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Whats New

Version 2014 Q3

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• Panelization V14.3

– Display of actual board outline during interactive placement

– Snap to grid capability

– Annotate of secondary reference designator

– Usability improvements

• Label Tune V14.3

– Usability improvements

– Visibility control

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Panelization V14.3

• General

– Ability to annotate secondary reference

designator to panel documentation

subclass

– GUI changes

• Interactive placement

– Separate form

– Ability to display actual design outline

instead of design bounding box

– Snap to grid option

– Fully dynamic


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Display actual design outline

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Label Tune V14.3

• Visibility control

– Limit layers

– Toggle display of corresponding

subclasses separately for TOP and

BOTTOM

• Usability improvements

– Direct interaction (No Execute

button any longer)


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• Polar Grid Utilities V14.2

– New module

– Set functions for boards where circular placement and routing is required

• Menu structure overhaul

– New menu structure

– Based on categories

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Polar Grid Utilities V14.2

• Set of functions

– Defining and editing a polar grid

– Polar placement

– Polar routing

– Polar shape editing including voids

• Snap control

– Coarse and fine grid

– System grid

• Polar grid can be also used in

conjunction with standard PCB Editor

commands using RMB - Snap pick to -

Intersection


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• Setup Grid

– Define a new grid

– Edit an existing grid

– Fully parameterized

– Coarse and fine grid settings

– Line and dot style support

– Stored as format symbol in database

– Visibility control


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• Polar placement

– Special mode for placing component in circular or radial

fashion

– Snap to fine or coarse grid

– Various alignment and rotation capabilities

– Spinning on polar grid basis (e.g. Polar lock)


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Place and Spin mode

Place mode

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• Polar Routing

– Special mode for drafting or routing in a circular or

radial fashion


– Ability to follow radial and angular contour

– Alternate path options (e.g. Arc smart)


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• Polar shape and void editing

– Special mode for creating shapes and voids in a polar

grid


– Ability to follow radial and angular contour

– Alternate path options (e.g. Arc smart)


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Menu structure overhaul

• Based on categories

• Improved navigation

• Console commands have not

changed


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Draft menu Shapes menu Edit menu

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Menu structure overhaul

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Free Apps menu

Check/Review menu Documentation menu

Manufacturing menu


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• Barcode Generator V14.1

– Now supporting QR Code

– Other enhancements (e.g. parameter preset through configuration file)

• Snap Generator V14.1

– Bugfix

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• Barcode Generator V14.1: QR Code support

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• IBIS Prototype Modeler V14.1

– New module

– Creates scalable IBIS models

– For early stage signal integrity analysis

– Available in Sigxp


– Enhancements

• Installation Guide

– Documentation Update

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– Ability to create Push/Pull, Open-Sink and Open-Source buffers

– Adjustable voltage levels

– Adjustable internal resistance including a calculator

– Adjustable slew rate dV/dt

– Ability to include saturation and clamping effects

– Support for single-ended as well as differential outputs

– Support for output only and bidirectional models

– Ability to view curves in Sigwave

– Generate DML models as well as native IBIS models

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Pullup, Pulldown and Rload curves

Power Ground clamp curves

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• Shape Utilities V13.4

– Bugfixes

– Enhancements

• Skeleton view for selected shape in Boolean mode

• Support for pins and vias in Boolean mode, useful for ANDNOT operations

• All function from Shape Utilities now retain group membership

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• Advanced Mirror V13.4

– New options in Geometry only mode

• Mirror text

• Smart spin 2-pin devices

• PCB Library Plot V13.4

– Improved customization

– Enhanced display styles

• Drill holes

• Hatch display support for shapes, pads and holes

• Panelization V13.4 – Enhancements

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– New module

– Supports mirror operations while moving or copying objects


– Fixes, new features

• Variant Assembly V13.3

– Fixes

– New features

• Variant BOM V13.2

– Fixes

– Already available in Q2 SP1

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– Enables mirror operations while moving or copying elements

• Mirror across subclasses (Geometry and Layer)

• Mirror on the same subclass (Geometry only)

