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1. LIBRARY usr bae lib laylib The setup definitions file can be transferred to the BAE setup file bsetup dat using the following bsetup program call assuming stdset def to be the name of the setup definitions file and the BAE programs directory to be the working directory gt bsetup stdset lt CR gt The bsetup utility program is also used for defining important system parameters such as the documentary layer definitions and the menu setup The documentary layer definitions and assignments have major impact on how manufacturing data is generated Thus it is strongly recommended to get familiar with the features of the bsetup utility program before using BAE for the design of real layouts See Bartels AutoEngineer User Manual Chapter 7 2 for details on how to use bsetup Release Notes Page 13 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 User Language Programs Menu Assignments Key Bindings The BAE software installs many pre compiled User Language programs to the bsetup dat file of the BAE programs directory The corresponding source files are are also provided in the User Language directory baeulc See Bartels User Language Programmer s Guide Chapter 4 for a complete listing and short descriptions of the BAE User Language programs Some of the installed User Language programs define implicit User Language program calls for activating a modified BAE user interface with many additional functions You can add even more f2. Drilling Class Definition The Mirr Drill Class option from the submenu of the Place Drill Hole function allows for the assignment of a mirror mode drill class definition on padstack level The mirror mode drill class is activated when mirroring the part on which the drill hole is defined thus supporting mirroring of parts with blind and buried pins On padstack level the mirror mode drill class indicator is displayed below the standard drill class On layout level only the currently active drill class is displayed User Language Programs A series of new Layout Editor functions and features such as e Windows Motif parameter setup dialogs UIFSETUP e cascading Windows Motif pulldown menus under Windows and Motif UIFSETUP e copy and or delete DDB file elements COPYELEM LLIBUTIL e loading layout library elements through mouse selection on current layout element or through part context menu GEDMACL GED_MS e split trace segments and adjust trace segment lengths GEDTRACE e option for substituting group selected via types GEDVIA e EDIF 2 0 netlist data import EDF20CON e EPS PDF output to support colors A3 plot format PDF A4 scaling mirrored PostScript fonts All Layer Border and Marker mode LAYEPS e DXF and EPS PDF output to support multi layer selection through popup menu LAYDXFDO LAYEPS e CIF data import and export GEDIO LCIFIN LCIFOUT have been implemented with User Language programs Release Notes P
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4. Editor of BAE Professional is freely available and can be operated in stand alone mode Demo software configurations of BAE Professional fully featured except for data output are available free of charge for test and evaluation purposes With BAE Version 4 6 the number of simultaneously accessible layout documentary layers in BAE Professional has been increased from 12 to 100 Bartels AutoEngineer Light is a new shareware price level BAE configuration for educational purposes and or semi professional users available for PCs with Windows Linux or DOS operating systems BAE Light has full BAE Professional functionality however limited to a maximum PCB layout size of 180mm 120mm and a maximum of two signal layers for manual routing and Autorouter With BAE Version 4 6 Bartels AutoEngineer Educate Entry has been renamed to Bartels AutoEngineer Economy BAE Economy is a low price BAE configuration for educational purposes and or small business users available for PCs with Windows Linux or DOS operating systems BAE Economy has full BAE Professional functionality however limited to a maximum PCB layout size of 350mm 200mm and a maximum of four signal layers to be simultaneously routed by the Autorouter All other restrictions previously applied to BAE Educate Entry no bus definitions on SCM symbol level no layout polygon mirror mode definitions only 9 predefined layout documentary layers minimum Autorouter grid 1 40 inch no availability of
5. Language system functions are provided with BAE V4 6 a fpoesponeroeaey Release Notes Page 33 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 Changed System Functions New menu codes have been added to the bae_callmenu system function parameter to allow for the activation of the new Windows Motif dialogs see section 1 7 of these Release Notes The bae_swconfig system function has been extended to allow for BAE Light software configuration checks The second parameter of the ged_highlInet system function has been extended to allow for the specification of acolor code for the net specific highlight display The value range for the drill class parameter of the ged_storedrill system function has been extended to allow for drill class definitions for mirrored blind and buried vias 11 5 BAE User Language Programs BAE installs more than 170 pre compiled User Language programs to the bsetup dat file of the BAE programs directory Additionally the User Language source files more than 3 Mbytes some 100 000 lines are installed to a special directory baeulc See Bartels User Language Programmer s Guide Chapter 4 for a complete listing and short descriptions of the BAE User Language programs Include Files The User Language include files already delivered with the previous BAE Version have been completely revised and extended by a series of new definitions and functions New User Language Programs The following new User Language progra
