[PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems

Shirley,

Yeah, I guess it's time to contact Cadence on this one.  A SI engineer that
sometimes uses Allegro is not having the problem that I'm having, but a
difference is that he's on XP, where I'm on W2K.  I'm about ready to be
moved to XP, maybe that will solve it.

Thanks for your time!

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 3:55 PM
  To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [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


      -----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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          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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