– Including placement and routing

– Selection through window or single pick, dynamic preview

– Special handling for symbols and vias in Geometry only mode


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– New features

• Load Artwork option

• Load Techfile option

• Save and Load

configuration to file

• Support for relative design

pathes

• …

– Fixes

• Performance

• Library dependencies


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– Color option for DNI

components

– New color chooser

– Handling for additional layers

– Fixes


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• Sigxp Colors V13.2

– Adjusts color scheme to white background

– Useful for presentation and documentation purposes

– Free of charge

• Floware Startup

– Sigxp integration

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• Shield Routing V13.1

– New module for interactive shielding of critical nets

• Post Processing V13.1A

– Bugfix

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Shield Routing V13.1

• Creates shield for critical signals in a

semiautomatic way

– Through interactive routing including dynamic

preview

– By selecting existing clines

• Support for side and tandem shields

including parameters for gap and width and

net name

• Support for dynamic or static shapes as well

as route keepouts

• Advanced parameters can be used to control

layers individually

• Parameters stored in database for each

shield structure separately

– Existing shields can be updated at any time

without reentering information


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• Default shield parameters

– For regular applications

– Side shielding (width and gap)

– Tandem shielding (width) on

adjacent layers only

– Shape style and net name

• Advanced parameters

– Can be used to define parameters

for several layers individually

– Export/Import settings for reuse

purposes


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• Routing shields interactively


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Dynamic preview while routing with cursor

Final structure once snapping to pin or via

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• Updating existing shield structures due to routing modifications

– Seamless update since parameters are stored in the database for each

shield structure


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• Creating combined shields for

several contiguous clines

– Through Temp Group

command


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• Parameter probe

– Simply copy parameters from one structure to another

– Parameters will be extracted and can be applied to other clines

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Floware 2013 Q1

• Replace Via 13.1

– Improved selection handling, now

supporting window drag and LMB

pick for selecting and deselecting

vias

– Bugfixes

• Licensing mechanism change

– Affects all modules

– New license file required when

using kit 2013_q1 and higher

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Floware 2012 S14

• SPB 16.6 database changes

require update for

– Class Color V1.10

– Padstack Finder V1.10

– Variant Assembly V4.20

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• Quick Symbol Edit V1.00

– Opens symbol editor out of a layout database for viewing or editing purposes

– Three modes

• Edit same session Acts similar to Tools – Modify Design Padstack (next slide)

• Edit new session Launches a new session and open the symbol dra file

• Export only Only exports symbol data (dra, psm, pad etc.) for the selected symbol to a specified directory

• Free of charge


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Quick Symbol Edit V1.00

• Edit same session

– Seamless edit and update of a symbol definition in board context

– Acts like Tools – Modify Design Padstack

– Steps

1. Launch Quick Symbol Edit in layout context

2. Select a symbol

3. Choose Edit same session

4. Current database closes, symbol dra file will be opened

5. Make your modifications

6. Finally choose File – Update board database

7. Specify update settings

8. The layout database from which the command was launched opens again and the footprints will be updated.


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Floware 2012 S12


– Automatic notification for update

– Status check (time stamp

compare)

– Specify other board layers to be

included in panel

– Other enhancements

• All module data are now fixed by

default

• Setting long name size to 255 by

default

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– Automatic notification when board

databases have been modified

– Status report gives details about

time stamps

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– Specify additional board layers to be included in panel

– Environment variable no longer needed

– Settings stored in database

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• Class Color V1.00

– New module

– Free of charge

• Documentation updates

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• Class Color V1.00 – Enables users to color spacing net

classes for review and documentation purposes

– Color chooser

– Legend support

– Settings stored in database

– Export/import settings

– Free of charge


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Floware 2012 S10

• Padstack Finder

– New module

– Free of charge

• Highlight Dummy Pins V1.20

– Use model update

• Color chooser

• Assign Net to Via V1.10

– Bugfix pattern matching

• Floware Loader V4.30

– Bugfix double pulldown

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• Padstack Finder V1.00

– Enables users to search and navigate for padstacks in the current design

– Filter capabilities

• Distinguish between pins and vias

• Padstack name

• Drill size

• Wildcard support

– Highlight and crossprobe

– Color by group

– Free of charge


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• Padstack Finder V1.00

– Color by group

• By specifying a group name individual groups can be colored

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Floware 2012 S08


– New: Advanced Boundary Edit

• Stretching

• Cutting

• Rounding Off

• ….


