Re: create a drawing cell using items from layout's electrical layers
The easiest way ( as far as i know) is to export these items to DXF. Then open up the cell editor , create a drawing cell and import the DXF. regards, Charles
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Re: Variant Lengths on a Bundle in Harness XC
Hi Pat, Same with your opinion. Follow your method and do breakdown, bundle length on each derivative shows the correct bundle length.The length "20" (which is "1" as above) is the bundle length of...
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Is there a way to keep the custom toolbar between the various installations?Everytime I must start form zero.Thanks
View ArticleRe: Upgrade to Office 2016 stops the DxDatabase working
Thanks a lot, Great that you share this.Saves me time for sure BR Ralf
View ArticleRe: Reducing number of layers in PADS 9.2
Parth,It is inactive because there is still items on that layer. They could even be embedded in a decal. Once everything is deleted the delete layer will be active. Usually when I hit this problem, I...
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Basic hierarchical bus handling
Hello folks, here a basic question that is driving us nuts about handling of hierarchical bus and partial bus. Lets start with a simple example: You have a larger bus and would like to rip out two sub...
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It looks like a bug with the checks for 'intra-page' connections and the bus ripper. If you disable the intra-page check in DRC do the errors disappear? From my experiments this appears to be the...
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Re: Basic hierarchical bus handling
Hi Robert, From the requseter:1) I disabled the "Report extra internal or flat connection on nets" --> Same errors2) I disabled the "Duplicate symbols connected on the net" --> Same errors3) I...
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It is a bug, it seems to have been introduced in VX.1. 'Internal checks' tests the on-sheet (intra-page) connections which is where the error is showing up with the bus ripper.
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Re: Basic hierarchical bus handling
Hello Robert,I will open a SR for this.In the mean time, I like to tell my engineers to keep designing like this and live with the bug report. Thanks for your clarification. Matija P.S: And if it...
View ArticleRe: Basic hierarchical bus handling
The original issue was picked up in VX.1 and fixed in VX.2 but your use case is subtly different with the repetition of the connectivity. I have logged a defect for it but if you wish to have this...
View ArticleVX.2 3D model mapping is a disaster!
I'm currently using PADs but I believe this will apply to Xpedition as well. Is anybody else having issues with the 3D model mapping in VX.2? Models that don't automatically align with the component...
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Cant get CellEditor to close after script Run
Hi, i wrote a script which uses the event handler in cellEditor to get the user to write a log message after he changed something in a cell.I now got the problem that if i run the script from the...
View ArticleRe: create a drawing cell using items from layout's electrical layers
Hi Charles,I tried it before and it's a bit more complicated than I expected.When I bring the DXF in, it's coming on user-defined layers. Then I have to pick every text and line and move it on the...
View ArticleRe: Cant get CellEditor to close after script Run
windows - How to terminate process using VBScript - Stack Overflow Or a number of other methods which are basically similar: Google Or something like this example I use to terminate Library Manager,...
View ArticleRe: Keyin Commands "of" and "on"
It turns out that this is a defect or the Help menu is incorrect.Customer Support made it as a Defect Report / Enhancement Request # 01100059
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IBIS-AMI Models - generic_serdes.ibs - probe after CTLE & DFE?
I am using the Generic Serdes in LineSim to analyse a channel.I am configuring the receiver RX AMI settings to enable the CTLE, and use 5 DFE taps.When I simulate with IBIS_AMI Channel Analyzer,...
View ArticleIs there a way to import X-Y placement data?
I have a spreadsheet with component placement info. Is there an easy way to import the centroid data to place components that already exist on the board? I could write a script to create a .ASC file...
View ArticleRe: Is there a way to import X-Y placement data?
This is an effective script I found a while ago that should work for you. Despite the odd name, it simply reads component position, orientation and layer from PADS and writes it to Excel. You can then...
View ArticleRe: create a drawing cell using items from layout's electrical layers
That is correct, but... Once you have them in a cell, you can put the cell in the library and get it into the design with "Library Services".In fact, at our institute we have the same kind of cells in...
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