrote:

John Bachman wrote on Fri, 15 January 2010 14:55

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Look up something called "trimming" messages you are replying to. It can

be done, among other ways, with that "Delete" thingy on your keyboard.

 

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I am not running it in board edit mode.

 

So try that.

 

Quote:

I am running it from the Control Panel thinking that I should set up

the design rules before starting the board design.

 

Setting up the DRC early in the board editing process is a good idea. You

can also create various DRC setups from there for later use by using the

SAVE AS button to write them to your private DRC directory you have in you

DRC search path.

 

Quote:

Could that be the difference?

 

If I wanted to know that I'd simply try it, seeing as how that would be

faster than asking on a newsgroup.

This newsgroup is the method for getting support that Cadsoft recommends

in its documentation.  Being a new user I presume that the software

works the way the manual says that it does and when that is not the case

I first wonder if I am doing something wrong or missing something.

Hence my question so I can learn the proper techniques, not just take a

shot at something that seems odd to me.  Setting up design rules before

starting a board design seems logical and there is nothing in the

documentation that suggests a different procedure.

It would also be quicker if you answered the question rather than

telling us what you might do in my situation.  Since you are intimately

more familiar with the program than am I, it is little wonder that you

might take a different approach.

I also note that you seem to have some difficulty in acknowledging that

there might be a defect in the program or the documentation.  That is a

pity as a perfect application and documentation is rare and improvements

can be made by feedback from users, especially new ones.

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John Bachman, W1JGB

AnaTek Corporation

On 1/15/2010 8:08 PM, Olin Lathrop wrote:

John Bachman wrote on Fri, 15 January 2010 14:55

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...

 

Look up something called "trimming" messages you are replying to. It can

be done, among other ways, with that "Delete" thingy on your keyboard.

 

Quote:

I am not running it in board edit mode.

 

So try that.

 

Quote:

I am running it from the Control Panel thinking that I should set up

the design rules before starting the board design.

 

Setting up the DRC early in the board editing process is a good idea. You

can also create various DRC setups from there for later use by using the

SAVE AS button to write them to your private DRC directory you have in you

DRC search path.

 

Quote:

Could that be the difference?

 

If I wanted to know that I'd simply try it, seeing as how that would be

faster than asking on a newsgroup.

This newsgroup is the method for getting support that Cadsoft recommends

in its documentation.  Being a new user I presume that the software

works the way the manual says that it does and when that is not the case

I first wonder if I am doing something wrong or missing something.

Hence my question so I can learn the proper techniques, not just take a

shot at something that seems odd to me.  Setting up design rules before

starting a board design seems logical and there is nothing in the

documentation that suggests a different procedure.

It would also be quicker if you answered the question rather than

telling us what you might do in my situation.  Since you are intimately

more familiar with the program than am I, it is little wonder that you

might take a different approach.

I also note that you seem to have some difficulty in acknowledging that

there might be a defect in the program or the documentation.  That is a

pity as a perfect application and documentation is rare and improvements

can be made by feedback from users, especially new ones.

--

John Bachman, W1JGB

AnaTek Corporation