FloWare Toolbox

FlowCAD FloWare

FlowCAD offers a bunch of useful tool enhancements which increase productivity. This enhancements have been created to meet the specific needs of our customers. FlowCAD will be happy to program additional functions to meet your specific needs too.

Installation of FloWare modules is a simple process and does not require any expert knowledge. Installation process includes a wizard and guides you through the FloWare installation process. Menu structures are automatically recognized by PCB Editor and shown in the tool bar.

Simply choose from the available modules according to your needs and increase PCB design productivity. The License is distributed by e-mail and is valid for the site of your company location. Each module provides a detailed documentation.

Available FloWare Modules
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Setup Modules
Display Modules
Edit Modules
Draft Modules
Shapes Modules
Check / Review Modules
Documentation Modules
Manufacture Modules
Signal Integrity Modules
Miscellaneous Modules

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Available FloWare Modules

Currently available modules, in alphabetical order. Click on the buttons to navigate to the different sections.

  • Advanced Mirror
  • Advanced Testpoint Check
  • Anti Tamper Mesh PCB
  • AOI Check
  • Assign Net to Via (Change Net)
  • Barcode Generator
  • Batch Plot
  • CAF-DRC
  • Change Width
  • Class Color
  • Cleanliness Check
  • Coil Designer
  • Contour Place
  • Cross Copy
  • Cross Section Generator
  • Custom Variables
  • Design Compare
  • Digital Soldermask
  • Drafting Utility
  • Drawing Designer
  • Drawing Size
  • Drawing View Manager
  • Edge Plating
  • FPGA Utility
  • Highlight Dummy Pins
  • IBIS Prototype Modeler
  • Label Generator
  • Label Tune
  • Mask Generator
  • NC Panel Route
  • Net Color View
  • Padstack Finder
  • Padstack Usage
  • Panelization
  • PCB Library Plot
  • Polar Grid
  • Post Processing
  • Push to Grid
  • Quick Symbol Edit
  • Replace Via
  • Shape Utilities
  • Shield Generator
  • Shield Routing
  • Silkscreen DRC
  • Snap Generator
  • Stretch Flex PCB
  • SVG Export
  • Synchronize Testprep
  • Tortoise SVN Integration
  • Variant 3D
  • Variant Assembly
  • Variant BOM
  • Z-DRC

Setup Display Edit Draft Shapes Check / Review Documentation Manufacture Signal Integrity Miscellaneous

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FloWare is a cost option. You can choose one or more modules according to your needs to test with Free Trial. Downloading FloWare Release will not work without license. License is distributed by e-mail and is valid for the site of your company location.

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The installation of the additional FloWare modules is very simple and platform independent. The menu structures are automatically recognized by PCB Editor and displayed in the menu bar.

Setup

Drawing Size
Change the design extents quick and easy

Drawing Size

Drawing Size allows users to change and modify the drawing extents in a quick and easy way. This is useful if you want to reduce design extents to minimum values. Settings can be applied to all or individual sides of the drawing canvas.

Display

Net Color View
Very useful for floor planning

Net Color View

Net Color View allows saving and restoring net color and rat visibility settings. This is very useful for floor planning and route feasibility studies. Temporary colored nets for a special task are easier to identify.

Variant 3D
Multiboard panel

Variant 3D

Variant 3D is an app to visualize variants in 3D canvas. Using the variant information from the design, DNI components will automatically be hidden in 3D. Single boards, regular panels and multiboard panels are supported.
YouTube Video Variant 3D

Edit

Advanced Mirror
Enables mirror operations

Advanced Mirror

Advanced Mirror is an application that allows users to perform mirror operations while moving or copying a group of selected objects. Mirroring can be performed either across subclasses or on the same subclass (geometry only). When wires and components are mirrored, DRCs will occur because the component pins no longer match the mirrored layout. Many users consider this new connection of the pins to be much easier than rebuilding the complete circuit board. It is often used to mirror keepouts and shapes.

