Re: Autorouter, how do i specify it to route on only top and bottom of board...
unless I misunderstood, you just go into the EDITOR CONTROL dialog,and under the ROUTE tabclick LAYER SETTINGSand then clear the checkboxes for everything except your surface layers Jack
View ArticleRe: DxD Tools/Verify drc-002 rule "values" format
the ~? mark say 1 of these at the start or none at the start. In old versions we didn't see (maybe didn't allow?) partial negation, so only at the start made sense. The position of the last dash is...
View ArticleRe: Autorouter, how do i specify it to route on only top and bottom of board...
Jack, Thanks. That makes sense. Ken
View ArticleRe: Assigning pin numbers to multiple pins
Hi Rehan, Thanks for your reply.Yeah I figured that out after posting this question. It works fine. It still would have been a lot easier if the copy paste worked . Regards,
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Hi Robert, Thanks for your comment. I will try what you suggested. So far I think "Generate Symbol from pins " option looks good. Regards,
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Re: USB Dongle Occasionally not detected
I recommend making sure your license environment is as clean and as streamlined as possible. This means removing any redundant license sources from the MGLS_LICENSE_FILE/LM_LICENSE_FILE environment...
View ArticleRe: Pads show up as hatch, WHY???
The hatch grid is set to 1, but hatch should have no effect on this pad. The two rectangles are components with a single pad decal. The footprint should always show up as solid and not hatched sine a...
View ArticleRe: Anyone else migrating from Logic to xDxDesigner?
Hi Pete,which attributes do you need to transfer? I just tried to import Logic Design to xDXD and all Part Attributes from Logic are listed in Properties in xDXD. I used File - Import - PADS in xDXD....
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Pete, Radek, FYI - I've moved this post to the PADS Schematic Design sub-community for greater visibility to folks interested in front-end design. - Cathy
View ArticleRe: Anyone else migrating from Logic to xDxDesigner?
My Logic library uses PART NUMBER, PARTS DESC, VALUE1, VALUE2, VALUE3 attributes. They do transfer with the Migration. xDx has system properties for Part Number and Value2. Now many of my Part Type...
View ArticleI/O Designer will not update
I'm running into a problem with I/O designer, where it will not update the FPGA libraries via the Internet. I've had this issue since the last time I used IOD back in February, and I ended up with...
View ArticleRe: I/O Designer will not update
One more piece to this puzzle: The following error dialog box comes up when I try to run the update: "Could not load data from manifest file: C:\Uses\TDesmit\iod_updates\update.xmlUpdater will be...
View ArticleRe: Anyone else migrating from Logic to xDxDesigner?
The idea of the Central Library is to be part driven, the symbol needs pin names but not numbers, they're assigned via the packaging process, so you can share common symbols (only need one instance of...
View ArticleWhat happened to "ask the expert" ?
I posted a question a short time ago, and I wanted to post it in one of the "ask the expert" forums, but they don't seem to exist any longer! Not even a re-direct, or explanation of what a user should...
View ArticleRe: Anyone else migrating from Logic to xDxDesigner?
Robert, that's good to hear. But one nit to pick - if the symbols require pin names, they aren't graphics only, and I'm still stuck with 6 AOPAMP symbols. It might be that I'm just too comfortable...
View ArticleRe: Anyone else migrating from Logic to xDxDesigner?
If it's a generic OpAmp symbol then all of the symbols can use the same pin names, I've done it this way for too many years to admit, it just takes some upfront planning to determine what is needed. In...
View ArticleRe: Autorouter, how do i specify it to route on only top and bottom of board...
Hi Ken, Also you can control which layers to permit routing using CES. That way you can control them by Net Class. In addition, find the Layers column in the AutoRoute dialog. There you can control...
View ArticleRe: Expedition - How do I select and move a bunch of components over on the...
Ken, Be sure and go through the Editor Control. There are part "shoving" and glossing options that may help. Mike
View ArticleRe: What happened to "ask the expert" ?
Thomas – thanks for your note, and I apologize for the inconvenience. When we migrated our communities to a new version in September, 2014, we did have re-directs in place. My suspicion is those may...
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