[PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems

David,

It *still* has me going!  There appears to be an eight character limit for
padstack names: "r11x44xx.pad" is ok, but "r11x44xxx.pad" will not load for
me.

Gary E. MacIndoe
PCB Design Engineer
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Longmont, Colorado




-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: David Greig [mailto:david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
-> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 2:32 PM
-> To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-> Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems
->
->
-> Gary
->
-> I was aware of an 18 character limit, and have been keeping within this
-> successfully.
->
-> Still seems okay, with pse fired up either external or internal
-> to allegro.
->
-> Even with r11x44_mod
->
-> This is on wintel, 15.2 with last weeks ISR.
->
-> You had me going there...
->
-> Best Regards
->
-> David Greig
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-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Gary MacIndoe [mailto:gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx]
-> Sent: 22 December 2004 21:06
-> To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-> Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems
->
->
-> Mitch, Shirley,
->
-> I think I have defined the problem, now I just need a solution!
->
-> It appears that I have an eight character limit in naming padstacks, but
-> just since moving to 15.2.  We have quite a few previously
-> created padstacks
-> that exceed eight characters in name length.
->
-> Anyone have a clue as to how I can tell the "Pad_Designer"
-> editor to allow
-> more than eight characters?
->
-> Thanks for the help!
->
-> Gary E. MacIndoe
-> PCB Design Engineer
-> Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
-> Longmont, Colorado
->
->
->
->
-> -> -----Original Message-----
-> -> From: Gary MacIndoe [mailto:gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx]
-> -> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 1:50 PM
-> -> To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-> -> Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems
-> ->
-> ->
-> ->
-> -> Hey Mitch,
-> ->
-> -> We have used dashes and underscores in package as well as padstack
-> -> names for years.  Now all of a sudden it doesn't appear to like
-> -> either the underscore or the dash.
-> ->
-> -> At first I copied/pasted a similar padstack file, renamed it, then
-> -> tried to edit it.  It wouldn't load with the "_mod", so I took off
-> -> the "_mod", it would then load into the padstack editor.  Then I did
-> -> a "save as" and added the "_mod".  Now, once again, I can't load it
-> -> in with the "_mod"
-> -> to modify
-> -> it.  All of this is taking place in an "unchecked" directory where we
-> -> create and use the symbols/padstacks in a design.  They are moved
-> -> into the "golden"
-> -> library directory only when tested in a populated functional PCB
-> -> assembly.
-> ->
-> -> In this same "unchecked" directory, I can load a previously created
-> -> padstack (i.e. "r15x70") without the "_mod" just fine.  It doesn't
-> -> make any sense to me.  The only thing that has changed lately is I
-> -> have moved from 15.1 to 15.2.
-> ->
-> -> Gary E. MacIndoe
-> -> PCB Design Engineer
-> -> Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
-> -> Longmont, Colorado
-> ->
-> ->
-> ->
-> ->
-> -> -> -----Original Message-----
-> -> -> From: Mitch S. Morey [mailto:cadpro2k@xxxxxxxxxx]
-> -> -> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 11:04 AM
-> -> -> To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-> -> -> Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems
-> -> ->
-> -> ->
-> -> -> Hi Gary,
-> -> ->
-> -> -> Our library has padstacks with spaces and dashes in the names
-> -> and don't
-> -> -> give us problems.
-> -> ->
-> -> -> Just thinking...
-> -> ->
-> -> -> 1) are you positive you've mod'd this one in the 'correct'
-> -> library, and
-> -> -> maybe not in a duplicate path that Allegro is NOT looking in?
-> -> -> 2) When you say you've mod'd it from an existing, did you do
-> -> that in the
-> -> -> PADSTACK Editor? or did you simply copy it, and now the editor
-> -> -> doesn't find it. In that case you need to restart the editor
-> -> -> 3) can you call that new padstack (filename_mod.pad) up in the
-> -> -> allegro symbol editor?
-> -> -> 4) are you sure there's not a flash symbol associated with the new
-> -> -> padstack that the editor doesn't find?
-> -> ->
-> -> -> Hope this helps. Good day.
-> -> ->
-> -> -> Mitch
-> -> ->
-> -> ->
-> -> -> > Thanks Richard.  This padstack is in the same directory with
-> -> -> others that I
-> -> -> > have no problem loading into the padstack editor (they
-> -> don't have the
-> -> -> > "_mod"
-> -> -> > at the end).
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> > Gary E. MacIndoe
-> -> -> > PCB Design Engineer
-> -> -> > Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
-> -> -> > Longmont, Colorado
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >   -----Original Message-----
-> -> -> >   From: Weinberg, Richard (Richard) [mailto:rweinberg@xxxxxxxxx]
-> -> -> >   Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 10:17 AM
-> -> -> >   To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-> -> -> >   Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >   I've seen this before. I'm not sure but, check if there are
-> -> -> any spaces
-> -> -> > in
-> -> -> > any of the directory names in the total path.
-> -> -> >
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-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >   -----Original Message-----
-> -> -> >   From: Gary MacIndoe [mailto:gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx]
-> -> -> >   Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:03 PM
-> -> -> >   To: Allegro Forum
-> -> -> >   Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Pad designer editor problems
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >   Hey guys,
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >   Anyone see this while trying to edit a padstack?  I have a
-> -> -> padstack that
-> -> -> > I
-> -> -> > modified from another one with "_mod" at the end (i.e. the
-> -> padstack is
-> -> -> > named
-> -> -> > "r11x44_mod.pad").  Could it be the "_"?  I tried replacing
-> -> -> the "_" with a
-> -> -> > "-", then taking it out altogether, same results.  Only when I
-> -> -> remove the
-> -> -> > "mod", can I edit the padstack!  I can edit ones without the
-> -> -> "_mod" all I
-> -> -> > want.
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >   Thanks for any replies!
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >   Gary E. MacIndoe
-> -> -> >   PCB Design Engineer
-> -> -> >   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
-> -> -> >   Longmont, Colorado
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
-> -> -> >
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