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Reservation of design elements in a parallel printed circuit board design environment

  • US 7,516,435 B2
  • Filed: 06/18/2004
  • Issued: 04/07/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for editing a printed circuit board design, comprising:

  • receiving design data at each of first and second clients, whereinthe design data includes graphically displayable information regarding a pattern of electronic components and connections between those components for at least a portion of the design,the design data includes data corresponding to at least a portion of a shared area of the design, andthe shared area is simultaneously editable by both of the clients;

    generating a first boundary associated with a part of the shared area being edited at the first client;

    displaying the first boundary, at the second client, as a collection of points separating one region of a graphical display of the pattern of electronec components and connections from another region of said graphically displated pattern; and

    preventing the second client from editing parts of the shared area within the first boundary.

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