Patent ID: 7546571

Claim:
A method for editing a printed circuit board (PCB) design, comprising: storing logical design data for a PCB in a database; receiving a request from a first of plural users to begin generating a description of an edit pertaining to one or more elements of the logical design data; prohibiting the first user form proceeding with generating the description of the edit; notifying the first user that a request for approval is required in order to modify the logical design data; after said notifying, receiving initiation of an approval request; in response to initiation of the approval request, permitting the first user to proceed with generating a description of the edit; sending a message to others of the plural users corresponding to the initiated approval request and indentifying the described edit, wherein the message is created as the first user generates a description of the edit, and the message notifies the others of the plural users of an ability to approve the described edit; and upon receiving approvals from at least two of the plural users receiving the message, automatically updating the database to include the described edit.