swen_s
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1.
Sometimes CADSTAR design editor crashes. This lockes my design file. When I restart the design editor I can only open my design in read only mode. I must save it with a new name to be able to save it.
How can I unlock my design file after a crash?
2.
When I add rectangles during footprint design is there a way to enter the start and stop coordinates using the keyboard (as in ORCAD)? Now I add the rectangle and then edit the shape properies to get the rectangle to the right position (but I would like a faster method).
3.
I have observed that some component libraries place the silkscreen in the "Top silk" layer and some in the "Top Silkscreen" layer. Do they both end upp on the "real" silkscreen? I havn't done any PCB CAD so this is still a mystery to me.
Sometimes CADSTAR design editor crashes. This lockes my design file. When I restart the design editor I can only open my design in read only mode. I must save it with a new name to be able to save it.
How can I unlock my design file after a crash?
2.
When I add rectangles during footprint design is there a way to enter the start and stop coordinates using the keyboard (as in ORCAD)? Now I add the rectangle and then edit the shape properies to get the rectangle to the right position (but I would like a faster method).
3.
I have observed that some component libraries place the silkscreen in the "Top silk" layer and some in the "Top Silkscreen" layer. Do they both end upp on the "real" silkscreen? I havn't done any PCB CAD so this is still a mystery to me.