6. Light versions are available for Linux Kernel 2 0 x Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 Windows NT 3 51 Windows 98 Windows 95 Windows 3 x and MS DOS BAE HighEnd systems are available for Hewlett Packard 9000 7xx workstations with OSF Motif and or X11 and for PCs with Linux Kernel 2 0 x Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 Windows NT 3 51 Windows 98 and Windows 95 operating systems PC System Requirements PC systems should be equipped with a Pentium 80586 80686 or at least a 80486DX processor Any compatible processor such as AMD K6 or AMD K7 Athlon will also do A minimum of 8 Mbytes RAM is required for DOS and Windows 3 1 systems 16 Mbytes RAM recommended A minimum of 16 Mbytes RAM is required for Windows 9x 2000 NT and Linux systems 32 Mbytes RAM or more for Windows recommended The BAE software is usually provided on CD ROM i e a CD ROM drive is required to install the software A hardlock key is used to protect BAE Economy BAE Professional and BAE HighEnd Windows and DOS versions against software piracy l e a printer port LPT1 LPT2 or LPTS3 is required to run these BAE versions under DOS and or Windows On Linux systems either a printer port for the hardlock key or an Ethernet card is required for checking the software authorization of BAE Economy BAE Professional and or BAE HighEnd 1 3 Documentation Both the Bartels AutoEngineer User Manual and the Bartels User Language Programmer s Guide have been complete
7. Neural Autorouter and Neural Rule System have been dropped from BAE Economy Bartels AutoEngineer HighEnd with its advanced features and functions such as high speed kernel cross probing rule driven Neural Autorouter etc is available for workstations and for PC systems Windows NT Windows 95 98 Linux The following software modules are optionally available with the workstation based BAE systems e Bartels AutoEngineer IC Design e Bartels AutoEngineer Mixed Mode Simulator Bartels AutoEngineer IC Design BAEICD is a complete CAD CAM system for the physical design of integrated circuits gate arrays standard cells custom ICs and or ASICs BAEICD consists of a series of system components such as IC Mask Editor IC Autoplacement IC Autorouter IC DRC Design Rule Check and GDS II and CIF standard interfaces Bartels AutoEngineer Mixed Mode Simulator BAESIM is a compiler driven simulator for mixed analog digital circuits BAESIM provides direct access to the net list data generated with the BAE Schematic Editor Release Notes Page 5 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 1 2 System Requirements General System Requirements A VGA or higher resolution monitor with a screen resolution of at least 800 600 pixels and a mouse or a corresponding pointing device are required on any BAE platform Up to 40 Mbytes hard disk space are required for installing the BAE software Operating System BAE Professional BAE Economy and BAE
8. gt FILES lt f gt where the number lt b gt of buffers should be at least 30 and the number lt f gt of files should be at least 20 Note that you must reboot your computer if you made any changes to the config sys or autoexec bat Otherwise you might not be able to start BAE Release Notes Page 10 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 1 5 Installing on Linux and UNIX Platforms Preparing for Update Installations The BAE library and User Language directory contents are replaced when performing update installations Thus it is strongly recommended to backup any user specific data from these directories before installing the BAE update and to restore the required data afterwards The same backup and restore process should be applied to BAE programs directory files with extensions dat except for bsetup dat see next paragraph def and fnt when just updating from earlier BAE versions since these files can contain user defined color tables layer definitions Gerber aperture tables and character fonts which will be overwritten during update installations The router cfg file must also be saved and restored when updating from authorized BAE versions The bsetup dat file from the BAE programs directory will always be re installed when performing BAE Update Installations Thus it is not necessary to run the time consuming batch for compiling the BAE User Language programs provided with the BAE software However user specif
9. installations The Update install mode is strongly recommended when just updating from earlier BAE Versions this will prevent the install program from overwriting special BAE system and setup files ending on dat def and fnt otherwise user defined color tables aperture tables fonts layer definitions library access path settings and menu setups stored with these files might get lost After selecting the install mode you will be prompted to specify the destination directories for installing the programs the libraries the User Language source files and the examples and test jobs You can exclude certain destination directories by deleting the corresponding path names Thus more experienced BAE users can e g suppress the installation of the BAE example jobs or re install certain parts of the BAE software later For security reasons the install parameter settings will be verified with user query before starting the installation process The destination directories will be created automatically on request The install program automatically copies the BAE software files to the selected destination directories on the hard disk At the end of the install process the install program asks for the licensed BAE software configuration in order to install the correct software authorization file see below When installing the DOS version the user will also be asked to select the graphic device driver to be installed see below Release Note
