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PADS ES Suite to PADS Standard Plus

January 28, 2016, 10:06 pm
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We are users of PADS ES Suite and have got the upgrades till PADS VX 1.2.
We have 8 licenses of PADS ES  and 4 licenses of PADS xDX Designer in our Organisation.
Some of the licenses were procured approximately 3 years back and rest of them 2 years back only.Now we are hearing that no more upgrades

would be available for this product and this product has been replaced by PADS Standard Plus and PADS Professional.

 

In this regards, I have few queries :
1) What is the approximate life span of a PCB Design Tool?
2) When was PADS ES Suite released?
3) What is the status of PADS ES Suite/PADS VX?
4) Why are customers/current users not informed in advance about the Product getting obsolete?
5) Why is Roadmap not shared on the Mentor Graphics supportnet website?

 

Comparing the features of PADS ES & PADS Standard plus,it seems to be a name change. Only 3 features seem to have been added related to Crosstalk and 3D.
It seems Customers are pushed to upgrade to new Products without much noticeable difference in the features.

 

Regards,

Ritu Arora

C-DOT Delhi

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Re: How to invoke DRC , while calling a Release Design Webservice

January 28, 2016, 9:12 am
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Hi Vamsi,

 

Tasks can be submitted and accessed through web services

 

Task submission can be done using the web service SubmitTask. You can then get more details on the submitted task using DescribeTask. Documentation of these are available at <capital_home>\doc\webservice\WebServiceDevelopment.pdf

 

Code sample –

<capital_home>\doc\webservice\examples\client\src\com\example\webservice\client\SubmitTaskClient.java – This gives an example of how to submit a harness processing task.

<capital_home>\doc\webservice\examples\client\src\com\example\webservice\client\DescribeTaskClient.java – This gives an example of how to get detail of an existing task.

 

There is another document which explains how custom task can be developed (<capital_home>\doc\plugin\CustomTaskDevelopment.pdf). This also have submission part for which code is available at <capital_home>\doc\webservice\examples\client\src\com\example\webservice\client\ExecuteCustomTaskClient.java. This code is for submission of a task and then wait for the task to be executed in the server and then retrieve attachment stored in the task. In your case you can submit ReleaseDesignsTask and then post execution you can retrieve the DRC result or status of the task execution

 

Regards,

Kevin

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Re: PADS Integrated Flow with DxDataBook

January 29, 2016, 12:27 am
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Hey,

i meant something different, i wanted to configure the central library to use special paths, not the project. I want to point from the integrated library to a local path containing a revision tracked .dbc and .prp file.

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Re: PADS ES Suite to PADS Standard Plus

January 29, 2016, 12:30 pm
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Re: 3D PCB

January 29, 2016, 1:47 pm
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Adding the HOLE attribute to the part will create the hole in the board for the 3D file. No extra work is needed.

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Add Special Component, reload List/Setup-Settings

January 30, 2016, 12:54 am
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Hello,

I want: add per script a special component. i did it with add the correct line to the file "speccomp.ini". But thats with no effect. at the earliest after restart the dxdesigner!

 

a: is there a way to reload the speccomp.ini during the session is active?

b: is there a better way by scripting, to add a special component during an active session?

 

best regards, Hinti

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Re: xRC: How to extract parasitics w.r.t local substrate?

January 29, 2016, 2:47 pm
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Hi Karen! Thank you very much for your reply. I tried your suggestion and used the name of the deep-Nwell layer (DNW) in the "Ground layer name" field, and I finally got Calibre to attach the parasitics of the different deep-Nwell regions (i.e. power domains) to different nodes! The problem, however, is that the LVS names of those regions are actually the local supply nodes and not the grounds, since, for obvious reasons, the deep-Nwells are tied to the positive supply. So for instance, in my example, I am getting the parasitic caps tied to vdd_A and vdd_SW, instead of vss_A and vss_SW.

 

Following the suggestion of Vern, I took a look in my rule deck and noticed that there is a layer called "psub" which seems to correspond to the (isolated) psub regions inside each deep-Nwell. So I put that layer as the ground layer name and almost all the parasitics are now being (correctly) tied either to vss_A or vss_SW according to the region!

 

The remaining problem is the parasitics of the local substrates and deep-N-wells themselves, which are still being tied to the "0" node. For example, the capacitances between the vss_SW region (local p-substrate) and vdd_SW (the deep-N-well underneath it) and the capacitance between the vdd_SW (deep-N-well) and vss_SUBSTRATE (the global p-substrate underneath it), are tied in the extracted netlist to node "0" instead of vdd_SW and vss_SUBSTRATE, respectively. I can force all these remaining nodes to be tied together to a net of my choice using the "Ground node name" field, so if I specify "vss_SUBSTRATE" there I get the caps for the deep-N-well regions correctly connected, though the ones for the local p-substrates are now wrong.

