I'm having trouble getting the part number attribute on my schematic symbols to transfer to the physical symbol in PADS. When I do a query in PADS, there is no...
Hi, I'm trying to pass attribute values from the symbol down to underlying schematics for hierarchical analog netlisting with Spicelink (wspicegui). The...
Hi, How do I create/add a non-electrical "dummy" symbol to the schematic? I basically need a drawing of a symbol with no intelligence so I can place multiples...
I am encountering problems with licenses in ePD 3.1a. In some cases Viewdraw is obtaining a license via node-locked licenses but others are grabbing the...
Say I had a bus of eight signals... I'd bring that up through the hierarchy as FRED[7:0] Say I had a differential pair coming from a serdes. I'd name them: ...
Hi im new to this group. The company I work for are upgrading our PCB CAD software from Vutrax and we have decided to go with the option of PADS. In the demo...
Jos, to delete schematics from viewdraw you can use Tools >Delete Sheet it removes also the files in the wir-directory, but it doesn't remove the files in the...
Hi, I'm looking for a way to delete a schematic and a symbol in Viewdraw. This looks like a trivial feature to me, but I cannot find any reference to it in the...
Ughh, can't make that work because the users local dashtools.ini contains (among other things) a toolbox mapping to their local WDIR - Something like this: ...
Iestyn, Do you just want dash to display a default company page on invocation? If thats the case go into Edit->Preferences and check the Enable default ...
Hi All, I'm using with PowerPCB 5.0 and ePD 3.0. if I select a component in PowerPCB, is it possible to generate a report of the net associated to the pin of...
Iestyn, Do you just want dash to display a default company page on invocation? If thats the case go into Edit->Preferences and check the Enable default ...
Hi All, I'm using with PowerPCB 5.0 and ePD 3.0. if I select a component in PowerPCB, is it possible to generate a report of the net associated to the pin of...
Jos, Cmd = 1 'means ViewDraw Command line command string a valid command string would be "run myscript.vbs" So save your code to a file (myscript.vbs) in...
Hi, I'm want to make a key-binding to a self-make vbs-script. Whenever I try to execute something like Bindings("Schematic").AddKeyBinding "n", "ScriptName",...
Hi All, I like having the database in Excel format as there is so many ways to sort the data, and so far i have had no problems. I have however one issue, when...
Ryan, I'm using 3.0 and it's PrimaryDirectory property, but this shouldn't make a difference. Sorry, my code wasn't correct (WorkDir is an internal Var in my...
Ryan, to run an outside program from within an .efm: Set ExecOb = Scripting.CreateObject("Viewlogic.Exec","shell") ExecOb.WorkingDirectory = WorkDir 'or...
How do I run outside programs through forms in DxDesigner? I see that they can be run through adding them through the "Tools" bar in ViewDraw, but what...
I'm a newbie. How do I change the reference designators automatically in PADs so that on the printed circuit board the ref des's are numbered in some logical...
Hi, Is it possible in DxViewDraw to load an annotation file once in an hierarchical design where when you browse trough your hierarchy, the annotation still be...
Has anyone located a decent reference on net and component constraints for DxDesigner 3.0 and PowerPCB 5.0.1? We are trying to locate a definition for all of...
Steve, after Changing the Attribute is selected, so you can do it like this: Sub Application_BlockModified(Block) Rem Bug in 3.0 (solution announced for 3.1):...