10. AE_GEDLIB Layout Color Tables BAE_CEDLIB IC Layout Color Tables BAE_CAMLIB Gerber Aperture Tables BAE_WINLIB baewin dat Windows Position File baexwin dat BAE_DCOLLIB Display Color Table BAE_PCOLLIB Printer Color Table Environment variables must specify complete paths to the corresponding system files This feature can be used in definitions such as set BAE_WINLIB d bae userl dat where access to a machine specific Windows positions file in network installations with central BAE programs directory is established System files without environment variable definition are accessed from the BAE programs directory using the default system file name Release Notes Page 15 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 1 7 User Interface Loading and Saving DDB File Elements When loading a BAE DDB file element the element s modification time is retrieved This modification time is checked against the current time when saving the element and user confirmation request is issued if the DDB file element appears to have been changed thus providing advanced support and security for BAE network installations where different users might simultaneously modify the same DDB file element Undo Redo The maximum number of Undo Redo steps has been increased from 10 to 20 Each Undo Redo action triggers a status line message indicating the number of the processed Undo Redo step The Undo Redo buffer always holds 20 actions all of which are se
11. Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 Release Notes This document contains information about the new features introduced with Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 Forward compatibility from earlier versions to Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 is ensured but not backward compatibility Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 Release Notes Published by Bartels System GmbH Erding Last printing September 2000 The information contained within the Bartels AutoEngineer publications as well as the products and or programs described therein are subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Bartels System Although Bartels System has gone to great effort to verify the integrity of the information provided with the Bartels AutoEngineer publications these publications could contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors Bartels System shall not be liable for errors contained therein or for incidental consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material Bartels System appreciates readers and or users comments in order to improve these publications and or the products described therein Changes are periodically made to the information therein These changes will be incorporated in new editions of the Bartels AutoEngineer publications All rights reserved No part of the Bartels AutoEngineer publications may be reproduced stored in a retr
12. Nets and Part Nets functions for selecting either part specific or global airline display have been added to the context menu which is available through the right mouse button during part placement The net name queries of the Set Net Visible and Set Net Invisible options of the Mincon function for net specific airline display settings have been modified to allow for net name pattern specifications On very large layouts dimensions exceeding 30 Inches some trace and copper area elements were occasionally excluded from airline display This problem has been fixed Fix Unfix Traces Fixing and or unfixing traces or nets now preserves the corresponding settings for vias Part Via Connections In special cases the Layout Editor didn t recognize connections through vias on part level This bug has been fixed 4 5 Graphic Copper Areas Polygon Pick The polygon selection pick priority for copper fill areas has been decreased to ensure copper area selection in cases where copper fill areas and copper areas overlap at the pick position 4 6 Group Functions Group Scaling The Scale option has been added to the submenu which can be activated through the right mouse button whilst placing a group with the Load Group Move Group and Copy Group functions thus allowing to specify a scaling factor for the currently selected layout group Group scaling is performed after placing the group and applies only to placement coordinates and dimensions o
