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shapes become broke

DMLeone

I am trying to place a rectangle pad and associating it with a certain net. every time i place it though after i select done, the shape becomes broken and registers as an out of date shape. so i have to go into display, turn everything off, expose it with boundary, select the shape using shape->select shape and delete it. otherwise i cannot delete it. why does it do this? why is it not just place a copper pad?

not only that, but if i try and place the pad ont he top layer it doesnt care and it places the broken box on the bottom layer

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  • oldmouldy
    I guess that you are using PCB Editor, which exact version would be helpful. PCB Editor is a netlist driven environment so parts, nets and connectivity are determined from the netlist that is imported into the brd file, the connections show up as "rats" when the parts are placed in the canvas, and rules are assigned in the Constraint Manager. It is possible to get some PCB Editor licenses to enable netlist creation and editing just within the PCB Editor environment but not a commonly recommended approach to PCB design.
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  • oldmouldy
    I guess that you are using PCB Editor, which exact version would be helpful. PCB Editor is a netlist driven environment so parts, nets and connectivity are determined from the netlist that is imported into the brd file, the connections show up as "rats" when the parts are placed in the canvas, and rules are assigned in the Constraint Manager. It is possible to get some PCB Editor licenses to enable netlist creation and editing just within the PCB Editor environment but not a commonly recommended approach to PCB design.
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