Anti Tamper Mesh PCB
Convoluted maze of wires (mesh)

Anti Tamper Mesh PCB

Anti Tamper Mesh PCB interactively creates meshes, which have the main purpose to actively detect and respond to external attacks by monitoring changes in resistance, capacitance, breaks or shorts. Convoluted mesh of wires on the outer layers of the PCB are often required for Hardware Security Modules (HSM). After specifying the mesh region and definition of keep outs, the starting edge needs to be selected, from which the signals start and end. Finally the mesh is calculated.
YouTube Video Anti Tamper Mesh PCB

Change Width
Change width of clines and segments

Change Width

Change Width helps users to change the width of clines and clines segments. In contrast to the standard "Edit - Change" command this module supports a filter mechanism in that the changes are only applied to segments matching a given width. Furthermore highlight and report functionality is available. Users can select by pick, window, temp group or find by name.

Coil Designer
Generate planar PCB windings

Coil Designer

Coil Designer creates planar windings in PCB Editor. Generation is controlled with variable parameters. Available are four general shapes: round, rectangular, hexagonal and octagonal. With changes in parameters in the menu the dimensions or number of windings will be dynamically updated in the preview at the cursor. Corners can be mitered or rounded off with a parameterized radius. Within a structure a keep out area can be generated as well with a spacing towards the inner winding. If you want to place a via at the beginning and end of the winding, you can select an available via type. Winding direction can be clockwise or counterclockwise and geometry can be rotated.
YouTube Video Coil Designer

Contour Place
Place components along a given contour

Contour Place

Contour Place lets you place components along a given contour. Compared to Polar Grid, it provides a more generic approach as arbitrary paths are supported along which components can be placed. Contour path is generated from existing objects. The app offers interactive placement of components, with automatic snap to contour path. Absolute or relative angles, lock long side or lock short side offers various alignment capabilities. In some cases, components need to be placed at certain, predefined locations on the contour path. For this purpose, custom snap markers can be generated.
YouTube Video Contour Place

Cross Copy
Merging data to soldermask shape

Cross Copy

Some users wish to expand the regular copy function of PCB Editor. Using the command Edit / Cross Copy, a target layer can be defined. Standard copy command does not support a destination layer and compared to the Z-Copy command, Cross Copy offers way more flexibility.

Digital Soldermask
Digital Soldermask

Digital Soldermask

With Digital Soldermask the PCB designer can automatically define - with only a few specifications for minimum land widths, minimum distances and offsets - masks for digital solder resist. Different modes cover all currently known use cases and help to output corresponding manufacturing documents. In addition to material savings, new, creative and technically different solutions open up, which are particularly interesting for high voltage and power electronics.
YouTube Video Digital Soldermask

Label Tune
Adjustments to labeling of components

Label Tune

Positioning of reference labels in the library is normally standardized. After placement or in case of high-density designs, texts can become difficult to read. Manual adjustment of text parameters is then necessary. With Label Tune, label size, rotation, and position can be adjusted so that they are easier to read for Assembly Drawings. Further parameters are mirror and center fit, which incorporate maximum block size and spacing to component boundaries.
YouTube Video Label Tune

Polar Grid
Useful for circular placement / routing

Polar Grid

In some applications (e.g. medical, automotive) not only the boards have a circular outline also placement and routing has to be done in a circular fashion. Doing these kinds of boards on the basis of a cartesian grid is time consuming and cumbersome. Polar Grid Utilities is a toolkit that is exactly dedicated to this kind of application. Besides the capability to define a polar grid, it offers additional functions such as polar placement, polar routing and polar shapes including voids.
YouTube Video Polar Grid

Push to Grid
Placement application

Push to Grid

Push to Grid is a placement application that allows users to highlight off grid symbols including an option to move / push them to the nearest grid point. Furthermore it supports a regular placement mode for standard placement operations.

Replace Via
Select the vias to be exchanged

Replace Via

Replace Via is an application which gives users some more flexibility while replacing via padstacks in the design. The operation can be restricted to a selected area. Vias can be included and excluded through interactive commands taking various filter criteria into account. Additional processing options such as Ignore DRC or Retain Mirror Status are available.

