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Print Screen from the Canvas
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Open Windows Explorer with the working folder
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Z-Copy: Copy a Shape to another Layer
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Z-Copy: Copy a Shape to more than one Layer
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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:
To add this Funckey permanently to your environment, add this command in
the “env” File in your home directory
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Funckey r iangle 90
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Where is my Environment (env) File?
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More Function Key (funckey) to reduce mouse clicks
Example: Pressing the space bar place a via with following command:
funckey " " "pop bbdrill -cursor"
funckey m "pop mirror"
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Example: mirror a component
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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>
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How to define the same Environment settings for all users?
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For more information, check out our application notes:
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Rounding corners on connected lines
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Export components placement for placement machines
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Export all footprints and padstacks from an existing board
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Reopen Command
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Write Command
Allows to store the project in the same directory with your desired name.
Example: write myboard.brd
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This very useful command reopens the design. Just enter “reopen” in the
command window. Last changes are not saved!
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Via Labels
Setup → Design Parameters →Via Labels
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How can the output files be stored in different folders?
Setup → User Preferences → File_Management → Output_dir
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How can I disable the file versioning?
Setup → User Preferences → File_Management → Versioning
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How can I change the zoom factor?
Setup → User Preferences → Ui → Zoom → Buttonfactor
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Same Net DRCs not being generated?
• Most likely your “DRC by-layer” setting in the Constraint Manager is set to
“False”
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How to curves Clines?
Use Slide – Right Mouse Button – Enhanced Arc → Select Corner
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Disable the option for new databases:
set the variable called "options_no_enhanced_padentry" in Setup > User
Preferences > Route > Connect Category
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Enhanced Pad Entry:
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Rotate a group of components, without rotating each component separately:
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Solution: Set Rotation Point to User Pick in the Options Panel
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Status → Display: rectangles are icons
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How to change the text size of several textblocks in one time?
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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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How to change several line widths in one time?
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Edit → Change → Set Line width in Options panel → select lines / clines
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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:
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How to delete Island Shapes?
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How to store colour views?
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The command is only available in the Placement Edit Mode!!
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Align Components
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Activate the routing
Layers.
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Enable Working Layer Mode:
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When adding a via, you’re prompted to select the layer on which you want to
continue your trace.
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How to calculate Line Impedance?
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→ Requires a correct layer stack-up!
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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.
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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.
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How associate a not connected pin to a net class?
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Enter following command in the command window:
Cns_dummy_net
Following window appears:
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Where are the dimension commands?
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Since SPB 16.5, associative dimensioning is possible.
All the commands are available in the right mouse button
menu after selecting
Manufacture → Dimension Environment
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How to dimension a cut-out?
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1. Select Dimension Environment
→ Linear Dimension
2. Select a cut-out boarder
3. Press Right Mouse Button
→ Reject
4. Select the second boarder
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Tips and Tricks «Design Reuse»
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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.
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Copy schematic from one project to another:
Create the netlist within the new capture project
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Place all components
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Place replicate apply
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Place replicate apply
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Fillets and tapered traces
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Fillets and tapered traces
Curved “Off”
60°
90°
Curved “On”
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Angle
45°
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Tips and Tricks – Tapered traces
Enable the function:
Route→ Gloss → Add Tapered Trace
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