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How to create an assembly drawing in PCB Designer 16.5
Hi everyone,I was hoping to find some help on how to generate an assembly drawing using version 16.5 of PCB Designer. I can see under Manufacture -> Variants there is a selection to create an...
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[PCB Designer] Shape toolbar
Hi all, When I select the shape toolbar under PCB Designer, I only have the "delete island" button on it. How could I show the other buttons ?Many thanks for your help and kind regards,
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off-grid vias
I am using Orcad Layout 9.0 and am getting alot of off-grid via errors. I have changed the grid several times with no sucess. I am trying to route to a footprint that has 1mm pitch. Please advise.
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PHASE_TOLERENCE?
Hi all, why we have adjust the phase tolerence between D+ and D-?what is the difference between static and dynamic phase tolerence?Anyone please guide me., Regards,Karthik.
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anyone successfuly installed OrCAD Capture CIS 16.6 with CIP?
Our CIP schematic symbols are not showing up. Just the ones in the supplied library. Everything works fine in 16.3 but we are trying to get the upgrade done.
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brd2odb Error translating input.
I looked for this error and everyone seems to address the issue by changing the artwork type to RS274Xand decimal places to 5.I also run dbdoctor and have 0 errors but when I try to translate I get:...
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Teaming up on a Design
I'm looking for some guidance on the following. A co-worker and I have teamed up on a fairly intense 12 layer design (controlled impedance, DDR, tuned traces, 684 ball BGA, etc) My partner is...
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Allegro free physical viewer and Windows 7
Hi, I'm running the Allegro free physical viewer on Windows 7 and I see that the screen is not refreshing.This results in the nets and components not being highlighted when I select them and the names...
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Cadence 16.5 on Windows 8
HiHas anyone tried to install cadence 16.5 on Windows 8, just wanted to know what problems they encountered, I do understand Windows 8 is not yet supported.Also when will Windows 8 be supported.I have...
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OrCad Layout on Windows 7 ?
I have some older OrCad Layout designs I need to support. Has anyone had success running OrCad Layout on Windows 7 ?
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How do you array objects in Allegro "Package Symbol" editor ?
I'm a new Cadence Allegro user. I'm making a complex package symbol with over 30,000 shapes. My normal procedure using different CAD tools is to make one pattern then use the "step and repeat" function...
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what is the "convert" in part window of CIS explorer
There is a "convert" radio button in part window after openning CIS explorer. what is it about? when can i use it?
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where is viewname diplayed on relational tab
I've defined a viewname on relational tab during CIS configuration process.when I perform a query in CIS explorer using relational query, I can't find the viewname where it is diplayed.
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mechanical parts in Capture to BOM
Is it possible to add parts to the schematic that are not part of the PCB design? I have a carrier that has multiple parts (die and single layer capacitors). The schematic symbol visually has all of...
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CIS Spreadsheet - Additional Unwanted Fields
I set up CIS using a spreadsheet with component families organized in separate tabs.Within CIS some of the component families have a number of undefined fields added to the CIS listing: F9, F10, F11...
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Video tutorial for using Allegro Design HDL
Hi friends,I have been using Allegro capture CIS all these years and having no idea about Design Entry HDL. Hence, for my current project, I have been going through the User guide of DE-HDL but it has...
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manual switch in pspice capture
As the title suggests, I'm looking for manual switch in CIS capture and all what i found was sw_tClose and sw_tOpenthanks
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Ideal gates, how?
Using 16.0, I encounter some problems with ideal gates. No problems with real gates (7400.olb, etc.), though. I understand that Gates.olb provides ideal gates. A simple NAND is enough, to show that it...
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cannot see grids in the flip view - v16.3
The grids are not showing in the flip view. Is this a common problem?Thanks.
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anyone successfuly installed OrCAD Capture CIS 16.6 with CIP?
Our CIP schematic symbols are not showing up. Just the ones in the supplied library. Everything works fine in 16.3 but we are trying to get the upgrade done.
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