Shield Generator
Easy shape and via pattern generation

Shield Generator

Shield Generator facilitates generation of shape and via pattern for shielding purposes. This includes shield rings along board outline (e.g. for ESD protection) as well as generation of shield boxes for RF circuits which require additional noise reduction. The user can choose between different modes for shield generation and can set parameters for shape and via. Mask generation and cutting capabilities for solder mask and paste mask can also be used.
YouTube Video Shield Generator

Shield Routing
Creates shield for critical signals

Shield Routing

Some RF applications require shields for critical signals in order to minimize crosstalk and noise. Shields may be realized on same layer like signal trace (side shield) or on adjacent layers above or below the signal trace (tandem shield). In both cases shield structure follows the structure of signal trace and is expanded to a certain extent. Usually shields are realized by dynamic or static shapes connected to a ground net. Route keepouts may be also understood as some sort of shielding as they keep noise away. Shield Routing is an application which enables users to create shields for signal traces inside PCB Editor.
YouTube Video Shield Routing

Stretch Flex PCB
Design stretchable PCBs

Stretch Flex PCB

Stretch Flex PCB makes it possible to adapt routed PCBs so that they meet the requirements for stretchable circuit carriers and the copper lines do not break on stretchable material. The app was developed in close cooperation between Würth Elektronik and FlowCAD. All the necessary parameters for a wide range of applications can be set and applied to the routing.
YouTube Video Stretch Flex PCB

Draft

Drafting Utilities
Cutting a bus in three segments

Drafting Utilities

When you need to manipulate geometric forms you normally can do the operations much easier in a mechanical CAD software compared to OrCAD / Allegro PCB Editor. Drafting Utilities offers some useful functions to edit geometric PCB forms. It is possible to cut through forms and structures and use the separated individual pieces. This helps to create unusual shapes which are not based on a grid but on intersections of other objects. Besides the cutting feature there are some useful drawing features for lines and arcs.
YouTube Video Drafting Utilities

Snap Generator
Snap points for geometrical adjustments

Snap Generator

Graphical editing of copper areas, pads or other geometrical forms is sometimes complex and goes beyond standard functions of PCB Editor. With Snap Generator it is possible to generate intersections of objects (I = intersection), center points (C), end points (E), pins (P = origin) or equally long sections (X = section) by selecting the elements. Generated snap points are saved on a separate layer and their coordinates can be combined with normal commands in PCB Editor. In this way, all special points outside the grid can be incorporated reliably and accurately.

Shapes

Shape Utilities
Modification of shapes

Shape Utilities

Copper shapes have to have sometimes very specific outlines for electrical reasons to enable a circuit board to perform correctly. Shape Utilities can efficiently enhance existing functionality in OrCAD / Allegro PCB Editor. With boolean operations (OR, AND, ANDNOT, XOR) two shapes can be calculated against each other to a new shape. Original shape attributes (shape type, fill style, net name, ...) of primary shape will remain attached to the resulting shape. Any shape can also be scaled with size operators (Expand / Contract). A separate parameter will specify the handling of voids. Shapes with corners can be rounded off.
YouTube Video Shape Utilities

Check / Review

Advanced Testpoint Check
Addresses various rules for testpoint check

Advanced Testpoint Check

In order to optimally fulfill contacting requirements for In-circuit tests (ICT) various test probes are available. These differ in terms of height, size, tip style and type of connection. On the PCB the corresponding contact areas (testpoints) must reflect these requirements. Advanced Testpoint Check addresses various rules for testpoint checking.
YouTube Video Advanced Testpoint Check

AOI Check
Helps users checking AOI related rules

AOI Check

Helps users to check AOI related rules directly in PCB Editor. Shadowing can cause serious issues in verfication process. Shadows can be calculated in various directions based on specified camera angles (all, horizontal, vertical, 45 degrees) taking component height into account. Special rules apply to 3D inspection systems.

CAF-DRC
Special DRC for CAF on PCBs

CAF-DRC

CAF (Conductive Anodic Filament) describes the chemical effect of copper ion migration in the FR-4 base material at high voltages, which causes breakdowns in PCBs. CAF-DRC makes it possible to execute a special design Rule Check in PCB Editor for OrCAD and Allegro. Corresponding minimum distances between the bore outer diameter and next conductive material are specified as a function of voltage classes. If distance is undercut, a DRC error occurs.

Cleanliness Check
Cleanliness Check visualizes contact areas

Cleanliness Check

Cleanliness Check analyzes the PCB layout for contact areas caused by particles with a given size. Contact area specifies the area in which a particle will cause a short, no matter how the particle is oriented. Cleanliness Check calculates and visualizes contact areas using shapes and writes a report. By sweeping the particle size the information from the output can be used to feed cleanliness assessment calculator from ZVEI.

