PADS Layout Training

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Dauer: 3 Tage
Preis: 1950 eur
PartNumMer: 213142

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Description

The PADS Layout course teaches you the workflow of designing a printed circuit board using the latest version of Mentor Graphics PADS Layout. You are guided through the steps necessary to design a printed circuit board. Course highlights include creating part types, importing netlists, placing parts, routing connections, generating reports and generating Gerber outputs.

Detailed lab exercises help reinforce what is discussed during the lectures and provide you with extensive tool usage experience under the guidance of our industry expert instructors.

You will learn how to

• Customize and work with the PADS Layout interface
• Create Board Outlines, Keepouts and 2D Line items
• Create Parts Types, PCB Decals and Pad Stacks
• Import netlists, define the board stackup and set design rules
• Place parts manually and use cross probing capabilities
• Route a design using manual/interactive routing and editing tools
• Create copper shapes and plane areas
• Verify the design
• Generate Gerber Data
• Work with ECO files
• Forward and Backward Annotate with PADS Logic

Hands-On Labs

Throughout this course, extensive hands-on lab exercises provide you with practical experience using the PADS Layout software. Hands-on lab topics include:

• Navigating the User Interface
• Creating and Modifying Drafting Items
• Creating Libraries and Library Objects
• Importing netlists
• Defining the Layer Stackup
• Setting Design Rules
• Placing Parts
• Routing a Design
• Creating Copper and Split Plane areas
• Clearance and Connectivity Verification
• Using ECO Commands
• Generating CAM Documents

Audience

• PCB Designers new to PADS Layout
• Electronic Engineers that need to understand the back end of the design process using PADS Layout

Prerequisites

• A basic understanding of the PCB design process
• Familiarity with Windows operating systems

Related Courses

• PADS Logic
• PADS Router
• PADS Logic Web
• PADS Router Web
• DxDesigner to PCB Netlist
• Hyperlynx Signal Integrity Analysis

Key Topics

User Interface

• Accessing toolbars, Project Explorer and Output Window
• Zooming and panning with the keyboard and mouse
• File management - importing/exporting file types
• Changing system defaults
• Creating and using start-up files
• Setting display colors and viewing object properties
• Setting design preference and options
• Biasing objects for selection with the Selection Filter
• Using mouse/keyboard command combinations and Modeless Commands
• Exporting design to ASCII files
• Getting help via info hub and Mentor’s Supportnet

Drafting

• Using drafting toolbar commands
• Setting drafting preferences and options
• Creating and combining text and 2D-Line objects
• Modifying drafting objects
• Creating and saving frequently used objects to the library
• Creating board o utlines and cutouts (holes in boards)
• Setting global (whole board) and local (small area) height restrictions
• Creating dimensions and setting measurement preferences
• Interfacing with mechanical CAD tools (Import/export DXF or IDF)

Library

• Fundamentals of PADS library structure
• Accessing libraries via the Library Manager
• Setting library options
• Creating a new library
• Defining Part Types – assigning decals, gate and pin swaps, refdes prefix, alphanumeric pin numbers, implicit pins and attributes
• Creating PCB Decals – creating component footprints with silkscreen outlines, polarization indicators and copper
• Using the Decal Wizard for instant creation of common component footprints
• Setting Pad Stacks on PCB and documentation layers
• Defining keepout areas for various design objects
• Making localized PCB Decal changes

Netlist Import and Design Rules

• Importing a netlist
• Automated import of netlists (via PADS Logic or DxDesigner Link)
• Setting Layer definition – number of layers, layer naming, routing and plane types, assigning nets to plane layers, routing direction, increasing and decreasing layers and defining physical PCB stackup
• Defining Design rules – hierarchical structure, rules interface, default and advancecd rules. Clearance, routing and high speed rules, conditional rules and generating rule reports
• Defining fanout and pad entry preferences for PADS Router

Placement

• Using design toolbar placement commands
• Setting grid and placement preferences
• Using placement commands for single, or multiple selection of parts
• Using on-line DRC modes for placement
• Gluing parts
• Using cross-probing for schematic-driven placement
• Using the Find utility during placement
• Aligning and nudging components
• Defining unions and clusters
• Swapping pins and gates
• Creating design reuse elements
• Using cross-probing for schematic driven placement with PADS Logic (or DxDesigner)

Routing

• Using design toolbar routing commands
• Setting route options
• Using on-line DRC modes for routing
• Routing with Add Route , Dynamic Route , Pin to Pin Autorouter, and Bus Route
• Defining and assigning via types and layer pairs
• Protecting traces (gluing)
• Modifying traces with the route editing commands
• Adding stitching vias and via patterns (for RF design)
• Generating teardrop patterns
• Managing net visibility
• Using other route editing tools – sketch, add corner, split segment, stretch and smooth
• Using the Trace Length Monitor
• Autorouting with PADS Router

Copper Generation

• Using drafting toolbar copper commands
• Setting copper and cooper pour options
• Creating copper and copper cut outs
• Creating copper pours – flooding, net assignment, and thermal generation
• Creating copper fill, patterns and solids
• Setting flood, and hatch and display options
• Creating and modifying split/mixed planes
• Assiging thermal reliefs in the pad stack
• Creating chamfered paths (for RF Design)

Design Verification

• Using Verify Design to verify design rule compliance
• Setting design verification options
• Using Design Verification – checking for clearance, connectivity, high speed, plane, test point, and fabrication violations
• Measuring minimum clearances with the View Clearance command
• Working with error markers
• Performing a design verification in PADS Router

ECO Operations

• Using ECO toolbar commands
• Setting ECO preferences and options
• Forward and Backward annotation with PADS Logic
• Using the ECO/Compare command
• Adding and deleting connections and components
• Renaming connections and components
• Swapping gates and pins
• Changing part types
• Recording design rule changes

Output Generation

• Generating reports
• Managing Visual Basic scripts
• Creating CAM Documents - creating and customizing CAM documents, previewing single or multiple CAM documents

Related Courses

• PADS Router Training
• PADS Logic Training