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Etch Edit Routing "Toggle" and finding symbols with zoom to ? "Orcad/Allegro PCB Editor"

ScottCad
ScottCad over 13 years ago

In Allegro etch edit how do I enable "Toggle" type routing to be the default for every net. I had to resort to making a hotkey to handle this as I could not find a way to keep toggle enabled. Right now when I click on a pin and start routing a trace its a multi step operation. I click the net then right click check toggle or hit my "T" key to avoid the right click.

Here is the macro I made to handle this. funckey t "prepopup; toggle"

Would love to be simply able to click the net or pad and take off manualy routing the trace with "'Toggle" enabled all the time : )

My next question pertains to finding symbols.

When I am in Etch Edit mode and I select Find I have the ability to find symbols by reference dez on the board. Now if I am zoomed in on a particular section of the board when I hit OK in the find dialog for a particular symbol the screen does not zoom to the particular location on the board where that symbol might be. What I have to do is go to the toolbar and click zoom selection to get to the symbols I tried to find. It appears that the find option is really just a select option with highlight.

What I would like to be able to do is combine find a symbol and zoom selection into one command. This is how it works in Orcad Layout. It's handy for quickly locating parts on the board regardless of the current zoom level. Wondering why it works the way it does in Allegro

Thanks Scott 

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