xDX Schematic Entry

The xDX Designer Schematic Entry class helps you gain proficiency in project management, schematic capture, part selection, and much more. You will also learn how to prepare your final schematic for interfacing with the Mentor Graphics xPCB Layout tool.

The xDX Designer Schematic Entry will help you to improve your knowledge and skills with Design Definition solutions. Using the xDX Designer tools suite, you will gain proficiency in project management, schematic capture with xDX Designer, part selection using xDX DataBook™, and much more. You will also learn how to prepare your final schematic for interfacing with the Mentor Graphics xPCB Layout tool.

Detailed lab exercises help reinforce lecture topics and provide you with extensive tool usage experience under the guidance of our industry expert instructors.

• Create flat and hierarchical schematic designs using xDX Designer proficiently
• Place wires and buses in the design to create net connections
• Search, select, and verify parts used in your design using xDX DataBook
• Create symbols for your schematics through a variety of methods, including the Symbol Wizard
• Effectively build intelligence into your design using properties
• Compile, package and export your schematic to xPCB Layout for place and route

Throughout this course, extensive hands-on lab exercises provide you with practical experience using xDX Designer and xDX DataBook software. You will also be introduced to the xPCB Layout and xDM Library tool. Hands-on lab topics include:

• Creating a project
• Configuring xDX Designer
• Managing projects
• Adding parts, nets, and buses to a schematic
• Creating schematics for flat and hierarchical designs
• Creating symbol graphics
• Adding properties to symbols and schematics
• Verifying the integrity of your design
• Cross-refereing using net labels
• Interfacing to the xPCB Layout tool
• Reusing design components
• Documenting a project
• Archiving a project

Design and CAD Engineers

Familiarity with Windows or UNIX operating systems