that was the feature i was trying to suggest i thought it was in there but i couldn't remember it exactly right either thanks andy
Dennis Saputelli Tony Karavidas wrote: > > Andy, that's brilliant! I don't think I ever knew about that feature!! That > should fix him right up! > > I wonder how well it works in DXP with the masking??? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andy Gulliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 2:44 AM > > To: 'Protel EDA Forum' > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] How to highlight the Net in different > > colors in 99SE > > > > If you select Tools|Preferences then the Display tab, there's > > a checkbox for 'Use Net Color For Highlight'. > > > > To set the net colours, on the 'Browse PCB' tab select 'Nets' > > on the dropdown. Scroll to the required net and click the > > Edit button. This brings up a Net Properties dialog where > > you can set the net colour. > > > > Once this is done, select both nets and the tracks will be > > highlighted in their own colours. Note that the highlight > > colour is the same for all layers, so not every 'near miss' > > will be genuine but it does help track them down. > > > > Regards, > > > > Andy Gulliver > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tony Karavidas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 28 February 2004 21:59 > > > To: 'Protel EDA Forum' > > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] How to highlight the Net in different colors in > > > 99SE > > > > > > > > > You can't because there is only one highlight color. > > > > > > If you had DXP you could filter by the two nets, such as > > (Net = 'A5') > > > OR (Net = 'D0') and using the masking feature, these two nets are > > > shows very clearly. > > > > > > Tony > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Adeel Malik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 5:44 AM > > > > To: Protel EDA Forum > > > > Subject: [PEDA] How to highlight the Net in different > > colors in 99SE > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I have a populated board which has two nets > > shorted to each > > > > other during assembly. I want to view both of the nets with > > > > different colors in Protel 99SE PCB document, so that I > > can locate > > > > the potential areas where the two nets are in close proximity. > > > > > > > > Can some one tell me how to view the two nets with > > different colors > > > > to solve the afore-mentioned problem in Protel 99SE ?> > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > ADEEL MALIK > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- _______________________________________________________________________ Integrated Controls, Inc. Tel: 415-647-0480 EXT 107 2851 21st Street Fax: 415-647-3003 San Francisco, CA 94110 www.integratedcontrolsinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
