Try going into user preferences and set display|display_raster_ops to slow. This is a guess. Richard Weinberg Agere Systems -----Original Message----- From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of george.h.patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 1:21 PM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Refreshing Dynamic shapes Nope. They are part of modules and are individual shields or ground/power planes. This is not a graphics problem, it is a problem with the dynamics. I assume that even turning off the shape fill graphics would not turn of the shape regeneration :) Thanks! -- 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: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gene Carman Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 10:14 To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Refreshing Dynamic shapes Can you merge any of those shapes? To speed up my designs I typically work in "rough mode" and only turn on the full smooth mode when nearly done. I also turn off viewing shapes in setup> user pref > shape > no shape fill. I then only see the outlines.. -----Original Message----- From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of george.h.patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 9:00 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [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 <http://www.tektronix.com/> http://www.pcb-designer.com <http://www.pcb-designer.com/> It's my opinion, not Tektronix'