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VeSys 2.0 installation error
Some of my customers have experienced problems installing VeSys 2010_2a. When the installation is almost complete and VeSys manager is started the installation bombs out with the following message:...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Automatically placement of PINS on NETS
Hi Dan, Can you please help me to move the pin on the net if pin name and net name is same using skill?
View ArticleIC Packagers: An Introduction to Off-Grid Degassing
All of you doing advanced node package or silicon interposer substrate design in Allegro® Package Designer know what degassing is. And, while we talked last summer about massive performance...
View ArticleHow to use variables in Calibre DRC Check Map statement
Hi all, I am very new to Calibre DRC deck creation.For experimentation purposes, I wish to write the statement like this : DRC Check Map myrule GDSII "Smylayer" "$mydtype" "$outputfile" APPEND...
View ArticleBoardSurfers: The New 17.4-2019 Dynamic Shape 'Fast' Mode is Truly Fast!
This year, it’s the new Fast shape mode, and I feel like I need to talk about it because it is a game-changer in working with positive shapes when it comes to performance and the display quality of...
View ArticleLoading a DxDesigner color scheme file
The attached script loads a DxDesigner color scheme (dxc) file and sets the object colors accordingly. The dxc file is an xml file with the format described in this tech note:...
View ArticleBoardSurfers: The New 17.4-2019 Dynamic Shape 'Fast' Mode is Truly Fast!
This year, it’s the new Fast shape mode, and I feel like I need to talk about it because it is a game-changer in working with positive shapes when it comes to performance and the display quality of...
View ArticlePartQuest to DigiKey login update scheduled 15-Jan-2015
The OpenID login to DigiKey from PartQuest is planned for an enhancement tomorrow. I know several users have had problems with this in the past, and we expect this update to resolve these issues. Some...
View ArticleLicense error [mgls_errno = 203] with latest HASP driver 7.41.0.0
Hi all, I'm running Xpedition VX.1.1 with a USB dongle on a Windows 7 prof. system with HASP driver 6.65.0.0 and everything is working fine.If I upgrade the HASP driver to version 7.41.0.0 then my...
View ArticleHow do I unlock a schematic that is locked by "me"
xDx Designer froze and I eventually had to kill the program. However, now when I open up the project I cannot edit the schematic. It says This schematic is in readonly mode because it is locked by...
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