Forum Post: RE: PCB Editor: how to transfer layer color setup between boards?
Open File>Export>Parameters... in your source board file, enter the output filename of 'colors.prm', enable the 'color layer' & 'color palette' options, then pick Export followed by Close...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: PCB Editor: how to transfer layer color setup between boards?
Open File>Export>Parameters... in your source board file, enter the output filename of 'colors.prm', enable the 'color layer' & 'color palette' options, then pick Export followed by Close...
View ArticleForum Post: Rotation of routed boards
I am looking for a consistent way to rotate my partially routed board (see below). I would like to rotate the entire layout (board, components, traces, vias...etc) as a single entity, so I can route...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: PCB Editor: how to transfer layer color setup between boards?
Thank you for your reply, David! for some reason everything gets exported and imported properly except the "Class/Subclass (user selected)" layers. I tried checking different options during the export,...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: PCB Editor: how to do LVS to ensure routed board is...
Thanks so much Steve, this is what I was looking for!
View ArticleForum Post: Help with exporting .ART with SKILL
Hello all, I am trying to accomplish the following: - Lets say i have all the artwork films created in the Artwork Control Form, and they are named in the following format: XXXXX-X_YXX (X = 0-9 digit,...
View ArticleForum Post: Using the Navigator in Virtuoso L
Very simple question... When in Virtuoso L, using the navigator I can highlight a net that is open and needs to be routed. The problem is, as soon as I click in the layotu window the flight line goes...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: SPICE built in primitives in an AMS simulation
Hey Andrew, Just to let you know that I fixed the issue. I changed the names of the input pins/nets and removed the underscores. When I simulated again using ams I could now see waveforms ( for even...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Using the Navigator in Virtuoso L
Why are you trying to do connectivity-based routing in VLS L? Virtuoso Layout Suite XL is the connectivity-based about tool, and using the annotation browser you can have persistent flight lines....
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Using the Navigator in Virtuoso L
Thanks Andrew. I'm well versed in both L and XL, the problem is the powers that be aren't keen on spending the extra $ for XL tokens so we have to play with only one license among more than one user....
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Using the Navigator in Virtuoso L
Yeah, Options, Display, Nets is unusable because of the mess it throws on your screen.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Using the Navigator in Virtuoso L
I guess you look for: envSetVal("ui" "sessionFocusPolicy" 'cyclic "CanvasDelay") That avoids to do the "click" to switch between the editor and the assistents. There is also a variable to set the delay...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Using the Navigator in Virtuoso L
I guess you look for: envSetVal("ui" "sessionFocusPolicy" 'cyclic "CanvasDelay") That avoids to do the "click" to switch between the editor and the assistents. There is also a variable to set the delay...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Using the Navigator in Virtuoso L
Unsurprisingly, we don't provide any easy means for you to do this in the VLS L tier. The whole point is that VLS XL is the connectivity-based editing environment, and obviously we don't provide means...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Using the Navigator in Virtuoso L
Being a former Cadence employee I figured
View ArticleForum Post: RE: SPICE built in primitives in an AMS simulation
I don't know of a specific RAK on SimVision. It's mentioned in a few (you could search the RAKs for the keyword "simvision" on support.cadence.com - e.g....
View ArticleForum Post: RE: X-out on assembly variants
Something like this: defun( DE_VariantAssemblyDraw (variantSymbols, topLayer, bottomLayer) foreach(sym, variantSymbols bBox = nil objs = setof(obj, sym ->children, memv(obj ->objType, '("path",...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Help with exporting .ART with SKILL
films = '("1234-5-A67", "X234-5-A67") filmNames = rexMatchList("^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9]-[A-Z][0-9][0-9]$", films) Returns ("1234-5-A67")
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Transient DC voltage setup
Hi Frank, Thanks for your reply. For the circuit I simulate, I have to try multiple different cases of input phase combination. Some cases, like you suggested, have both input sources have the same...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Rotation of routed boards
Yes, you need to select "User Pick" for the rotate option. Then select all items in the find filter, select all the items, and then you will be prompted for the point about which you want to rotate. In...
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