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Update symbols (footprints) warning
In OrCAD PCB Designer, when I perform an 'Update Symbols' for all symbols (footprints) in a design, I get back a warning that some symbols cannot be found in my directory search path. On closer...
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RE: Calculator value() returns multiple values for given set of multiple x...
Good morning Andrew. FYI, I submitted the enhancement request as you recommended. I tried your suggestion of setting 0 on the Edge number, but if i do that, the expression fails in the calculator. Im...
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RE: How to know the cut class of via which is already created
thanks paul will check it once
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Coventor Annual Panel: The Next Five Years
For the last few years at IEDM, Coventor have run an evening panel session looking at some advanced topic. This year the topic was Everything is Under Control: Delivering the Next Five Years of...
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RE: Need help in writing Skill for routing between two different MOS
Hi Andrew, I am just into skill learning. Thanks for the info. Regards, Raghu
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The Top Four Tech Articles that Caught My Eye This Month
Now that I have your attention, here are a few non-CES-related articles that caught my eye recently—all interesting enough in their own right, so I thought I’d squish them all into one post. STEM or...
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Parameter passing hygiene
I'm trying to make a parent schematic/symbol wrapper cell around a confusing looking child cell that has parameters e.g. a, b, c and displays those parameters via labels on its symbol. Note also that...
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RE: Assura LVS Parameter Mismatch Error
Hi Budlah and Andrew, Thank you very much for your reply and suggestions. Like Budlah said, "Just 1 finger" means only 1 finger in the layout. I'm using ASSURA DFII. But I'm not very familiar with how...
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Can we add an excel table in PCB Editor Fab Layer
Hi, I want to add an excel table in for fabrication. Is there any automatic method or I have to manually create it. Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks and Regards
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Down Rev from 17.2 to 16.6
Hi, Is there any way to down rev from 17.2 to 16.6. I have tried but it says down rev from 17.2 to lower versions not possible. Kindly help. Regards
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RE: Same net line to shape errors.
Ok Paul, I have no shape islands in the design. I am going to continue discussions with Cadence support as I consider this a bug. Thanks for your input. Jim.
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RE: Assura LVS Parameter Mismatch Error
Again, this new issue is specific to the technology you're using - and also might be related to what you've done in the layout. It's unlikely we can provide much help in the forums without being able...
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RE: Update symbols (footprints) warning
Thanks for the help... But I've opened up ALL padstack in the design and none of them have the flash symbol attached to them. If I click on the select box next to 'flash symbol' of any/all of the...
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RE: Parameter passing hygiene
Most design kits are normally CDF-based these days, and so you should not be using NLP expressions but using pPar("a") - that wouldn't suffer from the loop. The annotation setup can show the evaluated...
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calibre results directory
Hi to everybody, I have the need to change the directory where the calibre results are saved. For the simulations, I use the following in my cdsinit file: envSetVal("asimenv.startup" "projectDir"...
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RE: calibre results directory
Nicola, Calibre is not an analog simulator - that setting is to control where simulation results in the Analog Design Environment are saved. For Calibre presumably there is some other control, but...
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RE: calibre results directory
Ah ok, sorry for that then and thank you for the fast reply. Regards, Nicola
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City Slickers Marketing
Last week I talked about sales in Running a Salesforce . This week it is the turn of marketing. Let me start by pointing out that marketing is a lot more than PR, which is what many technical people...
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RE: Assura LVS Parameter Mismatch Error
Thanks Andrew. I'll suggest that to the parties looking into it. I'm more of an end user waiting at the mercy of the tools guys to get stuff up and running, while wishing I had more ability in that...
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