question about the cdf parameters of the switch instance in analoglib
I am using the 6.1.7 version of cadence and I noticed that the switch instance in analoglib has the following cdf parameters. I was wondering if anyone could tell me why there are two fields for open...
View ArticleRE: question about the cdf parameters of the switch instance in analoglib
By the looks of things you're looking at a modified version of analogLib provided by Mentor for use with Eldo. The standard Cadence analogLib has 6 parameters: Open voltage Closed voltage Open switch...
View ArticleRE: PCB Editor Immediately AutoSaving and Closing When Opening Design
Enabling auto-save did not help. I had high hopes for the nolast file stuff, but that didn't help either. This seems to be happening on tons of designs that previously had no problem. It also seems to...
View ArticleRE: PCB Editor Immediately AutoSaving and Closing When Opening Design
Actually, I squirreled away the registry settings and my pcbenv folder and performed an uninstall/reinstall of Cadence 17.2, then upgraded to the latest 17.20.038. We'll see how that goes before...
View Articleconfigure the Symbol_MaxSymSize directive in the setup.cpm
I got an error when creating a symbol I thought I changed the sheet to F and I am not sure why it was too large, but should be able to work thorugh that, I was looking at the sybol_maxsymsize so I...
View ArticleStep mapping
Hello, I am trying to map a step model of an SMA from grabcad. I clicked Setup, Step Mapping and get the Device/Package step mapping window. I can see the name of and can visualize the step model, but...
View ArticleRE: configure the Symbol_MaxSymSize directive in the setup.cpm
Looking at the 17.2 $CDSROOT/share/cdssetup/projmgr/cds.cpm the following 2 entries Symbol_SymSheetSize 'A' Symbol_MaxSymSize '-18000,18000,18000,-18000' are in the START_PDV ... END_PDV section, so I...
View ArticleRE: configure the Symbol_MaxSymSize directive in the setup.cpm
The PDV setup dialog doesn't appear to show any way of changing the Syymbol_MaxSymSize value, so I was able to modify it using the cpmaccess command on my project's cpm file, example shown below:...
View ArticlePastemask Keepout in Package
Does anyone know if it's possible to add pastemask keepout areas when editing a package? I can explain why I want to do this, but I figured I'd check if it's possible first.
View ArticleVias and Soldermask
Here is a basic question that I've never considered before: does Allegro treat the soldermask for vias differently than for the plated holes they're based on? I've always just used my standard plated...
View ArticleRE: Generate layout.oa for an older version of a layout (sync managed) and...
Hi Andrew, I am always getting the latest layout with gdmexport from command line. I am using this command: gdmexport -destination temp/ -file layout/layout.oa -version 1.1 latest layout is version...
View ArticleRE: configure the Symbol_MaxSymSize directive in the setup.cpm
Great thank you I was able to change the values and will check if the next errors tomorrow, Thanks again for your help
View ArticleRE: Monte Carlo dist=unif option
Hi Andrew, Thank you, that is the solution I was hoping to find. Regards, Michael
View ArticleRE: Generate layout.oa for an older version of a layout (sync managed) and...
This works for me. I did this: UNIX> gdmexport -destination opamp090/play/layout_v1_1 -lib opamp090.play:layout -version 1.1 (gdm): [vsexport: Exported play/layout/master.tag to...
View ArticleGDPR Starts Today
You are probably subscribed to a number of email newsletters. No doubt you have been receiving emails saying that the system is changing the way that they are handling their mailing lists and that if...
View ArticleRE: spectre oceaneval function documentation
I thought I'd replied to this already - but don't see it (perhaps I forgot to hit Reply). Anyway, I've not heard from R&D but have reiterated what you said about distributed (I'd given similar...
View ArticleRE: Avoid/Blacklist model instance from PDK
That's because your checking function is outside of the scope of the abRegExampleSchematicCheckNew function; in my code it was within the scope and because the file had a .ils suffix, it was using...
View ArticleRE: Step mapping
Hi Steve, Thanks for the reply. I did have the dra open at the time, but could not see the place bound. The next day, I could. Maybe closing and re-opening the dra or app or the re-boot helped. I think...
View ArticleDoube symbol
Hi guys, i have a new question. Is possible in capure cis to have a doube symbol? For example about connector. For a one project schematic (core desine) i can to have more different versions and more...
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