User allows to manually preview Symbol in Library Manager. I am wondering anyone of you have any automation codes to retrieve properties (e.g. Symbol partition name, Symbol name, etc) for current active preview Symbol in Library Manager application?
Appreciate any sharing.
In the PADS flow Global Signal Name is replaced by NETNAME so the symbol would appear to be correct.
The symbol looks like it is correct, so can you show an example of how you are connecting these nets together? Is the net missing from symbols physically connected to nets that have the special symbol attached, or are you missing the connection on symbols that have 'implicit' ground pins, those with SIGNAL=GND properties?
Hi All,
While moving parts,traces,vias and Plane shapes using copy & circuit options, I couldn't select the plane shape in Xpedition VX.1 version?
Can any one help me?
Thanks in advance.
Raegards,
Susen
Hello,
Why did the checklist ERF not updated eventhough the changes being done in ERF model ,When running the file with ERF without checklist it works fine ,but the same ERF model in the check list not updated.Is there any option to update the checklist model in valor tool so that my ERF changes will work through checklist.
Thanks and Regards
sabitha
Select properties on the copper hatch outline.
Select the 'Options' icon.
Uncheck the 'Flood over vias' checkbox-
regards
Klaus
I tried reducing the size of the flags in the setup and it only reduced the number of errors a very little bit.
I think there is a setting that rounds the corners of those cutouts but I do not know what or where it is.
If you go to outline mode ("O") you can see exactly how PADS is drawing the cutout. For a rectangular cutout it will be a 90 degree corner so there should not be a sliver. Issueing "O" again will get you back out of outline mode.
You might try adding small (10 mil) miters on the corners of the keepout to see if that changes anything. If you want to get fancy you can then change the miters to arcs and see if that improves things. I had to manually convert the miter to an arc with radius, start angle, and end angle; the auto arc function failed so it is tedious. Cut and paste is handy after you get one converted.
Or is this just a bug in the DFF?
i have tried adjusting the spoke width with no success.
the "flood and hatch options" is grayed out, and if i delete and redraw the plane, making sure that "food over vias" is NOT checked, it still does the same thing
Hello folks,
In a backplane backdrill is used to drill back from the bottom to as much as possible.
In this case we have a 10 layer backplane. The useful signal exits at layer 2, and it would be natural to drill back from bottom to the 2 layer minus the safety distance defined by the drillsetback value.
on the other hand the manufacturer of the connector tells us to keep at least 1.0mm of copper barrel.
We know that the layer 2 is in this distance, but so is also layer 3 and more.
Using the setback value we can only reference it to a layer, what we are looking for is a absolute value from top, even though the drill starts from bottom.
Does anyone know how to define the backdrill config file to accomodate this kind of rule?
Many thanks
Matija
So apparently, if you fill the planes, the option sis grayed out and inaccessible. but if select it without filling the plane, it is available and "flood over vias" was checked and unchecking has solved the problem. Thanks!!!!!
Hi everyone.
In PADS Layout components are placed according to the absolute origin for example if i need to move the U1 component for ( x=300;y=400) from the origin by using the modeless command SX 300;and Sy 400 it will be place on (300,400)location.
but i need to keep U2 component with repective to U1 for example U1 component placed on X=300 y =400 location but U2 component should be move certain 100 mil in x and y location for U2 component location should be x=400 and y=500( i should not use modeless command SX=400 and Sy =500) (in allegro ix command using ) let me expalin any one how to component with respect to another component ??
Recently I found the option in the SI Oscilloscope to probe at the die instead of the pin. (I believe it is an available option because I am using IBIS models for my driver/receivers). I think this is a better place to make the measurement because it is more representative of what the receiving circuitry will see. I would like to run batch simulations measuring at the die, because when I manually checked the waveforms some signal paths that failed when measured at the pin, would have passed if measured at the die.
Is there a way to tell the batch SI simulation tool to probe at the die?
The Problem
I am no longer able to run different CAD programs on my Windows 7 system concurrently. For years, I have run four CAD software programs (Cadence Orcad, Mentor PADS, Altera Quartus, Mentor Hyperlynx). I often have several of these programs up and running at once. Each of these software programs require a unique USB security key ("dongle") to be plugged into the machine or else it will not run. My computer did an automatic update last night. Now, when I have more than one key plugged into my machine, none of my CAD programs operate.
