Re: Schematic Library compatibility problem

Thomas A.D. Riley wrote:

> These are schematics right?


Yes, the problem is with the wires and pins on schematics.

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> On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 17:21 -0400, Richard Griffith wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I have circuits that have migrated through several versions of electric 
>>and been imported from Cadence through and EDIF process. This involved 
>>scaling and different technologies in Electric.
>>
>>I now have a library that was done with Electric 8.01 on another 
>>computer and it loads fine and netlists/simulates on that machine.
>>Loading it into my library set with Electric 8.01 I get a small error.
>>I correct the error. Save the library, restart electric, reload the 
>>library set and I get new errors.
>>I correct the errors. Save the library, restart electric, reload the 
>>library set and I get new errors.
>>repeat.
>>
>>I suspect this is due to different scaling between the original library 
>>set and my current set and arcs, pins not connecting with my current 
>>options. But I wonder why I get new errors when I save it from my 
>>current session.
>>
>>I can also open the library in Electric 8.02. I get another single small 
>>error.
>>Cell xxxx has an unconnected pin
>>That pin is available in the selection list. When I select that pin and 
>>Focus on Highlighted to find it a memory leak is exercised and what was 
>>once a happy 200M process uses my entire system page file allocation.
>>
>>
>>I am wondering if anyone has seen the scaling issue and has a solution 
>>other than redrawing the entire library.
>>
>>Also I would like hints at how to get an example error rather than my 
>>entire design library set so I can submit a bug report.
>>
>>
>>Regards,
>>Richard Griffith.
>>    
>>
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