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RE: Is it possible show origin in Allegro
As previously answered, it is possible to make the board design origin visible but for some strange reason, making the footprint design origin visible is not. The subclass is there but it cannot be...
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Smart value CLR feature in CIP-E database
Hi all, I wonder if someone has used the smart value CLR feature for CIP-E database? I can't find too much documentation and the CIP database installation fails when I select this feature during setup....
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RE: Smart value CLR feature in CIP-E database
Hi Cantstandya, You are right that there is not much documentation on Smart Value CLR feature however as far as I know it enables a smart search on values containing SI units (e.g. Mohm, pf). This...
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RE: Smart value CLR feature in CIP-E database
Thanks for answer! Do you know where this search can be done after enabling, in CIP-E webinterface or in Orcad? Or is it only on SQL database level, such that we would need to make our own query...
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RE: Is it possible show origin in Allegro
I have checked current versions of 16.6 and 17.2 and the Drawing Origin can be displayed in Symbol drawings and the color can be changed in Drawing Format / Drawing_Origin
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Last summer, I took Fridays to write about technology museums. I planned to do a series on Fridays this summer on the odd jobs that I have done in my life before I started what you might consider my...
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RE: Place Bound being added automatically to symbol without one - 3D View
I remember 16.6 doing this; 17.2 doesn't. You could add a circular place_boundary to the footprint and give it a very small height.
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Move components / block to new page, keep annotation?
Have a growing design. Need to split a schematic into two pages. So, the pages are in the same schematic folder, and I just want to move some components from one page to another. I have checked...
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Is there a way to generate Gaussian random numbers in Ocean/Skill?
I didn't find anything in the documentation or forums - I was wondering if there is an available mathematical function that I could use in an Ocean script whereby I pass in a mean and sigma and get...
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RE: Cannot overwrite default layout bindkey in ICADV
Quek, Thanks for the reply! I ended up just assigning the 'anyAngle' command to another bindkey, but this may be a more elegant solution. Though, it still wont explain why I cannot assign any command...
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Is there variable to define via used or omitted
I want to be able to define the vias used when I use the auto via function. I would prefer to use a global variable if available to define the vias used or omitted for the auto via to use. Paul
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Linux - PowerSI 2017 issues
Hello Everyone, Wanted to see if someone could help me resolve this issue below: This is the error I receive when I attempt to launch powersi 2017 in Linux, the OS it's running on is SUSE 15. I'm...
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RE: Move components / block to new page, keep annotation?
Yeah... right! Cut and paste does not keep annotation, resetting ref to ?. Did you really believe I did not try that one?
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RE: Move components / block to new page, keep annotation?
that's strange. I can't get it to reset references to "?". It will renumber if I have "Automatically reference placed parts" selected.
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RE: Move components / block to new page, keep annotation?
by the way, just trying to help. No need to be a tool. I don't work for Cadence.
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RE: Reporting the Net Capacitance of Power Grid in Encounter
i don't know if there is a quicker way, but you get that info when you run a dynamic IR drop analysis
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how to report net names connected to transistors for a channel connected block
Hi, I was trying to see if there is a way to list out all the nets connected to a channel connected block. Say we have Nand gate deep in the hierarchy and I know what input-a is connected to but I need...
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