FlowCAD. FlowCAD Webinar. Capture Tips and Tricks.

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1 FlowCAD Webinar Capture Tips and Tricks

2 Start Page

3 Start Page

4 Start Page Application Notes

5 Marketplace

6 Marketplace

7 FlowCAD Most used shortcuts I Zoom IN O Zoom Out R Rotate W Wire F4 Repeat F6 Cross Hair

8 FlowCAD Most used shortcuts Shift + CTRL+ ALT+ Select Component Select Component Select Component Move Component Copy Component Move Component with wire without wire

9 Coloring wires Select Wire or Net and press Right Mouse Button:

10 Auto Connect Multi Points

11 Auto Connect to Bus 1. Chose command 2. Select pins which you want to connect with a bus 3. Select the Bus

12 Auto Connect to Bus

13 Netgroup Netgroups are heterogeneous buses which can contain: - Scalar nets - Vector nets - Netgroup

14 Netgroup

15 Annotate Refdes Control Allows you to rename the reference designator for each page in a certain number range.

16 Annotate Refdes Control

17 Open file Location When selecting the.dsn File you can directly open the windows explorer. The folder in which the project is stored will be displayed directly.

18 FlowCAD Signal Navigation Select a net Right Mouse Button Menu Signals A list of the selected net appears where the signal is placed on the design

19 Selection Filter

20 Design Navigation and IREF Creating Intersheet References on flat designs, simple as well as complex hierarchical designs Save as.csv

21 Intersheet References FlowCAD

22 Design Cache Each placed component on the schematic, is stored in the design cache. Cleanup Cache All components which aren t used any more in the design, were removed from the Design Cache Update Cache When the symbol is changed in the library, the part has to be updated with this command. Replace Cache You can replace an existing schematic symbol with another symbol from a library

23 Design Cache You can also create a new Library from a Design Cache Symbol:

24 Create Part from Spreadsheet You can create a new schematic symbol with

25 Part Properties You can create a new schematic symbol with

26 Part Properties Shorten Pins PACK_SHORT=(<group1>)(<group2>)[<group3>]

27 Part Properties Make Pin invisible:

28 Part Properties Define not connected pins:

29 Intelligent PDF Export Capture provides an intelligent PDF Export which includes: - Separate Part list - Separate Net list - Detailed information on components and nets when selecting the object - Descending on hierarchical symbols - Works with free pdf converter (PDFCreator, free PDF, etc.) as well as with the Acrobat Distiller

30 Intelligent PDF Export Launch the PDF Export as follows: Accessories Cadence TCL/TK Utilities Utilities

31 Intelligent PDF Export Result:

32 Intelligent PDF Export Result:

33 Constraints It is possible to enter Constraints already in Capture. Example: Relative Propagation Delay Depending on your PCB Editor License, you don t have access to all of the constraints within the constraint manager.

34 Constraints

35 Starpoints Can be used to connect GND Signals. Example:

36 Starpoints Following steps are required: - Add the Property NET_SHORT to a PIN - As value, enter the value from the nets which you want to shorten Format: <netname1>:<netname2>:<netname3>

37 Starpoints Add the NET_SHORT=YES comment in the allegro.cfg file under the [pinprops]:

38 Starpoints No DRC Error appears in the PCB Editor:

39 Title blocks Default settings for title blocks: Options Design Template Title Block

40 Title blocks Create customize pages with TCL/TK Application. This allows you to place the title block any where in the design (TOP,SIDE, etc,).

41 Title blocks Enable the customized page as following: In Accessories CADENCE TCL/TK Utilities Utilities Select Enable Page Customization

42 Title blocks Open the TCL/TK title block library definition: D:\SPB1650\tools\capture\tclscripts\capCustomSampls\TESTCUSTOMIZEPAGE.OLB Add your own title block for each page format Open the configuration file with an Editor: D:\SPB1650\tools\capture\tclscripts\capCustomSampls\capCustomizePage.tcl Add your personal title block name on the desired format, for example $lsizename A3: set ltoptitleblock "TitleblockFlowCADA3

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44 Title blocks You can define which boarder automatically should be added (Top, right, etc.). With adding a # sign in front of a line, the line is marked as comment and gets inactive: Close and reopen capture

45 Title blocks

46 Title blocks How to change title block values:

47 Extended Preferencies

48 TCL/TK Toggl IO Toggles hierarchical Pins.

49 TCL/TK Add Nets to Hierarchical blocks Nets are added automatically, with the same name as the hierarchical pin.

50 TCL/TK Connect Nets from a File (.CSV) Nets to a component are added as defined in the.csv file.

51 TCL/TK As delimiter in the.csv file a, is necessary. You can set this in the region and language settings from Windows.

52 Ende Besten Dank für Ihre Teilnahme und für Ihr Interesse! Für Fragen, Anregungen oder Bemerkungen erreichen Sie mich unter: Tel.: + 41 (0) support@flowcad.ch

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