– New module

– Free of charge


– Bugfix

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• Shape Utilities V3.01 – Advanced Boundary Edit

– Supports several modes

• Stretching of shapes

• Cutting of shapes

• Rounding off vertices

• Changing existing round off radius

• Modifying individual arc segments of a shape

– All modes within one command

• Including Oops support

– Additional features

• Can also edit voids (Find Filter)

• Supports single pick as well as window selection

(several vertices)

• Snap to grid, Trim to selection window

• Display control (e.g. handle size)

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– Use model

1. Select the shape or void to be modified

2. Select an action,

e.g. Round off vertex

3. Pick a vertex or drag a window to select the vertices

4. Switch to other modes if necessary and continue

5. RMB - Done

User window

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– Stretching of shapes

• Specify offset if accurate stretch distance is needed

• Trim to selection window let’s you control stretch point origin


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– Cutting of shapes

• Adjacent segments of selected vertices will be deleted

• Trim to selection window simply cuts at the window boundary


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– Rounding off vertices


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– Change Round Off radius

• Let’s you change existing rounded off corners

• Can also restore original vertices by specifying a radius of 0.0


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– Change Arc mode

• Parameters of existing arcs can be changed in Options panel. End points

of adjacent segments will be adjusted automatically. Tuning possible by

using +/- buttons.


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– Other highlights

• Stretch/Cut on arc segments in conjunction with Trim option

• Round Off with adjacent arc segments


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– Enables users to change the net on existing

vias

– No need to delete and route new ones

– Use model

• Select net from list (including wildcard

support) or by context RMB - Pick Net

• Click on one or more vias

• Choose RMB – Done to confirm

– Free of charge

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Example

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• Drafting Utilities V2.00

– New feature Arc2Vec:

• Supporting vectorization of arcs

• ZDRC V4.10

– Bugfix

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Floware 2012 S06

• Mask Generator V1.00

– New module

– Free of charge


– Minor changes

• Synchronize Testprep V1.10

– Minor changes

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– In some cases customers may want to

oversize mask data (soldermask,

pastemask) due to manufacturing

requirements.

– Data will be generated on Manufacturing

subclass.The original padstacks won’t be

touched.

– Input parameters

• Source data (“What to oversize”) can be

specified separately for vias and pins

• Oversize values (positive and negative)

• Side to process

• Manufacturing subclass where data will

be written to

– Free of charge

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Pins and vias on TOP Manufacturing subclass MSK_OV30U_TOP


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– Ability to specify a destination layer where the result of the Boolean

operation will be written to. By default the result will be applied to the

shape which was selected first.

– Ability to split shapes across voids, useful when working on non-

voidable layers such as KEEPOUT, NO_PROBE etc.

–

Shape 1 Shape 2

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– Assigns a color to all pins in a design which are not connected to any net

– Including report and crossprobe functionality

– Useful for review purposes

– Free of charge

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– Support for MCM and SIP databases

– Bugfixes

• Post Processing 1.21

– Bugfixes

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• Label Tune V2.00

– User can choose other labels to process (e.g. Refdes, Value,

Part_Number)

– New rotation mode „Force Angle“ which allows users to specify a fixed

angle for center and fit operations

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• PCB Library Plot V1.60

– Bugfix: Initialization issue

– Bugfix: White spaces in pathes

– Uprev warning suppressed

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• Variant BOM V3.70

– New feature: „Exclude Parts by“ allows users to exclude BOM non-

relevant parts such as testpoints, including wildcard support (e.g.

REFDES=TP*)

– Bugfixes

Several match pattern can be separated by |

e.g. TP*|X*

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• Synchronize Testprep V1.00

– Automates the testpoint assignment in PCB

Editor when dummy testpoint symbols (one-

pin components with Refdes) have been used

in the schematic.

– Postprocessing can then be done using PCB

Editor Testprep functionality.

– Free of charge

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