http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/ FreePCB Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:22:53 GMT obparham http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/607 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/607 Hi Jimo, This looks like a java issue; are you running the current version? You can check it by opening Control Panel->Java->About. My machine shows Version 6, Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:46:58 GMT Ron Tonneson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/606 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/606 Hi, If you are using version 1.355 I would recommend going back to 1.354. It is the latest version with the fewest problems. As to your FreeRouter problem I Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:36:55 GMT jimofc300 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/605 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/605 Hi, I'm a very new FreePCB (& friends) user. I just downloaded and installed it last week--i.e., latest versions. I'm going through a test run to see if I know Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:06:13 GMT Ian Bell http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/604 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/604 I have found a solution that seems to work so far. I simply copied the entire FreePCB folder to my Documents folder and run FreePCB from there. It appears to Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:07:27 GMT gnuarm http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/603 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/603 I know what you mean. There are a number of commercial programs that still use the program file directory for data storage when that was deprecated years ago. Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:39:55 GMT ruffrecords http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/602 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/602 I have recently tried using FeePCB on a Windows XP professional PC (before that I ran it using wine under Linux). Using it as a regular user (not admin) has Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:04:59 GMT hofcuse http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/601 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/601 Thanks, that was the problem. On to the next issue... Barry Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:26:01 GMT gnuarm http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/600 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/600 I am sure of this one. The problem you describe is exactly the first problem I had with FreePCB. When you want to connect a pad to a plane, you don't just Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:09:29 GMT Ron Tonneson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/599 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/599 Barry, Don't get mad. I am not sure I understand what you are doing. If you would want to send me your file attached to a private email I could try to help. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:01:15 GMT hofcuse http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/598 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/598 This seems to be a particular problem when using plane thermals. FPC has a ratline between two pads, but if you run both pads to vias, the ratline remains. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:11:30 GMT gnuarm http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/597 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/597 I don't think that is a bug, but rather a "feature". It means that you connected the traces with copper, but not in a way that FPC understands that you Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:04:25 GMT hofcuse http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/596 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/596 Thanks Ron, you're a lifesaver. Now, what about those ratlines that remain even though a trace exists? I expect that there will be errors generated (which I Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:06:17 GMT Ron Tonneson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/595 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/595 Barry, That is a nasty bug in version 1.355, go back to 1.354 and you will be in good shape. Ron Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:01:53 GMT hofcuse http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/594 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/594 Hi, New to this group and FreePCB. I'm laying out my first board with this software, and realize I'm way down on the learning curve, but I'm having some Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:18:06 GMT Bruce Parham http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/593 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/message/593 Hi S, The short answer is yes. The trick is to create a footprint that uses overlapping pins. I did a short tutorial PDF, a few weeks back, about how to use