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I'm a little confused here. The lite version is still available to students so either request from your Proteus distributor or just e-mail support @ labcenter.co.uk and we can sort this out. No changes have been made to the limitations or restrictions of student version versus professional version. ...

Hi, If I understand you correctly this would be for via in pad (e.g. BGA) ? This is not currently supported but can I first check requirements with you ? I think it would largely be an output feature. We'd need a way to specify a via as resin filled (global option for vias-in-pads or per via?) and t...

It seems that the slot is not electrical at all so it's not a pad. Why not make it a drawn slot on the designated mech layer ?

The padstack slotted hole was intended to deal with lugs that are going to be soldered to bottom copper.

You can do some of this via what we call 'alternate parts'. This allows you to have separate parts in different variants provided of course they use the same footprint. The differences between the variants are then handled in the design explorer via properties. For example a different resistor in Va...

Perhaps I'm missing something but what is the purpose of the empty zone in this situation ?

Why not just place the conductive zone and set up a design rule that applies as required to maintain sufficient clearance around it.

There is no direct land pattern DRC category. Pad->Pad is the rule that is likely to be enforced first in your example.

Layout only connections (E.g. joining two nets at a star point) should be done using a trace style prefixed BRIDGE. Be *very* cautious when using BRIDGE tracking. The design rule system and all other safety checking will be disabled of necessity since you are joining nets together directly. You shou...

I use design explorer to filter and then CTRL+A to select the complete result set and right click ->show on schematic.

There is some work underway at the moment to support multiple boards in a project. There will be top level schematic modules corresponding to a board and then switchable boards on the layout. This will hopefully resolve a lot of the problems with stackups, drill ranges, power planes etc. Currently e...

Since the 2D layout knows nothing about the component body I think it should work ok, although the 3D viewer (and any 3D export) is likely to become confused.

Hi Andy, The history in brief is here : https://support.labcenter.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7387 At the moment there is a direct search and import via the library picker and also manual import of PADS ASCII via the command on the import tool. The latter should work with Ultra-Librarian / Di...

One of the main things we want to bring in at V8.11 is a direct import DXF -> Copper mechanism. This would translate any incoming line data into tracking and an incoming solid object into a zone. The main goal is to better support antenna design although it may well have other, more general uses. To...

There isn't direct support since as you say the intention is to use pads on the border.

On the DRC front I'd place a DRC room around them and create a room rule that set the edge clearance to OFF.
I'll raise a case for the 3DV render.

One of our distributors has recently completed an excellent online webinar covering the Proteus tool suite in some detail. The webinar covers both PCB design and VSM simulation and debugging. If you are new to Proteus or looking for a more in depth training resource this is a recommended resource. T...

No. The Proteus project file should be run locally and saved locally with update/commit cycles to web stores as required.