[PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems

Hi Diane,

Well, it sounds like I shouldn't be having the problem that I'm having!
But...

I can copy any existing padstack, name it "123456789.pad", and it *will not*
load into "Pad_Designer" by double clicking it.  If I name the copy
"12345678.pad", it *will* load in.

Hey Cadence guys, any clue?  I guess it's time for an ISR.

Thanks for your time Diane!
Gary E. MacIndoe
PCB Design Engineer
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Longmont, Colorado


  -----Original Message-----
  From: Dickoff, Diane J [mailto:diane.j.dickoff@xxxxxxxxx]
  Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 2:41 PM
  To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems


  Note: Flash and symbol shape names are restricted to 18 characters in
v14.2

  In 15.0 Allegro is being modified to allow net and pad stack name lengths

  of up to 256 characters. In 14.0 component symbol, device, and package

  names were already modified in the same manner.

  According to sourcelink...Diane






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  From: Jelena Larsen [mailto:jelenal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
  Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 1:11 PM
  To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems



  Greetings,



  Could this be a character length issue?  Looks like anything beyond 8
characters does not work for you with the padstack in question.



  Jelena Larsen






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  From: Gary MacIndoe [mailto:gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx]
  Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:59 PM
  To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems



  Shirley,



  You've hit on something here.  When I rename the "r11x44_mod" to "r11x44m"
or "r11x44mo", it will load into "Pad_Designer".  For some strange reason,
adding that extra "d" (to make "r11x44mod"), causes it to not load.



  To make it an even stranger situation, "r11x44-m" and "r11x44_m" will also
load, but *not* "r11x44-mo" nor "r11x44_mo" (it just doesn't like that third
added character?!?).



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

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Bolman, Shirley H [mailto:shirley.h.bolman@xxxxxxxxx]
    Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 11:45 AM
    To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems

    Richard

    Have you tried to save a new padstack as r11x44m instead of _mod?

    the _mod really shouldn't be a problem. I also believe that where the
tool

    is saving the padstack to may not be where allegro is looking for the
padstacks.



    Shirley




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    From: Gary MacIndoe [mailto:gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx]
    Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 10:31 AM
    To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems

    Richard,



    No, there is no flash involved.  It is a pure rectangular SMT pad with
the soldermask modified.



    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 11:03 AM
      To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
      Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems

      I've managed to clear a few more cob webs. The problem showed up when
I loaded a flash in Allegro. Does this pad stack have a flash? Try to look
at it.



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      -----Original Message-----
      From: Gary MacIndoe [mailto:gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx]
      Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:56 PM
      To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
      Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems



      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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                        systems

          agere                             76 Sandy Point Road

                                                            Yarmouth, Maine
04096

                                USA



        Richard Weinberg              Tel: 207 846 4539

        Applications Engineer                 rweinberg@xxxxxxxxx

                    ReferenceDesigns

              ___________________________________________________





        -----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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