13. The Rip Up Router efficiency for routing wide traces has been significantly increased Once 99 5 routing completion is achieved the Rip Up parameters are automatically increased to Rip Up Trees 6 Rip Up Level 200 and Rip Up Retries 10 unless higher values are already set This helps to avoid the time consuming Optimizer cleanup passes between Rip Up passes if only a few open connections are left Gridless Routing A new Gridless Routing option has been added to the Neural Autorouter This mode allows for traces to leave the routing grid under virtually any condition and for minimum distance routing between off grid pins thus achieving significantly better routing results especially for dense SMT boards This makes the Bartels Autorouter the first PCB router worldwide to combine advanced autorouting technologies such gridless routing rip up retry backtracking routing and router triggered pin gate swaps The Gridless Pins Vias mode routes straight connections to gridless placed pins This mode doesn t perform gridless routing when routing other connections i e special gridless routing features such as equidistant routing between off grid pins is not supported The distance checking routines of the Gridless Router have been changed to check true geometries instead of surrounding rectangles This prevents special objects such as L shaped keepout or copper areas from blocking otherwise routable areas For performance reasons however it is recom
14. age 21 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 4 2 Display Design Rule Check Query Element The output of the Query Element function from the Display menu has been extended in order to show the padstack symbol names for of the selected part pin and to display the largest drill diameter used on the selected pin and or via Report The distance violation entry of the Report function has been split into two entries for copper layer distance violations and documentary distance violations respectively A new entry for the number of missing netlist pins has been added Missing netlist pins can cause an erroneous open connections count Thus an indicator is added to the open connections count if netlist pins are missing The checklnIl User Language program can be used to track missing netlist pins 4 3 Parts Placement Alternate Part Package Type Assignment The Alternate Part function from the Parts menu provides the new Previous and Next options for scrolling through the alternate part package type list This allows for an unlimited number of alternate package types to be provided thus eliminating the previous limit of only twelve package types to chose from 4 4 Traces Routing Highlight Net The Highlight Net function has been changed in order to highlight power layer heat trap circles and isolations of the selected net Color support and highlight reset facilities have been added to the Highlight Net function through the Highlight N
15. e tar command as in gt tar xzfv cdrom baehp tgz lt CR gt This installs the BAE HighEnd software with OSF Motif interface To activate the BAE HP software for X11 the baehpx11 tgz file from the baehp directory on the CD ROM must be installed in the destination directory after installing baehp tgz A configuration file is provided with productive BAE UNIX versions This configuration file router cfg must be saved to the BAE program directory bin see above To activate BAE Demo the demo cfg configuration file must be copied to router cfg to activate BAE Schematics schema cfg must be copied to router cfg see also Table 1 BAE is pre configured with a German user interface The English user interface can be activated by extracting the baeeng tgz archive file from the CD ROM baelinux directory to the destination directory after installing the UNIX software Setting up the Linux UNIX Environment The access rights must be set properly i e execute for the programs read access to the libraries read write access to the job files all rights for the system administrator special rights for the library manager etc The user must have read access to the BAE program directory files ending on cfg for authorization check and read write access to the files with extensions dat and fnt The user must also have write access in the working directory to enable temporary file creation The Linux UNIX shell environment variable PATH mu
16. ead of only 12 element names simultaneously BAE HighEnd Data Management The BAE HighEnd data management functions have been optimized Large layouts with copper fill areas are loaded and processed much faster 1 8 Symbol and Part Libraries New tag symbols for router control attribute assignments have been added to the route ddb SCM library Two layout libraries smd ddb and steckver ddb with additional SMT and connector layout symbols are provided with BAE Version 4 6 PDF files displaying all graphic symbols of the officially released BAE libraries are provided in the pdflib directory of the BAE CD ROM A series of useful library management User Language programs for library management library check automatic symbol edit automatic generation of library documentation etc are installed with the BAE software See Bartels User Language Programmer s Guide Chapter 4 for a complete listing of the User Language programs delivered with the BAE software Release Notes Page 16 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 2 Schematic Editor 2 1 General Windows Motif Parameter Setup Dialogs The following Windows Motif parameter setup dialogs have been implemented for the Schematic Editor e Settings Settings General Schematic Editor Parameters e View Settings Display Parameters e Plot Output Settings SCM Plot Parameters The UIFSETUP User Language program has been changed to provide the menu functions for activating the dialogs
