[PCB_FORUM] Re: Constraint areas 16.0

 Dale,

It's not supported in OrCAD PCB, this is probably a mistake in the help 
documents.

If it was supported you would see a Region area in the constraint Manager as in 
the Performace option below :




    





 

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From: Broemer, Dale (AB21) <Dale.Broemer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Please see this then. From the help files.



 



Dale



 



General Theme of
Release 16.0



A major effort in
the area of usability drives the theme of OrCAD PCB Editor 16.0. A shift towards
an object-action editing paradigm, color and visibility improvements and
integration of Physical and Spacing constraints into Constraint Manager lead
the list of enhancements. 



A new pre-selection
editing model, sometimes referred to as noun-verb is based on first selecting
or hovering over a design object(s) with the appropriate action commands
available on the Right Mouse Button (RMB) menu. Built on top of this new
editing environment is the introduction of application modes; a customized
working environment designed to increase productivity and efficiency in intense
applications like interactive routing or bus planning.



Most backend
products are now integrated with a new graphics engine called OpenGL. The color
and visibility graphical user interface has been revamped to now include 192
colors. User controls customize the level of transparency providing improved
visibility through the board. 



Constraint Manager
continues to evolve as the cockpit to manage all constraints and properties
across OrCAD PCB Editor product. The migration of Physical and Spacing
constraints to Constraint Manager brings a level of consistency across all
constraint domains (Physical, Spacing) with respect to hierarchical constraint
resolution, use of overrides and net object references to constraint sets. Each
constraint domain supports common hierarchical objects such as Net Classes,
Buses, Diff Pairs and Pin Pairs. 



The new Net Class
object supersedes the former net_type property and is capable of supporting
both hierarchical and net level members. Also new is the constraint region which
supersedes the former constraint area. The region object aligns with the
existing model used in SPECCTRA for OrCAD. New constraint object methodologies
utilizing explicitly created relationships bring promise to significant data
reduction. Prior to release 16.0, constraint relationships were auto-generated
contributing to assignment table overgrowth. 



OrCAD PCB Editor
product is supported on Microsoft Windows VistaTM Enterprise and XP
Pro. OrCAD PCB Editor 16.0 is not supported on Windows 2000 OS systems.



 






Dale 






 
















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OrCAD PCB Editor doesn't support Constraint areas :



Check the feature list at the end of this document :

http://www.cadence.com/datasheets/7432_PCB_Designs_FINAL.pdf









Constraint Regions are
available in Allegro PCB Performance option or above.









 






-----Original Message-----

From: Broemer, Dale (AB21) <Dale.Broemer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Sent: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:32 am

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EMA has
not provided an ISR that I know of yet.  As an EMA-EDA customer, I’m
denied access to Sourcelink. L









 









EMA has
been working hard with me for a few weeks (un-successfully thus far) to solve a
couple of the issues though. 









 












Dale 












 




























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Dale, did you download
the latest ISR? I couldn't create PDFs without crashing, till i installed the
isr.















 















Sam





-----Original Message-----

From: Broemer, Dale (AB21) <Dale.Broemer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 8:58 am

Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Constraint areas 16.0





















Group,















 















 I’m
having trouble finding information about constraint areas in Orcad PCB Editor
16.0















Seems
that the help file has nothing but a quote about it in the “What’s New” for
Orcad 16.0!















I can
create a constraint area shape, but I cannot get a rule made for it in
Constraint Manager.















Has
anyone been able to make this work yet?















 















Also, is
it my imagination or what, but it appears that there is a lot of bugs in 16.0
that need to be taken care of still? I can’t print without crashing, I can’t 
export
tech files, many links to the help system don’t work, or take you somewhere
un-related. Hmmm.















 















Dale B.















 















 































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