FlowCAD. FlowCAD Webinar. OrCAD / Allegro PCB Editor Trucs et astuces November 2012

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1 FlowCAD Webinar OrCAD / Allegro PCB Editor Trucs et astuces 8. November 2012

2 Print Screen from the Canvas

3 Open Windows Explorer with the working folder

4 Z-Copy: Copy a Shape to another Layer

5 Z-Copy: Copy a Shape to more than one Layer

6 Function Key (funckey) Example: Rotate a Component using a Function Key: When you enter following command in the Command window, with pressing R you can rotate a component during movement: Funckey r iangle 90 To add this Funckey permanently to your environment, add this command in the env File in your home directory

7 Where is my Environment (env) File?

8 More Function Key (funckey) to reduce mouse clicks Example: Pressing the space bar place a via with following command: funckey " " "pop bbdrill -cursor" Example: mirror a component funckey m "pop mirror"

9 How to define the same Environment settings for all users? Set up a SITE Variable: - Create a read only folder on your network - In this folder you can store the settings - Respect the required file structure - Set an environment variable on each users machine: CDS_SITE= <PATH to your SITE Folder>

10 For more information, check out our application notes:

11 Rounding corners on connected lines

12 Export components placement for placement machines

13 Export all footprints and padstacks from an existing board

14 Reopen Command This very useful command reopens the design. Just enter reopen in the command window. Last changes are not saved! Write Command Allows to store the project in the same directory with your desired name. Example: write myboard.brd

15 DEMO FlowCAD Demo add Function Key Demo Z-Copy

16 Via Labels 10 Fragen. Danke für Ihre Mithilfe. Setup Design Parameters Via Labels

17 How can the output files be stored in different folders? Setup User Preferences File_Management Output_dir

18 How can I disable the file versioning? Setup User Preferences File_Management Versioning

19 How can I change the zoom factor? Setup User Preferences Ui Zoom Buttonfactor

20 Same Net DRCs not being generated? Most likely your DRC by-layer setting in the Constraint Manager is set to False

21 How to curves Clines? Use Slide Right Mouse Button Enhanced Arc Select Corner

22 Before: Pick here! After:

23 Enhanced Pad Entry: Disable the option for new databases: set the variable called "options_no_enhanced_padentry" in Setup > User Preferences > Route > Connect Category

24 Rotate a group of components, without rotating each component separately:

25 Solution: Set Rotation Point to User Pick in the Options Panel

26 Status Display: rectangles are icons

27 How to change the text size of several textblocks in one time? Before:

28 How to change the text size of several textblocks in one time? Select the area where you want to change the text size on the canvas Select the desired textblock size in the Options panel

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30 How to change several line widths in one time? Edit Change Set Line width in Options panel select lines / clines

31 DEMO FlowCAD Rotate Group of components Change text width

32 How to change the drill legend size? Open the template default-xx.dlt from following directory: <installation folder>\spb1650\share\pcb\text\nclegend Change the text size:

33 How to delete Island Shapes?

34 How to store colour views?

35 Align Components Before: After: The command is only available in the Placement Edit Mode!!

36 Enable Working Layer Mode: Activate the routing Layers.

37 When adding a via, you re prompted to select the layer on which you want to continue your trace.

38 How to calculate Line Impedance? Requires a correct layer stack-up!

39 When you want to know, which line width is required to obtain a certain impedance, just enter your desired impedance manually. The line width gets calculated accordingly. When a certain impedance is required for differential pair, You can enter the impedance as well. The tool calculates the spacing or width accordingly. You can chose which field should be adapted.

40 How associate a not connected pin to a net class? Enter following command in the command window: Cns_dummy_net Following window appears:

41 Where are the dimension commands? Since SPB 16.5, associative dimensioning is possible. All the commands are available in the right mouse button menu after selecting Manufacture Dimension Environment

42 How to dimension a cut-out? 1. Select Dimension Environment Linear Dimension 2. Select a cut-out boarder 3. Press Right Mouse Button Reject 4. Select the second boarder 2 3 4

43 «Design Reuse» A simple way to reuse a part of an existing design is to use the place replicate command. This command is only available in the placement edit and in OrCAD PCB Designer Professional or Allegro PCB Designer.

44 «Design Reuse» - Copy schematic from one project to another: - Create the netlist within the new capture project

45 «Design Reuse» Place all components

46 «Design Reuse» Place replicate apply

47 «Design Reuse» Place replicate apply

48 Fillets and tapered traces

49 Fillets and tapered traces Angle Curved Off Curved On

50 - Fillets Before: After:

51 Tapered traces Enable the function: Before: Route Gloss Add Tapered Trace After:

52 DEMO FlowCAD Dimensions Design Reuse Demo Fillets

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