[PCB_FORUM] Refreshing Dynamic shapes

Y'all:
 
I have a large board (15" square) with a bunch of dynamic shapes on it
(~400).  This board has disabled the shape regeneration about three times
without asking, usually after doing a lot of line slides and such inside one
or another of the shapes or replacing/refreshing modules.  I can't find any
reproducible reason for this happening so I can't report it as a bug thru
official channels to Cadence.  
 
The biggest problem is that it is a BIG time hit waiting for all the shapes
to regenerate after changing from disabled back to rough or smooth.  Has
anyone found a way to reenable the dynamic shapes without immediately
regenerating them?  Or maybe being able to regenerate in batch mode?  I
wouldn't mind having to pick up and re place a shape in the area I am
working on, just SOMETHING to not have to sit for an hour or two watching
the stop light go from red to yellow and back again :)
 
TIA!
-- 
George Patrick
Tektronix, Inc.
Central Engineering, PCB Design Group
P.O. Box 500, M/S 39-512
Beaverton, OR 97077-0001
Phone: 503-627-5272         Fax: 503-627-5587 <http://www.tektronix.com/> 
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