[PEDA] Pre-routing In 99SE

[Robert Ritchey]

Hi Harry,
Thanks for that tip.  I did not have the bounding outline complete because
of a block move.  2.8 didn't care but I realize that 99SE is a lot pickier
about a lot of things.

At 12:00 PM 11/11/2006 -0600, PEDA-request at techservinc.com wrote:
>Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:38:23 -0800
>From: Harry Selfridge <harrys at encoreengineering.com>
>Subject: Re: [PEDA] Pre-routing In 99SE
>To: Protel EDA Discussion List <PEDA at techservinc.com>
>
>Hi Bob,
>
>I doubt that your component footprint is what is causing the
>problem.  As I recall, the most common reason for the "failed to
>initialize" complaint from the 99SE router was a missing or
>incomplete bounding outline on the keepout layer.
>
>There are some suggestions/hints in the knowledge base article:
>http://www.altium.com/forms/kb/kb_item.asp?ID=1694
>
>Regards - Harry
>
>
>At 11:40 AM 11/10/2006, you wrote:
> >Hi Again,
> >As you can tell I am just getting into 99SE.  Believe it or not PCB 2.8 had
> >done all I needed for quite a while.  I now have a board with some 
> components
> >at 45 degrees and 2.8 falls apart there.  Anyway, I am probably doing this
> >wrong but it has worked for all this time in 2.8.  I defined a 
> heat-sink with some
> >fills and no pads.  When I would pre-route in 2.8 it would change 
> these fills to
> >what ever might be connected to them, like the tab on a D2PAK.  I 
> tried to turn
> >off all the auto-routing in 99SE to get a pre-route but it does 
> not work.  It goes
> >through the locked traces and then says it cannot initialize which 
> really does
> >not tell me anything.  I am not even sure if 99SE will act the 
> same way as 2.8
> >did.  I may have to re-do the way I define my heat-sink.  This is 
> a surface mount
> >heat-sink that has a contact area like a "U" (Aavid 7109D).  The 
> only way I can
> >figure to do this is will 3 fills.  As you can tell I am way 
> behind the curve here and
> >would appreciate any suggestions.
> >Thanks,
> >
> >-Bob

-Bob
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