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RE: How to get instance mode
Hi Max, Locking only plays a part when trying to open it for edit in two different virtuoso sessions (two different processes). clsbd is only used for stranded lock recovery - this is where it looks at...
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RE: How to get instance mode
Hi Andrew, That pretty much matches my understanding of how clsbd works - I was just getting confused because of that mode attribute. And quite honestly I still don't quite get it why the mode is an...
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RE: How to get instance mode
Max, the mode is not saved to disk (that wouldn't make any sense). It's an attribute of the in-memory cellView representation to say which mode it's currently open in. The in-memory representation of...
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RE: How to get instance mode
Sorry I did not describe the circumstance better. I have a script to move objects into an instance. The object and the instance are in the same cellview and move the object into a lower level. I want...
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Pie and Chips at DAC: ChipEstimate.com and the First Annual Pi Contest
In Scotland, there is a traditional dish of pie and chips. But the pie is not a sweet fruit pie, like something Marie Callendar would make, but it is full of minced lamb. And chips are what Americans...
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Eagle -> Allegro 17.2 Translation, Redefine trace signal
I have translated a large board from Eagle to Cadence PCB 17.2. The board used Blind/Buried Vias which were not translated into Cadence. The traces which connected to these Vias were all renamed to GND...
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RE: Unable to complete the loop of ECAD-MCAD collaboration using IDX format...
I'm seeing the same thing right now. If you can assume that everything is accepted by your MCAD team, then you can just re-baseline right after sending out the incremental data, and that will allow you...
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RE: Free Gerber AND Drill-data viewer?
I use ViewMate and always bring in the drill files. One method that I've found that works well is to zip everything and then import the zip file. ViewMate will read in your gerber layers, and figure...
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RE: Free Gerber AND Drill-data viewer?
The Viewmate freebe will import drills and routes aligned and scaled to the Gerber correctly. If not, I believe its in the settings coming out of the PCB editor. If you are working in millimeters your...
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RE: Unable to complete the loop of ECAD-MCAD collaboration using IDX format...
Glad to hear it's not just us! I see the slight workaround to be able to only send new changes. That might work. On the Creo side, because the object already exists, the import fails. In order to...
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RE: how to plot waveforms after OceanXL script finished sweeping corners
A bit follow up from what I tried. from Chris's code , I'm able to plot from Ocean script but that need forehead knowledge where the result will be saved and the names of different level of them. I'm...
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SKILL IDE Cursor Color
I have download and am using the SKILL IDE. I would like to change my color preferences to a darker layout. The problem with this is that I cannot find a way to change the caret color on the text to a...
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Can I shrink an imported schematic?
I took advantage of TI's online WEBENCH tool to generate a schematic for a voltage regulator circuit. The tool provides an EDIF and a configuration file. These are imported into OrCAD (17.2). The...
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RE: Generating Gerber RS274X In 2:3 Format & Gerber File Syntax Issue.
Hi Dale, i guess what is confusing is that the database "actual design" resolution can be set. I use mils so it defaults to 1. In my gerber settings I use 3:5 and that works. I am curious though. If...
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RE: Easy way to manage footprints and padstack libraries
The workflow in Allegro is somewhat different. Basically projects are treated at the schematic level as the schematic drives the design. In the PCB editor you dont have to keep adding paths for things...
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RE: Finding and counting duplicates in a list
Hi Marcel and Andrew, Thanks for the script. Its working fine.
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RE: SKILL IDE Cursor Color
This does not seem to be possible in the current releases (IC617/ICADV123). I couldn't find any request for this to be fixed (it clearly needed to be), but I just tried in an early build of IC618 (due...
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RE: ADEXL SDB XML syntax question
Hi Joe, The format itself is not documented (I've never entirely understood our reluctance to document this, given that it's an export and import format from the corners tool). That said, it's...
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