Design Compare
Graphical Design Compare

Design Compare

This app compares two design databases and recognizes the differences. In this way deviations in product life cycle can be detected and documented. Design Compare distinguishes designs in two different types of comparison. In standard comparison, parameters in the design that exist as numbers or texts (e.g. net names, properties) in the database are compared. In addition, a graphical comparison of the geometry of the layout is possible. Results can be output as an HTML report.
YouTube Video Design Compare

FPGA Utilities
Reports for FPGA Flow

FPGA Utilities

When routing FGPAs on a circuit board, it is often necessary to swap individual pins (pin swap) to optimize routing. These changes must be saved in FPGA environment so that the FPGA designer can synchronize his data. FPGA Utilities generates various reports for this purpose (e.g. Show Difference). Pin Constraints in manufacturer-specific formats (MicroSemi / Actel, Xilinx, Altera, Lattice or Excel / CSV) can also be generated. FPGA Utilities enables the user to synchronize FPGA and PCB design data quickly and efficiently.

Z-DRC
DRC for violations in Z-coordinates

Z-DRC

DRCs in PCB Editor work only in x and y direction. Z-DRC checks can be made respective the z-coordinates. This might be useful for safety or explosive requirements. The user can select between which layers the check shall be performed. As a result a list of Z-DRCs will be displayed. By clicking on each Z-DRC PCB Editor will zoom in on the area, where the error was found. DRCs can be stored as external DRCs in the database.

Documentation

Barcode Generator
Barcodes in PCB Editor

Barcode Generator

To identify PCBs some customers print barcodes on a PCB layer as part of the manufacturing process. With Barcode Generator you can easily enter the value and create the barcode of that value. Barcode is placed onto any layer of the design. This app supports symbol definitions for Code 39, Code 128, QR Code and DataMatrix with adjustable parameters for barcode height, width, single bar width and margins. You have the choice, if you want to show the text under the bars or choose an inverted display. For easy dimensioning you have a dynamic preview during parameter change.
YouTube Video Barcode Generator

Cross Section Generator
SVG Export, e.g. for documentation purposes

Cross Section Generator

For documentation purpose cross section (PCB stack up) needs to be documented. Cross Section Generator creates a documentation view of cross section which is stored in PCB Editor database. Appearance is customized for the content, which might include: layer name, layer thickness (including total thickness), layer material, via stack and via labels. Various graphical options can be set up like symbol size (extra row column spacing), fill styles for conductor and dielectrica, scaling of layer thickness for better readability. Configuration of the appearance is stored in the database and an updated plot will be generated without entering all settings.
YouTube Video Cross Section Generator

Custom Variables
Managing custom variables like date, user etc.

Custom Variables

In PCB Editor the user can define his own variables to be used in title block or as etch text. Variables are automatically updated across all subclasses and a placeholder can reference to more than one variable. Placeholder attributes (x, y, block, rotation) are stored in the database. Values for variables can be entered manually, sourced from an external control file or even a cpm-file. Special fields are available for inserting Auto_Date, Auto_User, and others.
YouTube Video Custom Variables

Drawing Designer
Drawing Details for Manufacturing

Drawing Designer

Manufacturing departments often need a zoomed area of a PCB for a detailed view of a special area. In PCB Editor you can create such a drawing detail. Drawing Designer offers more functionality. Details can be created on an additional documentation layer with a defined zoom factor and are always in synchronization with electrical layers of the base design. Created details can be rotated or mirrored on documentations layers and synchronization is done automatically. Settings are stored in design database and are available when the design was opened. Settings can also be exported for usage in other designs.

Drawing View Manager
Easy creation of manufacturing drawings

Drawing View Manager

When releasing a PCB design for production, additional documentation is required for manufacturing, assembly or testing. Drawing View Manager facilitates the creation of manufacturing drawings. Scale factor or mirrored geometry, rotation and other parameters can be specified. Changes to the master PCB can be applied with a single click. User-defined templates simplify the work.
YouTube Video Drawing View Manager

Padstack Usage
Report examples in HTML (left) and XML

Padstack Usage

Padstack Usage allows users to generate padstack reports by extracting data from PCB Editor symbol libraries (*.dra). Different reports output formatted text, MS Open XML, and HTML. Report "Where-Used" lists all footprints that use a given padstack. Report "Padstack Standard" lists the padstack definitions for a given footprint and "Padstack Detailed" lists detailed information for a given footprint. This information includes number of pins, vias and mechanical pins, pin numbers, xy coordinates etc.

