Protel 99 SE SP6 general question(s).

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Franklin - 25 Apr 2005 13:46 GMT

I'm going to give Protel 99SE SP6 a try. Will be using it for design of
audio pcb's. A couple of years ago I have worked with Eagle which was very
basic and easy to work with.

What should I keep in mind when working with Protel regarding component
placement, inductance, resistance, etc.?

Thanks for any info.

Franklin

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Genome - 25 Apr 2005 15:38 GMT

> I'm going to give Protel 99SE SP6 a try. Will be using it for design of
> audio pcb's. A couple of years ago I have worked with Eagle which was very
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> Franklin

Well, assuming I am gay, and au fait with the general things involved in
relationships.

You will receive no advice.

DNA

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Franklin - 25 Apr 2005 17:19 GMT

Op Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:38:22 +0000, schreef Genome:

>> I'm going to give Protel 99SE SP6 a try. Will be using it for design of
>> audio pcb's. A couple of years ago I have worked with Eagle which was very
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> DNA

or......, you have not understood my question and could have saved the
energy for something worthwhile instead of this nonsense.

Franklin

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Brad Velander - 26 Apr 2005 06:15 GMT

Franklin,
Maybe you could define your questions a little bit better. I
don't even know where to start with what you have asked at the
moment. Inductance, Resistance?

Component placement, yes it places components just fine but
it is most likely not real similar to Eagle.

Overall, go through their tutorials and examples. Don't take
the manuals precisely at their word, there were too many service
pack changes for the manuals to be real accurate. let alone like
everything these days, the manuals are more of a where is it type
help rather than a how does it actually work help. If you can
find their training course (learning guide and related tutorial
files) somewhere online, it would give you a good basis on which
to start, much better than the manual.

Join the PEDA listserver and you can get answers quickly,
nearly 24/7.

http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/index.html

Some tips I can give right off the bat, don't use special
characters in library parts names, stick to underscores, spaces,
letters and numbers, keep them under 14 characters in length. It
is hard for me to even think of where you might find difficulties
or problems since I have used the package for so long I just do
my work in the manner I have become used to and I don't have
many problems. Oh, Stay away from Win98 with it (resource
problems, design rule set-up uses a lot of resources and will
crash in Win98) and ATI video cards from a few (3 - 5) years back
resulted in numerous stability issues. I believe that the more
current ATI cards work just fine.

Work at learning the hotkeys and keystrokes for commands, it
is miles more efficient than mousing it through the menus.

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Brad Velander

> I'm going to give Protel 99SE SP6 a try. Will be using it for design of
> audio pcb's. A couple of years ago I have worked with Eagle which was very
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> Franklin

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Franklin - 26 Apr 2005 06:28 GMT

Op Tue, 26 Apr 2005 05:15:09 GMT schreef Brad Velander:

> Franklin,
> Maybe you could define your questions a little bit better. I
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> Work at learning the hotkeys and keystrokes for commands, it
> is miles more efficient than mousing it through the menus.

Brad,

Thanks for your answer. Reading back my posting it is not that clear
indeed. Sorry for the misunderstanding this caused, but your answer
provides enough for me to start exploring and getting to know Protel
better. I have been able to fetch the training course and it looks good.
The manuals are indeed outdated and do not synchronise with Service Pack
changes which can be quite confusing. Also thanks for the provided tips and
additional link.

Franklin

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Brad Velander - 27 Apr 2005 04:39 GMT

Franklin,
One big overall tip, make sure that you are using Service
Pack 6 for P99SE. It is quite stable and sorted out a lot of
earlier issues.
Yeah, the manuals were written before the first release of
P99SE and then they were never updated through the whole product
life as far as I know. The first release failed to include a lot
of the features that were in the manual and by the time they were
released they no longer resembled the instructions in the manual.
Oh, for help files it is recommended that you use the help
query in the lower right of the main window, rather than the main
menu help.

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Sincerely,
Brad Velander

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Franklin - 27 Apr 2005 09:40 GMT

Op Wed, 27 Apr 2005 03:39:08 +0000, schreef Brad Velander:

> Franklin,
> One big overall tip, make sure that you are using Service
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> query in the lower right of the main window, rather than the main
> menu help.

I'm using SP6. Hope the manual update problem is not present
in their current product, although I suspect it is. Thanks again for
the help query info.

Regards,

Franklin

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