I'm not sure if this has been covered yet but I have a problem with EPD2004. Prior to our upgrading from EPD3 to EPD2004 we were able to move all displayed...
Is there a convenient way to export Verilog from a DxDesigner Schematic similar to the Export VHDL? Can a menu item be added to the Tools to perform this...
Austin, I am driving the Tanner T-Spice Pro Layout tool using SDL [Schematic Driven Layout]. Tanner's SDL uses a Spice Net list as the net list form for the ...
There's a selection button in ViewDraw where you can select only the RefDes. The button looks like a speaker with two check marks underneath it. With that you...
Has anyone figured out how to create both a PADS 2004 asc file or a PADS 2005 asc file from ViewPCB without changing the file ppcb.vbs every time a new asc...
I found it! It's in the pcbsystem.ini file which will allow one to edit the fwd_cmd and bck_cmd and add another netlist pick! When I get it working, the...
Hello, Does somebody know how a board that was done in PADS in increased layer mode (250 layers) could be modified to default layer mode (30 layers)? Losing ...
Hi, I'm new to DxDesigner and have been trying to do a symbol for a part with multiple power and ground pins. I want to show these pins on the symbol (as...
Are you trying to label two GND pins GND? If so, that is probably a problem. I believe each label must be unique, at least this has been the case in the...
To make the label unique just add numbers behind each. Example gnd1, gnd2 etc. Patricia Lestelle Engineering Technical Support Services Phone: (775) 448-1040...
Phil, In the symbol, use the signal attribute: ie: SIGNAL THEN USE: GND;1,2,3,4 replaceing 1,2,3,4 with the actual pin numbers. and have the visibility "value"...
Due to differences in the PADS database structure, a new ppcb.vbs file was delivered with PADS Layout 2005 for those using ViewPCB. However this file was...
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Christian, I was aware of that, thanks. but I do not use Dashboard. It seems to crash to often for me. I move files and directories a lot using explorer an ...
... to crash ... Verilnet can be called from a DOS command shell. You have to have a path to it. On my machine it is at: MentorGraphics\2004\common\win32\bin ...
No problem from within ViewDraw: 1. Use Tools > Customize... to add a "Verilog Export" control to your Tools menu (Or edit commontools.ini /respectively...
Does anyone have their DxDesigner library set up with DxDataBook? We use Microsoft Access for our database. We've found that everyone has to be out of the...
We get around this by having the master Acess database and library folders up on an apps server that mirrors out to remote servers at midnight each night. The...
This has nothing to do with DxDatabook - Microsoft Access uses a lock file called a <database_name>.ldb The .LDB file maintains lock information about a...
We have our Databook setup per Dan's instructions and it works just as he said. No one has to exit for me to add parts to the access database. ... lock ... ...
In order to allow users to create the lock file, we would need to open write permission on (at least) the directory where the "catalog_DEV.mdb" file resides....