RE: [PROTEL EDA USERS]: Place Part bug/annoyance

[Mark Geddes <mark.geddes@windriver.com>]

On my system everything updates properly except the designator. The part
type & footprint are correct.

I still consider it a bug, & I've never found a way around it. 

I'm not sure if you are aware of this but, by clicking on the left browse
panel, you can quickly jump to the part you want by typing in the first
couple characters. This saves scrolling time. I'm not a touch typist, so
this method may be slower for you. (I just wish Protel knew what
alphanumeric order was, like they did in P98.)

Mark Geddes
 	
> In P99SE/SP5, when I use Place Part (typing "PP") to place a 
> part, when
> I type a new part name in the box, or browse to a new part, 
> the new part
> gets whatever reference designator, part type, and footprint were
> already listed in the Place Part form.  In P98, the new part 
> got all its
> correct attributes.
> 
> Am I doing something wrong, or is their a hidden setting 
> somewhere that
> I have to change?  The way this works now is extremely frustrating.
> 
> The only way I can place a new part with all its correct attributes
> seems to be by selecting it on the library browse panel at the left of
> the screen - and that takes much too long when I already know the part
> name.