I loaded the latest Hotfix this morning 048 and now my intertool communications does not work.
Checked to make sure "Enable Intertool Communications" is still checked, it is.
I select the place command in PCB Designer Professional and then select a part in Capture and nothing happens.
I had no problem before I installed 048. Is this a problem with 048 or did I go brain dead?
Thanks,
Old Guy
Hi
I just replaced my wired mouse by wireless Marathon M705 from Logitech. The panning by pressing the wheel does not work anymore instead it zooms in. Is there a way to fix it?
thanks vadim
I tried to replace wired mouse with Logitech wireless M705 and came across the problem the roller wheel stop panning when pressed down.
I started investigating it and found the following
I looked over the Cadence PCB forum and CAD forums and found that this is frequently sited problem.
Here is the ENV file settings related to mouse in my ENV file:
#--------------------------------------------------------------------
# MOUSE WHEEL SUPPORT
# Environment Variables - Note quote variables so they are evaluated
# at button time not when this file is read.
# - _wheelcnt variable is set based upon number of detents wheel moved
# range is -4 to 4 (no 0)
# - sx1 and sy1 are cursor coordinates when wheel is moved
#
# Button values
# wheel_up: when wheel is moved up
# wheel_down: when wheel is moved down
# wheel: up/down if either of above 2 buttons are not assigned
#
# Keyboard modifiers (note we are case insensitive)
# S - shift key
# C - control key
# SC - shift and control
# Example: SCwheel - for wheel button assignment with both shift & control keys
#
# Button factor may be factorion (e.g. 0.5)
# lower number means smother zoom in (Vadim’s comment)
set buttonfactor = .1
button wheel_up "zoom in $buttonfactor"
button wheel_down "zoom out $buttonfactor"
button Cwheel_up "zoom in $buttonfactor"
button Cwheel_down "zoom out $buttonfactor"
#---------------------------------------------------------
it seems that knowing the variable for wheel pressed and pan command can make it work.
Could you please advise where I can find the documentation for all mouse functions and wheel variables?
thanks vadim
Hi
I would like to add some parts properties to the entire design. My design spans over several pages. I found that even if I select simultaneously all components on all pages I can only edit parts properties of the schematic page I am on. Is there a way to edit all parts in the entire design and not page by page?
Is it possible to add those properties permanently so each new design will have them and no need to do it again?
Thanks vadim
Hi everyone,
I encoutered a problem when I was using orCAD capture CIS.
First, I opened BenchAccess1660/Capacitor/Ceramic and placed a part on a schematic page, as shown in the 1st picture.
Then, I returned to the CIS Explorer. But, the tree view was folded automatically, as shown in the 2nd picture. This is very inconvenient. I hope the opened tree view can be kept.
Could you please help me?. Any answer is appreciated.
Hi,
I am using a BB via to take my track from TOP layer to INNER Layer 1. Now due to not enough layers to complete the designs i have added an extra layer(Signal1) between TOP and INNER Layer 1. Now my BB Via will automatically get updated and will be passing from TOP to Inner Layer 1. But now i want to change my BB Via configuration, i want it to be from Top to Signal1. How to proceed with this. I can change the routed track from layer1 to Signal1, but my BB Via will still run from TOP to Inner layer 1.
Is there a solution to this problem? Kindly help me on this.
Regards,
Chadga
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Hello, can you help with an interlay issue? our fpc have both cover lay and solder mask layers we open up the cover coat to let solder mask in at a negative plane. There is a gap distance of .5 mm for vendor registration. allegro interlay pick up the solder mask pin and solder mask shape. I just want the interlay drc to pick up shapes and not pins. can you help?
I tried to work with EMA-EDA tech support but they only respond to simple problems that they can easily provide a solution. Anything that is a bug that requires more work to respond they basically never respond.
I have also tried with Cadence and CCR's but spend lots of time trying to get them to see the problem and then it goes to R&D and never get any responses. I ask and ask when it might be implemented
and never get any answers.
Is there anyone else I can contact to get bugs fixed quicker.
Thanks
Greetings community!
I am an engineering student and just began to use OrCAD Capture CIS Lite for extremely basic resistor circuits. I am usually only using the program to draw the circuit and use other programs for analysis. My question (and I have searched everywhere) is how to rotate a component at something other than 90 degrees? I have read a few threads on this but the information is really old and it appears the method for doing this has changed.
Is there anyone that can help me out? I am simply trying to rotate a resistor to 45 degrees rather than being vertical/horizontal. I am using version 17.2.
Thanks in advance!
I have implemented a non-linear resistor via a heirarchical block using analog behavioral modelling. I added a subparam property named Rsheet which affects the resistance.
