[PCB_FORUM] Re: So what was the solution to the shape problem ?

Actually, I was responding to Gene.  I never received your post, but thank
you anyway :)

Ain't the internet wunnerful :D

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George Patrick
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It's my opinion, not Tektronix' 



-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin McCowan [mailto:kmccowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 09:37
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: So what was the solution to the shape problem?


Nope. This is not the case, for me anyway.
I have done all of the things suggested so far except
deleting the voids that Todd suggested. I want to try
that but need to get this finished. I don't think that that 
will help as there are no voids that I am aware of.
I have also drawn a void in the "under" shape to clear the
shape I added. It made no difference. I am now in the
process of voiding all of the vias and pins but one
(or more) of them results in a "after voiding there is
no shape left" error. I am in the process of narrowing
it down to the one (or more) causing the problem. As
I stated before, every time I select some vias to void,
I get a 40 minute delay while it processes.
I individually zcopied all of the shapes to another layer
and got the same result. This is extremely frustrating.
Also, the boundary subclass is not new to 15.2. I have
been using it since at least 15.0. Converting to 15.2
has not been a problem as I am still at 15.1 with
the latest SR installed.

By the way, thanks for all of the excellent suggestions.
I wish one of them would have solved the problem. I was also
hoping one of the Cadence monitors might respond.
Ah, well, back to my hammer to beat on it some more.

One of the things I have always said about Allegro is it
almost always has more than one way to "skin a cat".
This is a prime example of that. I used Expedition for
3 years and it rarely had more than one way to provide
solution to a problem. I missed that and am now glad
to be back to Allegro even with it's anomalies.

Thanks,
Kevin

george.h.patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>  
> Because of the way dynamic shapes work, the shape fill is probably 
> blanked because it is under your real shape.  Try turning the shape 
> boundaries on:  Display > Color Visibility > Stackup > (whatever layer) 
> Boundary and see if the shape boundary is visible in that area...
>  
>  
> 
> -- 
> /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 <http://www.tektronix.com/>    
> http://www.pcb-designer.com <http://www.pcb-designer.com/>
> 
> /It's _*my*_ opinion, not Tektronix'/
> 
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* Gene Carman [mailto:gcarman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>     *Sent:* Friday, December 17, 2004 18:25
>     *To:* icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     *Subject:* [PCB_FORUM] So what was the solution to the shape problem?
> 
>     "Film contains DRC error"
>      
>     Shape at "location" contains void at "different location" which
>     touches another shape.
>      
>      
>     Any fix for this...  seems some of you Gurus had something.  I am
>     now in version15.2 S032. 
>      
>     The "location" is the starting vertex of the main shape fill.  There
>     is nothing resembling a void or even "another shape" at the problem
>     location. 
>      
>     Thanks
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