I've posted about this a few weeks back, but work has been hectic, and I haven't had a chance to work with ORCAD since. Here is what's going on. I have two boards that have 30 pin connectors, which have become obsolete. We chose a new one, and I got to work making the changes to the board design. The first board is complete (but being reviewed by someone for me by the company handling the prototype), but when I went to make the changes to the second board, I ran into major issues. The second board only had one change to make( board #1 had 5). This change uses the exact 30 pin connector that was changed on board #1.
When I replaced the footprint on board 1, it simply replaced the old one and broke several connections related to the pins of the connector. Some simple routing fixed it up in not much time at all (when I figured out what I was doing).
I was expecting the second board to be done in one afternoon because it required much less work. To my surprise , replacing the connector on this board, created havoc. There are ratsnests EVERYWHERE. So many connections are broken, that it will take me forever to fix it.
After doing some digging around, I found a possible cause. Board #1 used one unit of measurement, and board #2 used another(made by different companies), from an old post I found on the forums. The fix recommended on this thread didn't work for me at all, so now i'm wondering what my next move should be.
Should I just remake the footprint, using the same units as the board? Or should I change the units of the board to match the units of the footprint? Is there an even better option that I haven't considered? Or have I done something else wrong entirely?