Forum Post: RE: alignment of a pin on a component to a pin on an adjacent...
Hi Everyone, As I told earlier I was trying to develop a SKILL script for doing this task, I could able to develop the main functionality of the task. that I am sharing here. I hope this will save a...
View ArticleForum Post: Hierarchy editor: post install trigger not working
Hi! I'd like to use a post-install trigger to automatically resize the hierarchy window upon opening config views. I tried using the following in my .cdsinit: deRegUserTtriggers("config" nil nil...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Hierarchy editor: post install trigger not working
Hi Jorge, Hmmmh...without seeing your trigger function code I can just guess. Do you see any errors in the CIW? Have you implemented your trigger function in a way that it expects one argument? Is the...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Hierarchy editor: post install trigger not working
Hi Max! No errors appear in the CIW, and the function works fine when called explicitly (with an open hierarchy editor as the active window): procedure( my_resizing_procedure(@optional args)...
View ArticleForum Post: Punch holes in ROD object
I have a ROD object, metal filled with contacts. I need to take this ROD object and ouch holes, evenly spaced through the middle of this shape. The hole should remove the metal, and any contacts whcih...
View ArticleForum Post: Annotations are just way too overpowering
I often stare at schematics for hours looking for the cause or solution to some very subtle issue and it is helpful to see some simulation annotations in the process. My issue is that turning on...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Annotations are just way too overpowering
OK, time for me to eat some humble pie :-/. It turns out there is considerable control available over what annotations can/can't be displayed (via the View -> Annotations -> Setup... menu). I...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Annotations are just way too overpowering
It's more of a case of NQGTPOTMY than RTFM (Not Quite Got To That Part Of The Manual Yet) ;-) Unfortunately the second part can't be done currently. Interestingly I was only discussing this in a...
View ArticleForum Post: Differential pair
Anyone having 4 layer .brd file with diffencial pair and usb lines and ethernet lines routing sample board please share me my email id: chaitra.9007@gmail.com, I am new of rf design, I want to learn so...
View ArticleForum Post: Creating Netlist--Error(ORCAP-32007):Netrev failed. Please refer...
Hey all, I've been tasked with replacing a 30 pin connector on our boards, with a new one after the old one was declared obsolete. I've updated the schematic by altering the old connector and...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Hierarchy editor: post install trigger not working
Hi Jorge, This won't work, unfortunately. The Hierarchy Editor is not a "de" (Design Editor") application. You can tell that because when the Hierarchy Editor is the current window, using...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Hierarchy editor: post install trigger not working
Thanks a million, Andrew! As usual, your solution works like a charm!!! Best regards, Jorge.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Cadence Orcad/Allegro SPB 17.2 Release
The way they market it is confusing. Getting them to explain what you get and don't get is interesting. I can say the documentation is merged. Allegro-L is no more, but it was a cheaper Concept HDL...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Cadence Orcad/Allegro SPB 17.2 Release
Yep. There is a feature matrix that explains the nuances between the license levels but I suspect the base level OrCAD tools will do what you need.
View ArticleForum Post: Check the last modification date and time of GDS content
Hi all, Is there any script or function in the menu bar to check the last modification date/time of GDS content? (modification date/time of the last modified cell in GDS) Thank you very much Will
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Cadence Orcad/Allegro SPB 17.2 Release
Check this Matrix out which gives detail as to what you get / don't get in each level:- www.parallel-systems.co.uk/matrix and just to correct you OrCAD Std and Pro get IDX import and export....
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Creating Netlist--Error(ORCAP-32007):Netrev failed. Please...
So these are just warnings and the netlist files are created, the warnings relate to the device name being renamed to match the device name limit you have set. There are also warnings about signal...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Check the last modification date and time of GDS content
Hi Will, There are some capability within QuickView (the k2_viewer program in the PVS stream), including an ASCII dump of GDS - see QuickView 015 ASCII Import/Export . However, this only appears to be...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Creating Netlist--Error(ORCAP-32007):Netrev failed. Please...
Thanks so much for the response Steve. I'm going to try this out later today, and let you know how it went. -Darcy
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Two fucntions with same bindkey(cycling fucntions by same...
Hi Andrew, Couldn't find a way to open a new thread, so decided to just reply to a most relevant post. Hope that my question finds you. I'm trying to make a bindkey that would cycle through a sequence...
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