Library Manager: DxDesigner to Expedition (v2007)

Duration:  5 Days
Pricing: 1000000 KRK
Course Part Number:236557

Course Overview

Well-maintained and consistent libraries are the keys to efficient design work in Expedition PCB. The "Library Manager for DxDesigner to Expedition 2007" course will give you the skills necessary to create, protect, add to and change the different data types in your Central Library. The lecture modules discuss the Central Library philosophy as well as how to use the Library Manager tools and how to best interface library objects into your design process. Hands-on exercises reinforce the lecture topics as you create a small library of symbols, parts and cells from scratch.

You will learn how to

• Start a new Central Library and copy elements between libraries
• Create partitions and set up partition search order schemes
• Control default text properties and create custom properties
• Create symbols for use in DxDesigner schematics
• Create padstacks for use in Expedition PCB and the Cell Editor
• Create cells to represent the part footprint and physical characteristics in Expedition PCB
• Integrate symbols and cells together to define parts (PDBs) for Expedition PCB
• Maintain Expedition PCB layout templates
• Configure DxDatabook and use it to support DxDesigner and Expedition PCB

Hands-On Labs

Throughout this course, extensive hands-on lab exercises provide you with practical experience in library editing. You will create a Central Library from scratch. Hands-on lab topics include:

• Creating a Central Library
• Library Manager and Library Services
• Padstack, Basic Cell and Basic Symbol Editors
• Advanced symbols
• Cell Editor graphic commands
• Routing in the Cell Editor
• PDB Editor basic usage
• Advanced PDB topics
• PDB ASCII file
• Expedition PCB Template creation
• DxDatabook configuration
• Reuse blocks in the Central Library
• DxDesigner to Expedition PCB data flow

Audience

• Individuals assigned as librarians for the Expedition PCB environment
• Design Engineers and PCB designers who will be responsible for library generation and editing
• CAD Managers who will oversee the creation and maintenance of the Central Library

Prerequisites

• Experience in schematic capture design or PCB layout
• Understanding of schematic capture and PCB layout terms and practices
• Familiarity with Windows XP
• The "DxDesigner for Expedition 2007 Flow" course is recommended
• The "Expedition 2007 Introduction" course is recommended
  

Key Topics 

• Central Library structure
• Basic Library Manager tools
• Basic symbols
• Complex schematic symbols
• Defining holes, pads and padstacks
• Advanced Cell Topics
• Text Properties
• Parts Database Editing
• Expedition PCB Templates
• DxDatabook Configuration and use
• DxDesigner to Expedition PCB Library data flow
• Reuse blocks in the Central Library