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Show Extra Cavity Component PN's in Conn Cavity Table
How can you show Extra Cavity Components in the Connector Wire Table just how cavity seals or plugs would show? I have the following Extra cavity components below I need to show on the print for the...
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Hi evryone, I'm wondering whether it is possible to trigger a script when closing a project - or the dxdesigner application. For Expedition I found "app.ProjectClosed" or "app.Shutdown" (looking for...
View ArticleDDRx Batch JEDEC results understanding
Hello everyone! While conducting DDRx batch simulation I have encountered some problems with JEDEC results interpretation. For DQ signals I obtained a "Fail" mark in Monotonic column and some Vref...
View ArticlexDxdesigner schematic open error.
HiI tried to open some schematic Projects using DxDesigner in PADS 9.4.1 siute. I got these schematic projects done in PADS2005. I'm getting this error when I try to Open project in PADS9.4.1: 00:00:09...
View ArticleRe: VM report with DxDatabook properties
In Dxdesinger go to setup → settings → DxDatabook Data Source → Select a data sourceThere you can find the database location/alias and it might also have a username & password. What I did in...
View ArticleRe: Automation in dxdesigner
Hello,you can use the BeforeProjectChanged() event, unlike the name suggest it also triggers when closing a project.It does not trigger when closing Dxdesigner so for for that you also need to use the...
View ArticleRe: Unable to get rid of exception in VB .NET Code (Exception - Unable To...
Hi,If you want to get the components from your design you should use VdApp.DesignComponents(..)vdApp.Query will only load the objects from the open pages.So for vdapp.Query to be correct you would need...
View ArticleRe: VM report with DxDatabook properties
Stefan, Dear Peter,It's Patrick, btw, not Peter I still do not see how you connect to the database / databook.In your last post you mentioned a few times "dxdb" is this the application "dxdb.exe" from...
View ArticleRe: Unable to get rid of exception in VB .NET Code (Exception - Unable To...
Start by just using comp.GetName(0). It will return a string. See what that string is, then decide what to do with it. Split, parse, or whatever it is you are trying to get from the name. GetName...
View ArticleRe: xDxdesigner schematic open error.
Thanks for your post. I am going to move it to a more appropriate product-specific community so it has more visibility. This Member Resources community is primarily for general community questions or...
View ArticleRe: Access RefDes Properties (Text Height, Font Type, ...) in xPCB
That refdes is a new object with VX. I'm not sure exactly what it is. My guess is either FabricationLayerText or ConductorLayerText. In the first case, here's an example of some of the things you...
View ArticleRe: Access RefDes Properties (Text Height, Font Type, ...) in xPCB
I did some testing. No joy so far. Doesn't seem to be picked up by either fab or conductor layer text collections. Will continue investigation and post results.
View ArticleRe: Custom Anti-pads Not Working!
I figured it out.All i had to do was to turn on 'Remove Unused Pads', then the custom anti-pad works (assuming you are using plane areas and don't have the 'use design rules for thermals and antipads'...
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Minimum Nucleus Complie size
Hello all,,New to Nucleus through the innovate program.In learning the Sourcery IDE and RTOS, and trying to complie some simple programs, but they all come out huge, 600Kb, bigger then RAM size of my...
View ArticleRe: DxDesigner Visual Basic Studio 2015 Example.
The difference between the built in VBScript approach and using VB.net (or visual studio) is the need to add references to the mentor tools: How to: Add or Remove References By Using the Add Reference...
View ArticleCouple of general usage xPCB questions.....
I have a couple of questions as I'm a little new to the xPCB family, but a long time PADS user. When I’m routing a trace, I often hit the edge of the screen. Is there a to zoom into the cursor...
View ArticleRe: DxDesigner Visual Basic Studio 2015 Example.
Brian, check your messages here. I sent you a link to a fully operational template project with startup routines for all the Mentor tools.
View ArticleRe: How to get variants list from command line
No. But a relatively simple script could do it without much trouble. This thread should probably be moved to the Automation and Scripting area. It would have been seen much sooner there.
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Thanks, Pat, for bringing this to my attention. I have moved it. for some reason, I did not receive an alert on this port in the Member Resource area, or it would have been oved sooner.
View ArticleRe: How to get variants list from command line
The mgscript utility will allow you to run VBscript or Jscript from the command line as an out of process script. Run it from the MGCCMD window so the Mentor environment is properly configured....
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