Track-Width Decimal Places
Hello All,
I had a Gerber file return to me recently from my PCB manufacturer saying that my tracks were too thin, somehow I had managed to set them to 5 microns. I went to inspect my track styles in the design technology only to be met with very unhelpful user-interface formatting.
The two track styles that I use are below 1mm in width. When I enter this value DS stores it correctly but because of the formatting of the text box it then displays this value to the nearest lowest hole number, which is always 0.
As a result I come back to the design technology to make tweaks every so often only to remember that I can't remember what I initially set the track widths to!
Is it possible to reformat the design technology interface to show all the decimal points that I specify for my designs please. Otherwise I need to manually take note of what I set each track-width style to if I am to change it at a later date.
Thank you.
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Hi Josh, looking at your comments, what is the design precision set to?
Goto Settings-->Units, I'm guessing this is set to zero, i.e. no digits after the decimal point? I normally have a setting of 3 for mm's.
Are you using a Design Technology File? This holds all the key data for your settings, V8 allows you to start without one which has caused some confusion, have a look at the status FAQ https://designspark.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001396665-DesignSpark-PCB-Status to ensure you are using the program correctly.
Also post questions in the DSPCB General category
https://designspark.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/topics/200624545-DesignSpark-PCB-DiscussionLet us know what your situation is.
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Hi Boss,
Thanks for that, I can see a decent number of decimal places now by changing the units in settings!
Yes, sorry about that, I did mean to put this in the general comments and I was rushing a bit when I posted.
[Any admin feel free to move it or delete it now that the problem is solved.]
Thanks again.
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