Library Manager for DxDesigner to Expedition PCB Flow

Categories: DxDesigner, Expedition

This 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. View course highlights ↓

Scheduled classes

Date Location Time Language Price
Jul 16–242013 Online 8–2 PM
PDT
English 3,500 USD Register
Aug 12–162013 Fremont California 8–5 PM
PDT
English 3,500 USD Register
Sep 9–132013 Marlborough Massachusetts 9–5 PM
EDT
English 3,500 USD Register
Oct 8–112013 Munich Germany 9–5 PM
CEST
German 2,600 EUR Register
Nov 4–82013 Longmont Colorado 9–5 PM
MST
English 3,500 USD Register
Nov 26–Dec 42013 Online 8–2 PM
PST
English 3,500 USD Register
Jan 20–242014 Fremont California 9–5 PM
PST
English 3,500 USD Register
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Course Highlights

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
  • Import logical and physical reuse blocks into a Central Library

Hands-on labs

  • 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
  • Expedition PCB Template creation
  • DxDatabook configuration
  • DxDesigner to Expedition PCB data flow
  • Reuse blocks in the Central Library

Course Details

Prerequisites

Experience in schematic capture design or PCB layout

Understanding of schematic capture and PCB layout terms and practices

Familiarity with Windows operating system

The "Expedition PCB Introduction" course is recommended

Course Part Number
  • Instructor-led: 236557
  • Live online: 239699
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