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  • Hi Richard,

     

    frankly, just now I regret that I have upgraded to 6.1., because this version appears much less stable and predictable than 5.11 and there is no way back because of data incompatibility... Just now I found, that when I invoke the gate, which is not on grid in DEV editor, it is placed into SCH with the same offset (off grid), while in 5.11 it was placed correctly on its origin by INVOKE. The ADD command works correctly. It can be fixed in the library, but I think the position of the gate in the DEVICE editor should not have any effect.

    I also have lost consistency several times without any visible reason and any warning (only the indicator down right, which I always mentioned only few minutes after the loss occured and wasn't already able to trace it) and had to correct mistakes manually - very annoying and I don't remember similar problem in previous version.

  • in reply to Dusan_R
    Just now I found, that when I invoke the gate, which is not on grid in  DEV editor, it is placed into SCH with the same offset (off grid), while  in 5.11 it was placed correctly on its origin by INVOKE.

    Hi Dusan,

     

    tried what you described, but I can't reproduce it. I changed the 7400 device in the library so that the gates in the device editor are off grid. When I am placing the gates  in the schematic they are placed in the current grid. When I use INVOKE it works the same way. The gate will be placed on the current grid.

    It behaves the same as in Version 5.11.

     

    Could you please check this again. If it does not work for you, please send me an example.

    Schematic and library file, please.

     

    Best regards,
    Richard

  • in reply to Richard_H

    Hi Richard,

     

    I have made a SCH to demonstrate the problem: in the LBR I have moved

    symbols by 1/2 of standard grid. Try to delete any resistor in SCH and then

    invoke back - in this case it seems to work wrongly again, but after the

    mouse click the gate snaps to the grid. In my original schematic it didn'

    snap and was placed off-grid - and if the offset is small, it  may be seen

    as connected properly.. Don't know why, perhaps besause everything was

    updated from 5.x, while here in the example everything was done already in

    6.1. But also here some problem is visible as the gate is attached to the

    cursor with the half-grid offset.

  • in reply to Richard_H

    Hi Richard,

     

    design rules are not more saved with BRD in 6.x? Why?? Do you in CADSoft

    think it's better to set it after each time BRD is opened again and again or

    be aware not to forget to save it in extra file???

     

    I understand, you must be up to eyes in it, but it is the price for early

    release of immature product

     

    Dusan

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  • in reply to Richard_H

    Hi Richard,

     

    design rules are not more saved with BRD in 6.x? Why?? Do you in CADSoft

    think it's better to set it after each time BRD is opened again and again or

    be aware not to forget to save it in extra file???

     

    I understand, you must be up to eyes in it, but it is the price for early

    release of immature product

     

    Dusan

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