Forum Post: RE: Instantiating instance from command line: no properties stored.
Hi Sjoerd, Setting the parameter to its own value is not particularly expensive - so I'm not sure I would necessarily worry about that. You could use dbFindProp/dbGetPropByName on the instance with...
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bump. does no one use this feature?
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Instantiating instance from command line: no properties stored.
Hi Andrew, I have tried to implement a check with dbFindProp/dbGetPropByName in the callback procedure, but with no luck. The main reason being: in the callback I don't have an instance ID, only the...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Instantiating instance from command line: no properties stored.
Hi Sjoerd, It's more about database size. Of course, if you only have a handful of instances, it's probably not even worth worrying about... Regards, Andrew.
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Hey I am designing a layout for 1553 Tranceiver with controller implemented on FPGA. Impedance for Bus signals from 70 to 85 ohms right? What should be the impedance of differential signal traces from...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Problems Using relative propagation delay.
Yes I am running the latest Hotfix. Its not add remove members it is changing the pin pair it is using for the current net. I do not have the net group in the schematic and did not reload it. I am...
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View ArticleForum Post: RE: Instantiating instance from command line: no properties stored.
Hi Andrew, the database is not big at all, so I am not worried about the amount of data that's going to be stored by doing this. Thanks again for your support. Sjoerd
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