 

I guess this is as far as I can go, and even though not completely correct, probably the netlists extracted this way will be much accurate than the ones I use to simulate, where all the parasitics were tied to the same node (I would normally choose "vss_SUBSTRATE").

 

...If someone knows an alternative approach to achieve this type of extraction, please let us know!

 

Thank you guys so much for your help!

 

Cheers,

 

Jorge.

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How do I add additional layers in PCB Expedition

January 30, 2016, 10:58 am
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I've done this before, I just forgot.  I have a 2 layer board and I want to increase the number of layers to 6.  How do I do that ?

 

Ken

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Re: How do I add additional layers in PCB Expedition

January 30, 2016, 11:31 am
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Ken

 

On the Setup Parameters dialog, First Tab. There is the section to add/remove layers to your design.

 

Thanks , Vern Wnek

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Re: How do I add additional layers in PCB Expedition

January 31, 2016, 6:15 am
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Hi Vern,

 

 

 

Still can’t do it.

 

I entered 6 in the “Number of physical layers” then hit the “Remap Layers…” button.  After I had done that, I got an “Encounted improper argurment” message.

 

 

 

Ken

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Re: 3D PCB

January 31, 2016, 11:06 pm
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We are using Xpedition Enterprise Flow, i am not sure where i can add the HOLE attribute. Maybe you can send a Printscreen where you have found this attribute, maybe it is only there if you have PADS?

 

Thx in advance

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Re: 3D PCB

January 31, 2016, 11:27 pm
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This is a PADS forum, so I thought you were asking about PADS. I don't know anything about Expedition.

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Re: 3D PCB

January 31, 2016, 11:32 pm
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Well they have the same problem with the Hole export. So my hope was that a solution for PADS may also works for Xpedition. The Attribute you mentioned, you add that on the Part or on the Cell?

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Re: PADS ES Suite to PADS Standard Plus

February 1, 2016, 2:50 am
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Jim,

 

Thanks for the clarification and information regarding the upcoming releases!

We will interact with our sales person regarding this.

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Re: Add Special Component, reload List/Setup-Settings

February 1, 2016, 2:53 am
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Hi

I'm not sure if I understand it right.

 

If your symbol is in lib and you added the correct line in speccomp.ini and your path to the speccomp.ini and lib is ok then you can do it per script by the following during active session

 

raw code:

Dim mpath

mpath = object.GetProjectData.GetPinComponentsFilePath(True)

object.GetProjectData.SetPinComponentsFilePath (mpath)

 

This should refresh the list of speccomps.

please try

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API/x2ml add Functional Module Codes

February 1, 2016, 3:07 am
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Hello,

 

is there a way to assign Functional Module Codes with the Capital API or the x2ml API to design object e.g. Connectors, Clips, ... ?

With the Capital API it seems to be not possible, because the attribute "UserFunctionalModuleCodesExpression" is Non Editable (Read Only).

And with the x2ml API (Bridge Processor Plugin) I tried connector.setModule("FM1"); but it wont work.

 

I know it is possible to add Option Codes with the x2ml API (Bridge In Processor Plugin)....

But I'm looking for a way to add Functional Module Codes with a Plugin.

 

Thanks

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Re: EE2007.5 DxDesigner's Packager and icdbPartsLister will not read the Cell Name property

February 1, 2016, 3:54 am
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Hi John,

 

Can i have the script file?

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RF-Wilkinson splitter creation in layout

February 1, 2016, 3:20 am
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Hello all,

I'm a new in RF area and I have to draw a wilkinson power spliter into xPedition layout.

Which way you prefer/recommend me to do this?

dray it in AutoCAD and import as a DXF file or draw it by tools in layout directly?

It would be fine to have a video of the mentioned second way.

 

Thank you

MaBUa

Meaning CIRCULAR SHAPE of divider

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BOM with cell name property

February 1, 2016, 4:01 am
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hi all,

 

anyone can help to solve the issue to have cell name in the bom (generated by part lister) when the symbol does not have the cell name attached to it.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Cell without pads

February 1, 2016, 4:32 am
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Hi Krzysztof

We do the following for such cases:

-The cell has a part number of the connector

-The cell is a nested cell with the cage and the plastic cap as nested elements with their part number. (total of three: conn + cage + cap)

-The cell has the physical dimensions of the cage+cap.

 

The presence of the optical/electrical module is handled separately.

 

Hope this helps.

   Matija

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