PCB Library Plot
Catalog of all footprints in a library

PCB Library Plot

During development electrical engineers would like to see which PCB footprints are available in the company’s library. PCB Library Plot process a complete library and create a PDF document with a graphical representation of all available footprints. Graphics will be scaled to fit into a selected template (i.e. 4-up, 6-up, 8-up). In addition to the footprint attributes are added into each field, like footprint name, dimensions (place bound, visible), height, pitch, used pad stacks, pin count, mechanical pin count, etc. Which attributes are printed is customized. The add-on can run through different libraries.
YouTube Video PCB Library Plot

SVG Export
Generates SVG data out of PCB Editor

SVG Export

SVG Export allows users to generate SVG data out of PCB Editor. Users can export SVG from current drawing, and for a complete footprint library (including HTM report generation). Content and styles can be specified by using predefined profiles. SVG is a vector file format for pictures, which is small in size and displays well on screens, and print as sharp image.

Variant Assembly
Customized assembly drawings for variants

Variant Assembly

Variant Assembly gives users more flexibility when creating variant assembly views. Production of variant views in one step is automated. Label content is customized (RefDes, Value, Part Number). Outline is also customized to assembly, place boundary, silk screen, or any other outline from data base. Different styles for DNI (do not install) components are provided: remove all components, draw a thick cross through the label and many more styles. Alternate symbols can be indicated with a modified label with prefix or suffix or different component outline line style or hatched filling. In the output a automatic mirror for bottom side can be placed.
YouTube Video Variant Assembly

Manufacture

Batch Plot
Defining output data as a batch file

Batch Plot

In order to automate production data output (Gerber data, drill plans, …) it is advisable to create a defined document batch. Batch Plot supports this function. The user can create a whole batch of data in one step as a PDF file. You write the data using a PDF print driver (e.g. Adobe Acrobat) in one or more multi-page documents. The order of the pages in the data batch can be defined by the user. The settings for complete document batches for production, assembly and tests are saved.

Edge Plating
Wraparound Edge Plating

Edge Plating

Edge plating and castellation are used for metallization at the sides of a PCB. It is used for EMI-shielding, thermal heat distribution as part of a cooling solution, better current distribution for power electronics, mechanical protection when the PCB slides in a ground connector or to solder a PCB directly on top of another PCB without a connector. The app supports two modes of operation, wraparound edge plating and castellated holes. Plating sections can be defined interactively. Net assignment, Connectivity Check, DRC Clearance Check and Net Short support are offered.
YouTube Video Wraparound Edge Plating YouTube Video Edge Plating - Castellated Holes

NC Panel Route
V-Score Fabrication Details

NC Panel Route

This toolset supports various techniques for PCBs in a panel to be easily separated after they are manufactured and assembled. It is possible to add mill contour, split and cut mill and to add mill tabs with or without perforation drills. The app provides libraries from different PCB fabricators. V-Score lines can be defined in horizontal or vertical directions by selecting an appropriate side of the board. V-Score fabrication details can be specified which creates an IPC-2581 Spec Definition entry in the database.
YouTube Video NC Panel Route

Panelization
PCB fabrication panel

Panelization

PCBs are manufactured often in fabrications panels. If placement is not done by external manufacturing company, the PCB designer can use Panelization to do it himself. Just open a new blank project in PCB Editor and place a manufacturing frame and fiducials. Now you can place routed designs multiple times in the panel. Design data will be linked with x and y coordinates and rotation information. While placing a design on the panel you can see the dimensions as a preview. Multiple placements of the design will automatically add a defined prefix to each instance of the design to avoid naming conflicts (duplicates).
YouTube Video Panelization

Post Processing
Defining standard output jobs

Post Processing

If a company always orders their PCBs from the same manufacturer, required manufacturing data is also always the same. Post Processing offers a feature set to generate the output in always the same way in OrCAD / Allegro PCB Editor. Before you can run scripts or other SKILL (FloWare) routines to define parameter settings. Configuration will be saved in the database and the output job can be created with exactly the same settings. Define different output jobs and start them individually. Created files can follow a naming convention.
YouTube Video Post Processing

Silkscreen
Silkscreen DRC

Silkscreen

If PCBs are densely populated, it may happen that there are vias or other elements under the silkscreen that should not be overprinted. DRC design rules can be defined with Silkscreen app. Based on these rules, the app analyzes PCB design and outputs corresponding errors according to the design rule check. The designer can decide if and how these bugs are eliminated. The app deletes according to the settings specifically silkscreen at the desired locations.

