CES for Expedition PCB
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| Date Begins | Date Ends | Time | Location | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 2012 | Feb 24, 2012 | 9:00am - 5:00pm | Meudon, FR | Register |
Duration: 2 Days
Pricing: € 1.300,00 EUR
Course Part Number: 236552
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Course Overview
CES for Expedition PCB will help you gain the ability to define and refine design constraints in a common environment that is accessible from many Mentor Graphics front-end and back-end design systems. This course covers all the necessary skills required to use CES efficiently and effectively in DxDesigner-Expedition and Design Capture-Expedition flows. Hands-on lab exercises will reinforce lecture and discussion topics under the guidance of our industry expert instructors.
You Will Learn How To
- Define the main concepts and constraints hierarchy of CES
- Enable CES as a constraint system in DxDesigner-Expedition and Design Capture/Design View-Expedition flows
- Find and filter data in the design database
- Navigate and manipulate the constraints hierarchy
- Use the spreadsheets, toolbars, preferences, and options efficiently
- Reuse already defined constraints in other designs using Constraint Templates
- Partition the design data using Net Classes, Constraint Classes, and Schemes
- Set up mechanical constraints such as trace widths, via assignments, and clearances
- Assign physical high-speed constraints including minimum and maximum delays, matched delays, delay formulas, custom and complex topologies, differential pairs, and parallelism rules to nets or group of nets
- Auto-route the constrained nets and evaluate the routing results
Hands-On Labs
Throughout this course, extensive hands-on lab exercises provide you with practical experience using CES software. Hands-on lab topics include:
- Enabling CES and synchronizing databases in the following design flows
- DxDesigner to Expedition Flow
- Design Capture/Design View to Expedition Flow
- User Interface
- Customizing the Windows Display
- Using the CES Browser and the Spreadsheets
- Editing Data in Spreadsheets
- Interfacing with the PCB Data
- Setting Up Mechanical Constraints
- Creating Schemes
- Creating and Populating Net Classes
- Setting up Trace and Via Properties
- Setting up Clearance Rules
- Setting up Z-Clearances
- Setting up Physical High-Speed Constraints
- Creating hierarchy of Constraint Classes
- Assigning Standard, Custom, and Complex Topologies for a Net
- Setting up Differential Pair Constraints
- Setting up Maximum and Minimum delays, delay formulas, and Matched Length groups
- Setting up Parallelism Rules
- Auto route the nets constrained with both mechanical and high-speed requirements
- Constraints Reuse
- Importing Constraint Templates
- Testing Constraint Templates
- Assigning Constraint Templates
Prerequisites
- Familiarity with concepts of PCB design and technology
- Familiarity with Windows operating system
Key Topics
- CES Overview
- CES in the flow
- CES User Interface
- Net Classes and Schemes
- Setting up Mechanical Constraints
- Constraint Classes
- Net Properties and Differential Pairs
- Delays and Parallelism
- Constraint Templates
Link to Student Workbook:
TOC.pdf