17. eady been described in section 2 9 3 Layout Rules BAE Version 4 6 provides a series of new rules for the implementation of special layout functions These rules and their applications have already been described in section 4 Release Notes Page 30 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 10 Utilities 10 1 BAEHELP The BAEHELP utility program can be used for accessing the BAE online documentation under Windows 9x 2000 NT 10 2 COPYDDB The COPYDDB utility program functionality has been re implemented through the COPYELEM User Language program thus allowing for DDB file element copying from within the BAE modules with built in User Language Interpreter 10 3 LOGLIB The LOGLIB utility program funtionality has been re implemented with the con_compileloglib User Language function This function is facilitated within the LOGLEDIT User Language program for editing and compiling Logical Library definitions of mouse selectable SCM symbols within the Scheamtic Editor Release Notes Page 31 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 11 Bartels User Language 11 1 General This section describes general changes to the User Language specification See Bartels User Language Programmer s Guide Chapter 2 for a detailed description of the User Language specification Internal User Language Version The internal version of BAE Version 4 6 User Language has been changed All User Language programs compiled under earlier BAE versions won t ex
18. ecute in the BAE Version 4 6 User Language interpreter environment error message User Language program version incompatible This means that each User Language program compiled under earlier BAE Versions must be recompiled under BAE Version 4 6 in order to regain compatibility 11 2 User Language Compiler This section describes the news and changes introduced to the BAE User Language Compiler See Bartels User Language Programmer s Guide Chapter 3 for detailed information on how to operate the User Language Compiler 11 3 User Language Interpreter This section describes the news and changes introduced to the User Language Interpreter See Bartels User Language Programmer s Guide Chapter 3 for detailed information on how to operate the User Language Interpreter Implicit User Language Program Call The BAE_LOAD User Language program will now also be called automatically after closing the currently loaded element Release Notes Page 32 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 11 4 System Functions This section lists the new and changed User Language system functions See Bartels User Language Programmer s Guide Appendix C for a detailed description of all system functions BAE Version 4 6 provides a series of new and or improved User Language system functions for activating dialogs compiling loglib definitions retrieving part pin information multi line text input display etc New System Functions The following new User
19. ed design file when switching to another BAE module The new Save Parameters function from the CAM Processor File menu can be used to save the current CAM plot parameter settings to a different DDB file The new Load Parameters function from the CAM Processor File menu can be used to load CAM parameter settings from a selectable DDB file Plot Parameter Dialog A plot parameter settings dialog has been implemented for the Windows and Motif versions of the CAM Processor Plot CAM Origin Reset The plot parameter dialog of the CAM Processor Windows and Motif versions provides a button for resetting the CAM origin to its default position Plot File Name Query Occasionally the CAM Processor s plot file name query dialogs didn t display pre selected plot file names correctly This bug has been fixed Plot CAM Mirror Mode Indicator To indicate CAM mirror mode settings a mirror mode specific example text and an arrow are placed at the CAM origin marker if CAM mirroring and or rotation is selected 7 3 Gerber Output Aperture Table The maximum number of aperture definitions for each Gerber aperture table has been increased from 200 to 900 Extended Gerber Output Extended Gerber output with fixed Gerber aperture tables created invalid aperture tables when processing Special type apertures This bug has been fixed Release Notes Page 28 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 8 CAM View 8 1 General Windows Motif Parameter S
20. ering a User Language Interpreter environment Schematic Editor Layout Editor Autoplacement Neural Autorouter CAM Processor CAM View or Chip Editor BAE_ST calls the UIFSETUP User Language program which activates predefined menu assignments and key bindings for the current BAE program module With BAE Version 4 6 the key bindings and menu assignments defined through UIFSETUP were considerably modified Any changes to the menu assignments and key bindings require modification and re compilation of the UIFSETUP source code only The HLPKEYS User Language program can be used to list the current key bindings With the predefined menu assignments of UIFSETUP activated HLPKEYS can be called from the Key Bindings function of the Help menu Menu assignments although obvious from the BAE user interfaces can be listed with the UIFDUMP User Language program The UIFRESET User Language program can be used to reset all currently defined menu assignments and key bindings of the currently active BAE program module Simply give it a try and run the UIFRESET program we bet you ll be surprised to see the difference the predefined menu layout can always be restored by calling UIFSETUP The UIFSETUP UIFDUMP and UIFRESET programs can also be called from the menu of the KEYPROG User Language program which provides additional facilities for online key programming and User Language program help info management Release Notes Page 35 Bartels AutoEngineer Version
