[PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems

Gary
Have you talked with Cadence directly about this? It reminds me of a
problem "I" had on my machine when
we moved from 13.6 to 14.2. For some reason the Padstack editor would
not allow more than 10 or 12 characters
in a flash name on my machine. Everyone else in my group had no problem
with the number of characters in the flash
name portion of the pad designer. We finally contacted Cadence and an
Application Engineer had to take a look at
what was going on with my desktop machine only. 
 
By the way, we currently have some padstacks with as many as 12
characters in them including _ with no problem at
all. We are still running 14.2 but will probably change over to 15.2
sometime soon.
 
Hope this helps
Shirley

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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
        
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                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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Point Road
        
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                        Richard Weinberg                    Tel: 207 846
4539
                        Applications Engineer
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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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