Rooms

[Spark-Doctor]

Hi All

I am currently using a trial of AD20 and getting along quite well. I use Circuit Studio at the moment so it has been fairly easy to migrate over but i am having a problem with the Rooms.

I have completed all the schematics and move them over to the PCB. All of the rooms are created and labelled correctly. I grab the first room, move it into the PCB and move the components around. I then go and grab the second room and it will only move the room leaving all the components behind. I have deleted everything and re-loaded the rooms but it still happens.

I have found that after up-loading, whatever room i move first will move ok but whatever room i move next will only move the room itself, not the components.

Is this a BUG or am i doing something wrong?

Many Thanks

Ian

[T3sl4co1l]

Why do you have multiple rooms for the same components..?

Don't know that I've ever had a situation quite like that before; normally when I have components mis-named or mis-linked and tied to multiple rooms, it's a logical-or operation, i.e., the components will move with any room they are linked with; not an exclusive or first-come operation.  Seems to further suggest incorrect configuration in any case.

Rooms aren't too useful outside of hierarchical designs; you can disable them under Project/Options (C, O), Classes, Generate Rooms, untick for applicable files.

Tim

[Spark-Doctor]

I don't have multiple rooms for the same component. I have the power rails on 1 schematic, ADC on another, Arduino on another and so on.

When the rooms come across to the board, all the correct components are in the right room and i can pick any room at random, move it onto the board and arrange the components, but when i grab the next room, only the room moves, all of the components stay outside of the board.

Ian

[T3sl4co1l]

Ahh. So the components are unplaced, off board, and after touching any one room, they all stop working?  Or that initial one keeps working, none others?

Rooms are design rules; you can check their definitions there (D, R).  Maybe they're not set to move things, or maybe it's getting un-set somehow..?

Also, anything missing in Project/Component Links (C, K)?

Tim

[Spark-Doctor]

Very strange outcome. I tried all your suggestions and problem persisted. Called Altium support and they got on Zoom and had a look. Turns out i was using the SamacSys Component search engine and still had the search box running in the background. When he closed it down, everything worked perfectly 

Thank you for your help.

On a side not, very much like the software and have bought it.