Re: how to edit the border Property in Dxdesigner ??
TechNote mg529885: Borders Quick Start has a video on borders.ini that shows how to update border properties.
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Wire and Terminal Weights
How can wire and terminal weights be handled in Capital Harness XC & Capital Library? What are the Units of Measure?
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Weights are set in Capital Library within the Extra tab of a component in the field Weight. There are no "Units of Measure" assigned. Each company will determine what the units are (e.g. grams or...
View ArticleRe: What exactly does the demonstration mode in PADS Layout limit? (PADS 9.5)
Christian Cziezerski: I suppose demonstration mode means I cannot use any of the following functions: cannot EDIT or NEW in the library (however, right-click an object and 'Save to Library' seems to...
View ArticleDifferent width/gap on the same layer for Differential Pair
HI, I'm currently making some small modifications to already existing PCB layout in Pads Layout 9.4 (I'm editing it with Pads Layout 9.5).I suppose that I have a ES edition. For some specific reasons I...
View ArticleRe: Different width/gap on the same layer for Differential Pair
The only way I know how to do this on a single layer is with differential pin pairs. If you don't have those, you can create them with a dummy pin added to each net. Virtual pins won't work; it has to...
View ArticleRe: I want to modify the Part List Exclude in the Property Definition Editor...
No you cannot change this behaviour, the Part List Exclude option is used by the software to perform the exclusion, this works in conjunction with Forward to PCB to control items appearing in either...
View ArticleRe: Property Value of part is Chinese,Load selected Component will have problem
You should contact your local Customer Support representative to get this logged with Mentor.
View ArticleRe: xDX Designer - Shortcut Keys to Quickly Open/Close Schematic Tabs
You can close all tabs from the menus - Windows - Close All, you cannot open all tabs with any shortcut.
View ArticleRe: DxDesigner - How to Select a Group of Parts and Move or Cut
Use Area Select by dragging the mouse around the parts, you can change the behaviour between full fence mode and Overlap by using the Alt key (in VX.1) or select on part and use the Shift key whilst...
View ArticleRe: Packager coughing up rippers
Another solution is to edit the local symbol and to set the attribute "Forward To PCB" to false. After that, the packager runs through without problems (at least with my projects).
View ArticleRe: DxDesigner - Copy a Component's Part Number to Windows Clipboard
Select the Part Number on the symbol directly in the schematic (from 7.9.4 onwards) by triple click of the mouse so that the text is clearly highlighted, then use the context menu to copy to the...
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Hi Robert, Could I add a user option to perform the same exclusion? we want to use DNP instead of Part list Exclude. The text is smaller and easier to place on a busy schematic. Thanks
View ArticleRe: DXF to copper pour outline
Or, if you are not concerned about outside corner radius, you could create a single copper path around the perimeter. For example, a 2mm wide path 1.5mm inside the border. (extra .5mm space for...
View ArticleRe: I want to modify the Part List Exclude in the Property Definition Editor...
You could use a property called DNP in combination with Part List Exclude to achieve what you want, make Part List Exclude invisible. Alternatively if you don't mind the parts being in the Parts List...
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So the real easy solution is to just use the Part list Exclude option, hide the property (Part list exclude) and show the Value (True) either under or on the symbol
View ArticleError on generation of Cadence Allegro 15.Xx netlist generated from DX designer
Hi, I have designed the schematics in dx designer. Now I am generating the cadence allegro compatible netlist but I am having below...
View ArticleRe: Partlister case sensitive?
Which Verification? DxDataBook? Maybe those fields are set to annotate but not load, if they aren't loaded during the verification step the values aren't compared thus they "match" regardless of case...
View ArticleRe: Anyone else migrating from Logic to xDxDesigner?
Sorry to dredge up an old post, but this is relevant: LOTS of fixes in v1.1 ! All of the graphical errors are fixed. Migration is much smoother. It still assigns pin names to the symbol, not the...
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Re: netlister updating PKG_TYPE
I you don't want the PCB Interface to backannotate the PKG_TYPE values back to DxDesigner modify the configuration file in the BeginAttPassList section. Look for PKG PKG_TYPE and add the keyword...
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