What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Find Filter Support of Hierarchical...
The 16.6 Allegro PCB Editor release ‘Find by Name’ list now supports hierarchical database objects - Diff Pair, Match Group, Region, for example:16.5 Find by Name:16.6 Find by Name:Read on for more...
View ArticleWhat's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Highlight Nets Associated with...
With the 16.6 Allegro PCB Editor release, a simplified method to highlight or de-highlight all nets associated with a component is offered in all applications modes. Hover over a symbol(s), then use...
View ArticleCustomer Support Recommended—Design and Simulation of Full Bridge DC-DC SMPS...
Switched Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) are used extensively in most of the power conversion processes due to their efficiency and compactness. The analysis, design, and the modeling processes have all...
View ArticlePower Integrity Solution Spans Multiple PCBs and Packages
When designing next-generation products, the common theme is "faster, smaller, cheaper". When that is combined with longer battery life and lower power consumption requirements, the design challenges...
View ArticleWhat's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Associative Dimensioning Updates? 16.6...
With the 16.6 Allegro PCB Editor release, custom text can now be specified for any dimension value using the optional Text field located in the Options Panel. If the entered text is specified in the...
View ArticleWhat's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Suppression of Unassigned Indirect Vias?...
The suppression of unassigned indirect vias is now supported in Allegro PCB Editor 16.6, which assigns the property ‘EMB_INDIRECT_VIA_SUPPRESS’ to the Component Definition, Component Instance, or...
View ArticleWhat's Good About the Allegro Design Entry HDL Front to Back Flow Cadence...
Hear what Bruce Imai—a Cadence Educational Services course developer—Cadence Application Engineers, and customers have to say about the valuable content available in our Allegro Design Entry HDL Front...
View ArticleWhat's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Split Plane Association? 16.6 Has...
In the 16.6 Allegro PCB Editor release, net associations to split planes are now stored in the database. This reduces chance of error when re-generating split planes on positive or negative layers. The...
View ArticleWhat's Good or Not So Good About Cadence Documentation? Here’s Your Chance to...
Most of our customers use the product documentation, Help, and Cadence Online Support capabilities while using our products and flows. There is a team working on developing the next generation of...
View ArticleWhat's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Embedded Cavity DRCs? It's NEW in the...
Max cavity size and max cavity component count were offered as reports in the 16.5 release and are now available as DRCs in the 16.6 release of Allegro PCB Editor. Fab houses supporting embedded...
View ArticleWhat's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Disable of Open Space Routing? 16.6 Has It!
By default, the 16.6 Allegro PCB Editor‘Add Connect’ command generates routes when a pick is made on database elements like pins or vias, but also when a pick is made in open or black space. Designers...
View ArticleWhat's Good About Allegro PCB Editor DRC by Window? It’s in the 16.6 Release!
The 16.6 Allegro PCB Editor‘DRC by Window’ command is an alternative to running DRC update at the full design level. As the name suggests, the command is limited to checking the elements within the...
View ArticleWhat's Good About Allegro PCB Editor NC Route? 16.6 has Several New...
There are a few NC Route enhancements in the 16.6 Allegro PCB Editor release.Read on for more details …Separate plated vs. non-plated filesAn option has been added to the NC Route user interface to...
View ArticleWhat's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Line Width Retention? 16.6 Has It!
Currently, user line width overrides are permitted during the Add Connect command, but are reset back to constraint driven when the command is completed. New behavior in the Allegro PCB Editor 16.6...
View ArticleWhat's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Replace Padstack? 16.6 Has Several New...
The Allegro PCB Editor 16.6 ‘Replace Padstack’ command is now available as a context menu item when the selection set consists of mixed padstack instances. Prior to 16.6, the selection set would have...
View ArticleWhat's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Pastemask DRC? 16.6 Has Several New...
The Allegro PCB Editor 16.6 Pastemask to Pastemask DRC now checks the ‘Package Geometry - Pastemask_Top’ shapes within the same symbol.Read on for more details …In Allegro PCB Editor, open a library...
View ArticleWhat's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Symbol Editor? 16.6 Has a Couple of New...
The Allegro PCB Editor release has a few new capabilities related to symbol pins. The Symbol Editor has been enhanced with a new utility designed to automatically renumber pins based on positional...
View ArticleWhat's Good About Cadence PCB Design and SI/PI Analysis Products? The 16.6...
I’m taking a brief detour from the usual product technical details this week to mention (and in most cases – remind people) that the Cadence PCB Design and SI/PI Analysis Products provide Quarterly...
View ArticleWhat's Good About the DEHDL Variant Editor? The Secret's in the 16.6 Release!
The 16.6–2015 (also known as 16.6 QIR#9) Design Entry HDL (DEHDL) release contains upgraded capabilities for the Variant Editor – namely:Dynamic viewing of variants in the schematic editorCapturing...
View ArticleWhat's Good About Allegro PCB Designer Manufacturing Option? It's NEW in the...
Wow! There is an extremely powerful option available for PCB designers in the 16.6 - 2015 Allegro PCB Editor release—the Allegro PCB Designer Manufacturing Option. This option is integrated into the...
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