Pulsonix problem - disabling "PCB Safe Mode"

[Paul Burridge]

HI,

I'm currently constructing this board that uses two seperate 14-pin
ICs (hex inverters). On the scematic, however, these appear as
separated, individual gates. Pulsonix has 'decided' to route the
inputs and outputs of a couple of the gates to the 'wrong' IC.,
preserving the correct functionality but making for poor layout and
unnecessarily long connections. When I try to change the connections
over on the board, I'm not permitted to carry out the change as
Pulsonix says it'll change the netlist and the program is running in
PCB safe mode. I realise these type of programs expect you to make the
changes to the schematic rather than the board - no "backanno" - but
since the schematic references totally individual gates rather than
hex packages of them, there's no way I can implement the change via
the schematic. So how do I temporarily disable "pcb safe mode"? -
assuming that'll fix the problem, of course.

Thanks,

p.
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[Don Prescott]

No problemo...

If you go to Setup / Design Settings, on the "General" tab you'll see
PCB Safe Mode. Just check the box to allow net-list changes.

Prescott

 

[Paul Burridge]

On 26 Mar 2004 07:26:35 -0800, DMBPrescott@aol.com (Don Prescott)
wrote:

No problemo...

If you go to Setup / Design Settings, on the "General" tab you'll see
PCB Safe Mode. Just check the box to allow net-list changes.

Thanks, Don. I knew there had to be a setting for it somewhere but as
with all these applications these days, they're often well-buried.
Still, nowhere near as obscure as Windoze.
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[Leon Heller]

"Paul Burridge" <pb@osiris1.notthisbit.co.uk> wrote in message
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On 26 Mar 2004 07:26:35 -0800, DMBPrescott@aol.com (Don Prescott)
wrote:

No problemo...

If you go to Setup / Design Settings, on the "General" tab you'll see
PCB Safe Mode. Just check the box to allow net-list changes.

Thanks, Don. I knew there had to be a setting for it somewhere but as
with all these applications these days, they're often well-buried.
Still, nowhere near as obscure as Windoze.

You'd have found if for yourself with the Help facility: just type "pcb
safe".

 

[Paul Burridge]

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 18:35:23 -0000, "Leon Heller"
<leon_heller@hotmail.com> wrote:

"Paul Burridge" <pb@osiris1.notthisbit.co.uk> wrote in message
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On 26 Mar 2004 07:26:35 -0800, DMBPrescott@aol.com (Don Prescott)
wrote:

No problemo...

If you go to Setup / Design Settings, on the "General" tab you'll see
PCB Safe Mode. Just check the box to allow net-list changes.

Thanks, Don. I knew there had to be a setting for it somewhere but as
with all these applications these days, they're often well-buried.
Still, nowhere near as obscure as Windoze.

You'd have found if for yourself with the Help facility: just type "pcb
safe".

I did, in fact. I also came up with another idea that would probably
work: choosing a *different* 74HC family chip for the second IC. I was
about to try that when Don swiftly answered my original question. I
expect it would have worked, but it's always best to get to the bottom
of these things properly!
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