PicDude wrote:
> I just got a chance to experiment with this a bit... no groundplane
> took about ~2 minutes.  Groundplane with 0.016" width took ~6-7 hours.
> Groundplane with
> 0.05" width took ~4 minutes.

A width of .050 is quite large, and may prevent the ground plane from
flowing between many adjacent pads and other areas, so check it carefully.
I'm surprised it took that long at .016, that's not really that small.  Are
you really sure it defaulted to what you thought it did?  If you've still
got the old version, do a VIEW > INFO on the polygon to check.  Otherwise
try setting it explicitly to .016.

The time should be roughly proportional to the inverse of the square of the
width.  If it took 2 minutes at .050, then it should take about 20 minutes
at .016.  Actually it will take a bit longer if the plane now flows into
more spaces, and there are probably some other inefficiencies, but I still
don't see how it should take 6 hours.  Is the smaller setting possibly
causing RAM usage to exceed the real memory size?  Once the OS starts
thrashing things can slow down by an order of magnitude or two.


*****************************************************************
Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts
(978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com
-- 
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist