Re: How to get mouse position in DxD / xDx?
One thing to be aware of here is that there is a difference between the mouse, with all of the interaction your computer does with it, and the cursor position on the screen. Trying to get the actual...
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I've been assuming that DxD reports the position where the mouse is (say,when a right-click occurs to bring up the context menu in a DxD window).I'll have to try the MouseMoved event to see if I can...
View ArticleRe: How to get mouse position in DxD / xDx?
Yes, they are coordinates from the DxDesigner window. All the hard work is already done for you. Just stick with that and you'll be fine. I posted the part about the difference between the mouse...
View ArticleRe: Can anyone give me the list of control names in the odb++ dialog?
Kendall that is a very good post. Useful application to many other functions.
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Re: unroutes shows even after plane poured
Hi HansSelect View > NetsSelect all nets in the 'View List' window.Select 'All Except Connected Plane Nets' in the 'View Unroutes Details' Hope this helps.Regards Klaus
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Unable to re-edit an old design
Hi! I recently got a job to modify an existing PCB. However the design is so old, we don't have the database file used for it, thus I can't do a forward annotation. Is there a way to modify such...
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Re: Unable to re-edit an old design
Hallo Laszlo,..... difficult -> but perhaps helps the following SettingI wish you successJo
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Dear Johannes,Thanks for the response, but I've already tried that, no luck.. Regards,Laszlo
View ArticleRe: White space in netnames of XDX schematic
I'm still kind of amazed that VERIFY wouldn't verify something as simple as that by default, so it must not be that important.but thanks for the extremely complicated Regular Expression to search for...
View ArticleRe: Cross-Probe Between DxDesigner and Autoactive PCB Browser
(no useful content, just wanted to say)AWESOME!I didn't know it could do that!thanks,Jack (aka "the new guy")
View ArticleRe: Unable to re-edit an old design
Hello Laszio, Are you saying you don't have the schematic for this layout? If so you can try to change it to a netlist driven design. In the pcb/logic directory there is a file netlist.aug. You can...
View ArticleRe: How to set the Features Filter to detect Mounting Holes on the PCB?
Hello Oleg,I just noticed your question about mounting holes from Expedition PCB in Valor NPI. Both plated and non-plated mounting holes have an assigned Attribute of Mounting Hole and also a Pad Usage...
View ArticleRe: Script for duplicate / copy plane shape to other layers in one shot
Hi KendallI can't make work on X-ENTP VX.1 . Is this code compatible to X-ENTP VX.1 - I think it worked on 7.9.5 or 7.9.4btw The zip does not include the source code. Thank you for the support.Roby
View ArticleRe: Script for duplicate / copy plane shape to other layers in one shot
The script is a .efm form. It has the source code in the form. You just need to have an Automation PRO license to stop and edit the form.I just tested it and looked at the code and there is nothing...
View ArticleRe: Script for duplicate / copy plane shape to other layers in one shot
Hi Kendall, Thank you for the prompt response, After a second try I realized that I tried it on conductive shape instead of plane shape. Can the code be tweaked to accept conductive shape as well ?I...
View ArticleRe: Adding a Via to the via list Layout 9.5
You can ASCII out the vias from the older design and then ASCII the vias into the new design.
View ArticleRe: Via span information
The document object has a property called SetupParameter. SetupParrameter has a property called ViaLayerRanges. ViaLayerRanges is a collection of the document's LayerRange objects. Each LayerRange...
View ArticleRe: appPED = CreateObject("MGCPCBLibraries.PartsEditorDlg") in VX not work?
Michi, Have you tried this:appPED= CreateObject("MGCPCBLibraries.PartsEditorDlg" & "." & prog_id) where prog_id is the COM Version. I have done this and it works. I have to start my IDE with...
View ArticlePADS Integrated flow issues - Noob
I've started using xDxDesigner again after a five year absence. Previous I used a netlist flow, the DxDesigner tool stored the data in an ASCII format. This allowed direct manipulation of the schematic...
View ArticleModeling package and on-chip capacitors for Decoupling Analysis
Hi,I am trying to use Hyperlynx PI (ver. 9.3) to do decoupling analysis for Xilinx Virtex6 and Kintex7 fpgas. The user guides of these FPGAs explicitly mention that these FPGAs have enough on-package...
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