Windows 7 and earlier Windows versions have allowed me to have all four keys in my machine at once. This has been great. I've been lucky to be able to use the tools that I know and like. It never occurred to me that someday they would not work together.
If I plug one of the keys in at a time, I can get programs to run singly. This is a pain, especially since Orcad doesn't run after a USB key has been hot-plugged unless you first run lmutils to manually stop and start its driver. It's also a pain for logistical reasons, as I currently have all my USB keys taped together onto a mini USB hub so that I can sometimes use them with my laptop at home or at a client. The idea of having to worry about individual keys makes me a bit anxious. We have an ARM compiler license dongle that moves around from machine to machine at the office and we have lost it several times!
Mentor's Response
Mentor has told me that this is not their problem, that this is a Microsoft problem. They also said Windows 7 does not support running multiple keys, and that this has been a problem since Windows 7 was released. Basically, I was lucky to have this work at all. Mentor suggested the following:
Questions and Thoughts?
My immediate approach is going to be to try installing the system from a backup. I unfortunately haven't done a full one in several months but it's the only thing I can think of.
Thanks !!!
I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you trying to avoid the manual (math) calculation of the coordinate difrerence?
You can use the 'search relative' "SR" command to move to relative coordinates instead of absolute coordinates.
This might be a good application for reuse if you are talking about making multiple 'channels' have identical layouts.
I've used a script in the past to do place components relative to other components (before I had a reuse license).
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cbolton,
I'm a Sr. Corporate Applications Engineer supporting licensing and the support liaison to our licensing engineering team. I'd like to provide some clarification on this problem and share the actions I intend to take. But first, please know that I understand how frustrating this must be for you.
As we understand the problem, the limitation of only being able to read one HASP USB key at a time on 64-bit Windows exists in the HASP API that FlexNet uses to read the ID from the key. This is software that is out of our control but is incorporated within our licensing software and is the software that's causing the problem. I don't have visibility to the details of why the problem exists but I can say that there are many instances where you CAN read multiple HASP USB keys on the same 64-bit Windows system. In fact, I have three HASP USB keys plugged into my 64-bit Windows 7 system right now and I can check out a license against all of them. There are clearly pieces of this puzzle that we are missing. I suspect differences in chipsets may have something to do with it and Microsoft may have released an update that has simply exacerbated the problem.
We've been helping customers work around this issue for a number of years but we are very concerned that a Windows update could be rolling out through our customer base and causing greater numbers of systems to be affected. Consequently, I intend to pursue this through our engineering team and see if we can request more information from Flexera. If I can obtain an update on the problem or even just a better understanding of why the limitation exists, I might be in a better position to offer a solution.
Again, I'm sorry you're having this problem and understand how it impacts you. We will continue to support you through the Service Request you've opened but I will also report back to this discussion any information that would be useful you and other users. Obviously, if anyone has any observations to share or solutions to offer, please do. Stay tuned.
Best Regards,
Guy Wettstein
Sr. Corporate Applications Engineer
Mentor Graphics, Infrastructure Support
PADS has a very useful but underused command: Setup > Set Origin. It's usually used once to set the board origin, but it is extremely useful for many different tasks too. In your case, select U1, then invoke Set Origin, and it will prompt you to use the ICs origin as the new system origin, or let you manually select another point. Choose yes, and now any other parts' coordinates will be relative to U1. You can now use the SR commands, or just select the part's properties and type in the coordinates. Just remember to set the origin back to the board origin before post processing.
Hi All
I am having netlist of one gds and I want to identify every instance in layout and netlist. As in netlist everything is in random manner and all nets also don't have names to identify. Any idea how can I identify without checking Labels?
Regards
Varun
Hi All,
I am using Xpedition VX.1 version.
I have grouped the parts in my layout and I waana use same parts in another layout ( same kind of parts) as like "paste from layout clipboard" option in EE2007.9.4 version.
Is it possible to use same option in VX.1 and how?
Really I need immediately solution for this? Kindly help experts?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Senthil