[PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems

Thanks Diane.  I was out, so I'm just getting to your response.  I was
hoping someone knows about this issue to fix it easy.  Our local CAD support
guy is out for the holidays, I think he knows how to fix it.  I'll wait till
next year!

Thanks,

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 4:33 PM
  To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [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.



          __________________________________________________

                          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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