Oh happy day... we FINALLY have a chance to start exploring Accel EDA, so I expect my next few dozen posts will be filled with questions to the esteemed group...
Jack Olson
jolson@...
Jan 2, 1997 7:06 pm
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Hey, so maybe I'm not up to speed on all this high-tech net-stuff, but can I also email some of these EDA-related questions directly to some official technical...
Jack Olson
jolson@...
Jan 2, 1997 10:12 pm
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... There is a utility on the bulletin board or accel web page which can scale pdif files. So Pdifout your library, scale it, and pdif it back in. This should...
Bert Ezendam
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Jan 3, 1997 10:12 am
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... Try info@......
Bert Ezendam
ezendam@...
Jan 3, 1997 10:13 am
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I am getting the message "Computer has lost communication with Printer" in Accel Pcb. I have no problem with Accel Schematic capture or any other program. My...
Terry Whittaker
bike@...
Jan 3, 1997 3:22 pm
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... Well, I tried what you said, by using Translate from the Library Manager. Unfortunately, there is a PDIF SOURCE but there is no PDIF DESTINATION option,...
Jack Olson
jolson@...
Jan 3, 1997 6:53 pm
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Call me the paranoid one, but sometimes I get the chillin' trembles whenever I try to decide the "correct" approach to the EDA system... (I have been given the...
Jack Olson
jolson@...
Jan 3, 1997 11:04 pm
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Jack Wrote, Which seems to imply that we have to lock in a layer structure that ... Jack, I think we all went throught this when first switching to EDA. At ...
Fred Pescitelli
fredp@...
Jan 5, 1997 2:10 am
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Jack, ACCEL's email support address is techsupport@... Good luck! Greg Hancock bitMASTERS p.s. I don't know how they prefer them but I would...
Greg Hancock
bitMASTERS@...
Jan 6, 1997 7:26 am
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... Just as a suggestion. Make a template database for use with both boards and components. When you add a layer you can add it as any number up to 99. So when...
Susan Unruh
s_unruh@...
Jan 6, 1997 3:55 pm
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... This Layer Structure issue is kind of starting to bug me. Yeah, I'm a new guy and maybe I'm being too obsessive about it, but I am trying to create a ...
Jack Olson
jolson@...
Jan 6, 1997 6:50 pm
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The Accel documentation says libraries can be installed to a network directory. Unless I missed something, the installation never gives you the opportunity to...
Jack Olson
jolson@...
Jan 6, 1997 10:17 pm
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Here the way that I try to handle it is to work all in a global "check library" and leave the Accel library clean. So if someone don't find a part in the Accel...
Hi to all, This layer structure is still bugging me! For now I made only 2 layer thru-hole layout on ACCEL EDA to see how it respond, leaving multi layer PCB...
In the past few days I have written several questions to the group, but I've noticed the majority of the responses were sent to me privately instead of back to...
Jack Olson
jolson@...
Jan 7, 1997 6:00 pm
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... <snip> Hi Jack (and all), This may be pointing out the obvious, but I thought it worth mentioning for those who did respond to you privately....... I...
Dave Bousson
bousson@...
Jan 7, 1997 6:45 pm
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... Jack I think exactly the same. The user group should be used to send questions and see answers. As I am a novice user of EDA I would profit seing the...
Bruno Gauthier
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Jan 7, 1997 7:02 pm
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... Jack I think exactly the same. The user group should be used to send questions and see answers. As I am a novice user of EDA I would profit seing the...
Bruno Gauthier
gauthier_bruno@...
Jan 7, 1997 7:44 pm
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... I think you misunderstood... If you look at the pre-defined layer structure, you can see that they are in order; top layers for assy, silk, paste, mask, ...
Jack Olson
jolson@...
Jan 7, 1997 8:47 pm
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... It's true we all can benefit from the answers of the question there could be a better way than my way to do the job I will be happy to know it. And by the...
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?_?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?No=EBl?= ... Don't worry about your padstacks if you add new layers in ACCEL, they will...
Susan Unruh
s_unruh@...
Jan 8, 1997 1:40 am
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... While this is true, I have on several occassions found private replies useful. In the past there have been some rather uncivil responses to questions...
Judy Skinner
skinnerj@...
Jan 8, 1997 7:01 am
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Hi, Anyone know how to connect pieces of copper in the same net that you sometimes end up with after a pour? Every time I try, I immediately get a via; I...
Graco Inc.
gracoiaed@...
Jan 8, 1997 2:51 pm
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Hi, Anyone know how to connect pieces of copper in the same net that you sometimes end up with after a pour? Every time I try, I immediately get a via; I...
Graco Inc.
gracoiaed@...
Jan 8, 1997 4:01 pm
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I am surching for SMT package TQFP208 and QFP160 in the libraries and can't locate it. The PCBSMT.LIB seems to be limited in the number of different package...
... Andre, You are wrong! Fred (Couldn't resist) Regards, Fred Pescitelli Phoenix Designs Lilburn, GA 30247 V-770-923-3465 F-770-923-2272 ...
Fred Pescitelli
fredp@...
Jan 8, 1997 11:37 pm
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... I would guess that many are having this same problem. We use our own custom library that is "supposed" to be kept up only by the librarian. I check...
Fred Pescitelli
fredp@...
Jan 8, 1997 11:46 pm
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... If I understand your question, I think you only need to draw a line, then reconnect copper to make it intelligent. Fred Regards, Fred Pescitelli Phoenix...
Fred Pescitelli
fredp@...
Jan 8, 1997 11:46 pm
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esponse on request for PACKAGE: I made a QFP160 using the ..\utils\pattwiz.exe DBX utility. It was relatively quick to use and nothing like the HORROR of...
Bob.Stanley@...
Jan 9, 1997 3:58 am
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Thank you Bob for your mail return. I try to do what you told me in the mail but it seem that I have just access to a limited number of pad style in the wizard...