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-----Original Message-----
From: alan fisch [mailto:alanfisch@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:27 AM
To: pcb forum
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] FIGURE OUT OF EXTENTS???
Hello guru's
In this new design I'm working on I have come across a
previously unseen error. "FIGURE OUT OF EXTENTS".
Specifically what it means I'm not sure. Thats why I'm writing.
I used to be able to place one part near another or even
overlap them temporarily. Now, I can't just drop the component anywhere
it has to be free of other place-bound shapes.
One person has suggexted to expand the drawing size, which I did
but to no avail. I am using several large thru-hole components on this
job but that shouldn't make a difference. This board also has a very odd
shape and all components are rotated to to an odd angle. If you saw it
you'd understand...;-)
The board has the shape of a small axe... mixed smt/tht, 6
laters, no BGA's, not high speed.
I have also taken former artwork for this design and made dxf's
out of them. Then I imported the dxf and made one .dra (format type) of
each layer converted to an dummy layer in Drawing Format. This doesn't
seem to make adifference because I deletd them thinking they were the
cause of the error and the error persists.
I'm using Allegro Studio 15.2
Any ideas????? help!
Al
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