Duration: 3 Half Days
Pricing: $700 USD
Course Part Number: 217227
Contact us for details about training at your site Course Overview
The most recent release of Board Station includes the AutoActive RE placement-and-routing environment. Board Station RE Web Sessions enable you to realize its full impact on your design process from your own work environment. Lecture modules guide you through the various concepts underlying state-of-the-art routing techniques and specific aspects of the Board Station RE tool. These lectures are delivered directly to your workstation by one of our qualified instructors.
Hands-on lab exercises will reinforce lecture topics and provide you with extensive tool experience under the guidance of our industry expert instructors.
For system requirements and Frequently Asked Questions see Web-Based Training
You will learn how to
- Utilize the Board Station RE user interface on Windows NT
- Set rules for DRC in interactive routing
- Route designs interactively
- Generate interactive routing parameters
- Verify designs using Online and Batch DRC
- Transfer designs between Board Station and Board Station RE
- Read and understand Board Station RE reports
Hands-On Labs
Throughout this course, extensive hands-on lab exercises provide you with practical experience under the guidance of our expert instructors. Hands-on lab topics include:
- Transferring designs between Board Station and Board Station RE
- Interactive automatic routing
- Setting and verifying DRC constraints
- Correcting hazardous PCB layout conditions
Audience
- PCB layout engineers and technicians
- Managers and engineers responsible for implementing CAD tools
- Other personnel requiring a knowledge of interactive and automatic PCB layout and routing
Prerequisites
- Experience in PCB layout using Board Station
- An overall understanding of the PCB design process
- Familiarity with UNIX or Windows NT
- Meet System Requirements (click here)
Key Topics
Day 1 Module 1 - Overview - Board Station RE Data
- Invoking Board Station RE from Design Manager
- Migrating to Board Station RE from LAYOUT
- Invoking from Command Line
- Saving BSRE Data
Module 2 - User Interface - PCB Editor Interface
- Panning and Zooming
- Mouse Strokes
- Action Keys
- Display Control
- Display Control - Layer
- Display Control - General
- Display Control - Part
- Display Control - Net
- Display Control - Hazards
- Edit Modes
- Selecting Parts
- Selecting Nets
- Selecting Draw Objects
- Highlighting Objects
- Locating Objects
- File Viewer
- Obtaining Help
Day 2 Module 3 - Routing Configuration - Editor Control - General
- Editor Control - Routes
- Editor Control - Pad Entry
- Editor Control - Grids
- Editor Control - Filter
- Creating Net Classes
- Creating Clearance Rules
- Setting Net Class to Class Rules
- Assigning Nets to Net Classes
- Creating a Scheme
- Creating a Rule Area
Module 4 - Interactive Routing - Plow Modes
- Gloss Mode
- Changing Layers
- Changing Trace Widths
- Additioanl Routing Commands
- Moving Traces and Vias
- Copying Traces
- Fixing Traces and Vias
- Adding Vias
- Multi-Plow Routing
- Changing Active Layers
- Highlighting Nets
- Measuring Distance
- Creating Area Fills
Day 3 Module 5 - Design Rule Check - Placement Online DRC
- Review Online DRC Hazards
- Batch DRC
- Review Batch DRC Hazards
- Hazard Report
- Locating Hazards
- DRC Window