I have simulated this nonlinear resistor hierarchy block and it works perfectly well. However, I need to use multiple copies of this , each with a different subparam Rsheet value. I tried copying the hierarchy block then pasting it mutiple times. The problem is that changing the Rsheet value for each copy does not work. I have verified by pspice simulation that each block still uses the Rsheet subparam setting of the original hierarchical block because each block behaves exactly the same.
I noticed that the resistor and VCVS(E) have the same reference, R1 and E1 for all copies. So i read this thread: https://community.cadence.com/cadence_technology_forums/f/pcb-design/13224/how-to-reuse-the-hierarchical-block and followed the instructions of User:oldmouldy. I went to tools>annotation and selected unconditional reference update. (I used update occurrences instead of instances). After doing these, the references changed to R1, R2... and E1, E2.. However, the subparam still has the same reference=1 for all copies. Changing the rsheet subparam value for each copy still doesn't work. In fact, even if the references of R and E are now correct, and even when setting R1=1k and R2=2k and removing the VCVS, both blocks still behave exactly like the 1k resistor. It's like the copies use the original setting despite all editing I've done in the properties and annotation.
My workaround was to create an entirely new schematic just for the same circuit with a slightly different parameter and it now works perfectly. But I really want to be able to edit the subparams of each hierarchy block copy independent from each other. Thanks. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Related question: is there an easier way to modify the behavior of a resistor... i know the transistor models can be edited by right clicking and choosing edit spice model.. is there a variable resistor subckt model available in pspice..if there are ABM implementations of controlled sources, the next best thing would be for resistors and capacitors.
How to export/ import user prefernces from one PC to another?
Hey everyone!
I have a problem with keeping fixed property FIXED. There is a .dra file of 5141.48A package, which contains traces and vias. The thing is, when I add a Fixed property to those elements, it is ignored in pcb project, and so, when the autoroute function is used, for example, it can automaticly remove traces and vias I need to keep.
For now I Fix those traces inside PCB project, which is dumb and time-consuming, couse there is a lot of those package.
I use Cadence PCB Designer 17.2.
Any help will be appreciated, thx.
(::capPdfUtil::printPdf) Generating PDF file from postscript ....
(::capPdfUtil::printPdf) Failed : couldn't execute "c:\users\dell\gs\gs925w64.exe": invalid argument
i have not connected any printer to my laptop. i just need the pdf file
thank you
How to create a multilayer spiral inductor in allegro pcb librarian 17.2?
Lately I found that you could get a dark theme on windows 7 and after that guess what? I try to see what allegro would look like with this theme applied. I attached the screenshot and from what you can see it's gorgeous. Absolutely beautiful. Just the menus, and visibility pane color and some minor are not have good look.
So please cadence guy. can't you add a theme capability to allegro. your almost created an elegant beast.
Hi
I'm having a couple of issues with the step models in the 3d viewer in OrCAD pro. First is that one of the parts I have has a step file which is made up of multiple components (it's a dev module) and everything in it scales fine but the USB connector on it is scaled to like 40x. I'm not sure if it's something in a setting or if it's something I can change with another program then reexport or what but basically I'm seeing a gigantic micro USB port when I import the model. The step file from digilent is here:
https://reference.digilentinc.com/_media/reference/programmable-logic/cmod-a7/cmod_a7.zip
The other question is that in the 3d canvas I have several parts set up with step files but every time I export the 3d pdf it exports the board and all of that information fine except it just places the black boxes from the package boundaries so when I send the rendering out it just has a bunch of boxes.
I'm not sure if it's just something I'm missing (I'm really unfamiliar with 3D CAD) but any help on either would be appreciated
Thanks!
Just upgraded to 048 and now when I start the PCB launcher I no longer see an option to start in lite mode. This used to be super-useful for opening a second instance of PCB to view another design. EMA confirmed this is an issue. Does anyone know a workaround?
Now we have a high speed IC in the daughter board. It sends high speed signals through the connector to the FPGA in the mother board. The daughter board is now completed routed. But the main board is not started to route and placement. Now the question, if we want to make the SI just for the IC on the daughter board, how can we select the receiver model: the default receiver model or really the IBIS Model of the FPGA on the mother board. We just want to test the SI between the High speed IC and the connector.
I look forward to getting the answer from you!
with best regards,
Stefan
I installed the latest hotfix for OrCAD/Allegro 17.2 (SPB172) and inter-tool communication no longer works. I can no longer cross probe between the schematic and PCB (select a part in OrCAD capture and see it highlighted and zoomed in Allegro). Is anyone else experiencing this issue?
Intertool communication is enabled in Capture preferences, the netlist is current and I have reinstalled the hotfix with no success. This function was working prior to the hotfix install.