Synchronize Testprep
Test points synchronized with schematic

Synchronize Testprep

Synchronize Testprep can help in OrCAD / Allegro PCB Editor to assign a test point when using dummy test symbols (1-pin part with RefDes TP*) in the schematic. This app will generate from the schematic a corresponding test point in the PCB layout data base. Afterwards all PCB Editor post processing routines for test points (Testprep) can be used as usual. The menu offers various parameters to create a drawing detail. You can select target layer, rotation, scale factor, and mirror. Pads can be filled or left unfilled and shapes can be displayed as they were defined in the design, unfilled, or hatched.

Variant BOM
Variant BOM user interface

Variant BOM

This add-on creates various BOM (Bill of Material) reports from PCB Editor database taking existing variant information into account. It can generate a pick and place report for each variant or the core design. Content is customized for any database attribute. Header information can be added as well as selecting the number of columns and their order. All settings will be stored to easy regenerate the report after design modifications. Report can be generated in ASCII, HTML or CSV.

Signal Integrity

IBIS Prototype Modeler
Scalable IBIS models for early SI analysis

IBIS Prototype Modeler

While designing and simulating a new PCB, there are situations where simulation models from component vendors are not available yet. For this reason users may want to start with a linear model first with a given voltage swing and an adjustable internal resistance based on information from datasheet. Creating an IBIS model from scratch using a text editor is time consuming and error prone. IBIS Prototype Modeler allows users to create linear IBIS models on the fly for early stage simulation purposes in Sigxp. It offers all important features like create Push / Pull, Open-Sink and Open-Source buffers, adjustable voltage levels, etc.
YouTube Video IBIS Modeler

Miscellaneous

Assign Net to Via
Assign Net to Via

Assign Net to Via

While working on a PCB layout in OrCAD / Allegro PCB Editor it happens, that you place a via with no connection to a net. There are several reasons for this, maybe you want to use the via as a testpoint and placement is predefined by already existing test adapter or you have other reasons for the placement driven from the mechanical design. With Assign Net to Via you can assign easily any net to the stand alone via. If you now start routing from the via, it already has net information and will respect assigned constraints.
YouTube Video Assign Net to Via

Class Color
Nets colored by class

Class Color

With Class Color you can colorize different nets. This is helpful, when you have high voltages on the PCB and you have to ensure a certain net spacing between several net classes for isolation. When coloring each voltage range in one color, you can visually review your design rules and identify missing or wrong design rule settings. This feature helps you when reviewing a design or need to document spacing classes.

Highlight Dummy Pins
Unconnected pins are highlighted

Highlight Dummy Pins

With this app you can assign a color to each unconnected pin. In a report you can see all unconnected pins and walk them through one by one. Cross probing from the report will zoom in the pin in the design. This is useful for reviews of a design and you need to verify each unconnected pin, if it was unconnected intentionally or unintentional.
YouTube Video Highlight Dummy Pins

Mask Generator
Oversized solder mask

Mask Generator

If you change your supplier for PCB fabrication, it might be necessary to change your masks sets. Mask Generator offers additional features in OrCAD / Allegro PCB Editor to change mask data (expand / contract) in a post process (i.e. solder mask and paste mask). Modified data will be stored on an additional documentation layer, so the base design stays unchanged.
YouTube Video Mask Generator

Padstack Finder
Different color per padstack

Padstack Finder

With Padstack Finder you can search in OrCAD / Allegro PCB Editor in the current design for pad stacks and highlight them. It is differentiated, if the pad stack is a pin or a via. Highlighted results are also available in a report and can be zoomed in by cross probing from the report. Different colors can be assigned to groups for highlighting. Available filters are pad stack name and drill diameter.

Quick Symbol Edit
Shorten the Symbol Edit Flow in PCB Editor

Quick Symbol Edit

Quick Symbol Edit was developed for users who want to speed up librarian work flow. There are three typical use cases. First there is a possibility to change a symbol in the same session, which is similar to Modify Design Padstack handling. Second methodology is to open a new session with a pre loaded Symbol.dra file. And finally you have the choice to export the symbol as .dra, .psm, .pad etc. in a specified directory. The file opening and closing will be handled automatically by the app.

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