Library Manager for DxDesigner to Expedition PCB Flow (v2007)

Duration: 2 Days
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 PCB Flow" 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
• Import logical and physical reuse blocks into a Central Library

Hands-On Labs

Lab exercises provide practical experience in using Product Name to report suspects from failing circuit responses. 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
• Expedition PCB Template creation
• DxDatabook configuration
• DxDesigner to Expedition PCB data flow
• Reuse blocks in the Central Library

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, Windows 2000, Windows NT or Windows 98
• The "DxDesigner Schematic Capture for Expedition PCB Flow" course is recommended
• The "Expedition PCB 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

For more information:

InnoFour BV
Twentepoort Oost 61-02
7609 RG ALMELO
The Netherlands
tel +31 546 454 530
fax +31 546 453 006
www.innofour.com
training@innofour.com