Forum Post: RE: How to make the assembly layer for gerber files
Ditto. I prefer the export/import IDF assembly creation because along with 'scaling' the import, you can also mirror the import.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: DRC error: Mechanical Drill Hole to Pin spacing
Do you mean under Constraint Manager>Spacing
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How to find boundary of a cell with IC SKILL
Yes, thanks a lot for the info. Regards, Phuong Truong
View ArticleForum Post: Coverage error
Hi all, I am getting this warning in while generating the coverage report, can you help me to clear this warning? ncsim: *W,COVOPM: Coverage configuration file command "set_covergroup -optimize_model"...
View ArticleForum Post: Best way to add "charging pads" to PCB/Case Assembly
Hi everyone! I'm working on a small battery powered PCB which will fit inside a small plastic "hockey puck" container. A number of these "pucks" will be sold together with a "charging doc" which will...
View ArticleForum Post: schematic that uses spectre M_TWO_PI unhappy in ams
I have a cellview whose schematic is a L-C ladder filter that is parameterized. I pass down the bandwidth via pPar() and the L-C values are set to expressions like: 2/(M_TWO_PI*pPar("BW")) or...
View ArticleForum Post: SKILL defined custom menus in ViVA graph window?
I'm familiar with using deRegUserTriggers() to trigger a call back for schematic, schematicSymbol, maskLayout, etc windows to install custom menus. For CIW I can find the window with hiGetCIWindow(),...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: [Spectre] multiple dynamic parameters ?
Hi ShawnLogan, Thanks a lot for these clear explanations! I am simulating a clocking circuit containing huge time constants (AC couplings) that takes ages to stabilize; and I need a very accurate...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: SKILL BOM-like script
Hi EvanShultz, Is there a way to create quick reports using skill and read it's contents?. Not to just create rpt file. Thanks Harish
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Schematic instance/symbol swap error
be careful if the instances have parameters or CDF callbacks. If so, you'll need to trigger the callbacks and maybe even do some mapping of CDF parameters. But if you don't have that situation,...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: schematic that uses spectre M_TWO_PI unhappy in ams
I noted a rather strange thing. If I switch to UNL (in the same session) and try to netlist, then M_TWO_PI is now identified as an undefined design variable and I can set it to "`M_TWO_PI" (note the...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: DRC error: Mechanical Drill Hole to Pin spacing
Hi Go to set up - constraint - modes - in the analysis setting click on design. You will see mechanical spacing. Click on this and turn off this function.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Best way to add "charging pads" to PCB/Case Assembly
Everyone uses PogoPins for these applications on the charger device that contacts pads on the wearable device.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Features of Cadence 17.4 Allegro
This version will be useful after a hundred hotfixes. Some bugs in the software will appear and others will disappear but the closer to 100 hotfix the better. You have to pay, pay and pay maintenance...
View ArticleForum Post: question about pcell SKILL code
Hi I got a legacy SKILL code for pcell from the company and need to modify it. Could someone explain to me the purpose of using dbReplacProp shown below ? I cannot find the info about it in Cadence...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: [Spectre] multiple dynamic parameters ?
Dear skylink, Thank you for your additional information on your circuit - and thank you for letting me know you saw the same "step" behavior! [quote userid="455665"...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: question about pcell SKILL code
The maskLayoutParamCell viewSubType was something added by graphical PCells so that it effectively ran Tools->PCell (or something like that) when you opened the layout for the PCell. That's not...
View ArticleForum Post: allegro 17.4 Graphic display lag doing pan/Zoom in the PCB Editor.
Hi all I have been testing out Allegro/Orcad 17.4 with a view to moving to it from 17.2. I ran into a strange issue that is causing the display to be slow doing pan & zoom on a board. The issue...
View ArticleForum Post: Quick reports generation using skill
Hello, Is there any function in allegro skill to generate quick reports in pcb editor and write the same to a text or html file. Thanks, harish
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