[PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems

I have tried to duplicate your problem and I can have padstacks with 30+
characters. I save and then open to start from and copy to another 30+
name with lots of underscores in the name. I think it is time to have
Cadence help you. It may be a setting somewhere in all the Cadence
files.

 

Good luck and let us know what happens..Diane.

 

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From: Gary MacIndoe [mailto:gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 2:52 PM
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [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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                                  agere                             76
Sandy Point Road

        
Yarmouth, Maine 04096

                                                        USA

                                 

                                Richard Weinberg              Tel: 207
846 4539

                                Applications Engineer
rweinberg@xxxxxxxxx

                                            ReferenceDesigns


        
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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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