21. et default mode Color Nets with highlight color selection and Reset All for clearing all nethighlight options Starting a new trace on a passive copper area triggers a highlight for the nets connected to that copper area Trace Edit Display Mode The lay_edit_wide_filldist rule has been added to the layout rul rule definition file see User Language programs directory baeulc This rule can be assigned to layouts to force filled wide trace segments with minimum distance line display during manual routing The Edit Display function from the GEDTRACE User Language program can be used for activating this trace edit display mode through its Filled amp Distance option GEDTRACE can be called through Run User Script or through Other Functions from the Traces menu if UIFSETUP is activated Warning Trace edit display modes can only be set if the layout rul rule definition file and thus the lay_edit_wide_filled lay_edit_wide_outline and lay_edit_wide_filldist rules have been compiled with the Rule System Compiler rulecomp rulecomp stores the compiled rules to the brules dat file in the BAE programs directory l e the rules are not saved with the design When transferring the design onto a different computer the trace edit display mode rules must be transferred to this computer as well or otherwise trace edit display mode assignments won t work Release Notes Page 22 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 Airlines Display The All
22. etup Dialogs The following Windows Motif parameter setup dialogs have been implemented for the CAM View module e Settings Settings General CAM View Parameters e View Settings Display Parameters The UIFSETUP User Language program has been changed to provide the menu functions for activating the dialogs under Windows and Motif User Language Programs A series of new CAM View functions and features such as e Windows Motif parameter setup dialogs UIFSETUP e cascading Windows Motif pulldown menus under Windows and Motif UIFSETUP have been implemented with User Language programs 8 2 Display The Display menu was not always available through the middle mouse button This problem has been solved Filled area display instead of occasional outline display is now ensured for all structures loaded onto documentary layers when layer color assignment is configured Release Notes Page 29 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 9 Neural Rule System 9 1 General Rule Definitions The brules dat file installed to the BAE programs directory contains precompiled rule definitions The source files for these rule definitions are also provided User Language directory file extension rul i e the rule definitions can be modified and recompiled with the rulecomp Rule System Compiler 9 2 SCM Rules BAE Version 4 6 provides a series of new rules for the implementation of special SCM functions These rules and their applications have alr
23. f the top level group elements Release Notes Page 23 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 5 Autoplacement 5 1 General Windows Motif Parameter Setup Dialogs The following Windows Motif parameter setup dialogs have been implemented for the Autoplacement module e Settings Settings General Autoplacement Parameters e View Settings Display Parameters e Auto Placement Settings Automatic Placement Parameters e Copper Fill Settings Copper Fill Parameters The UIFSETUP User Language program has been changed to provide the menu functions for activating the dialogs under Windows and Motif User Language Programs A series of new Autoplacement functions and features such as e Windows Motif parameter setup dialogs UIFSETUP e cascading Windows Motif pulldown menus under Windows and Motif UIFSETUP e copy DDB file elements COPYELEM e EDIF 2 0 netlist data import EDF20CON e DXF and EPS PDF output to support multi layer selection through popup menu LAYDXFDO LAYEPS e CIF data export APIO LCIFOUT have been implemented with User Language programs 5 2 Display Design Rule Check Query Element The Query Element function as already known from the Layout Editor has been added to the Autoplacement Display menu 5 3 Automatic Copper Fill Traces Cut Mode The Octagonal Circles and Octagonal Corners Circles options have been added to the Traces Cut Mode function from the Copper Fill menu This allows for ful
24. ge 11 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 A configuration file is provided with productive BAE Linux versions This configuration file router cfg must be saved to the BAE program directory bin see above To activate BAE Demo the demo cfg configuration file must be copied to router cfg to activate BAE Schematics schema cfg must be copied to router cfg see also Table 1 BAE is pre configured with a German user interface The English user interface can be activated by extracting the baeeng tgz archive file from the CD ROM baelinux directory to the destination directory UNIX Installation The BAE HighEnd archive files for UNIX workstation are provided in specific BAE CD ROM directories such as baehp for the HP version These archive files contain the directories bin programs and setup files baelib symbol and part libraries baeulc User Language source files and baejobs examples and test jobs An additional file named baeeng tgz including the English BAE user interface setup is also provided The BAE HighEnd archive files for HP workstations are provided in the baehp directory on the BAE CD ROM Please see the readme file in the baehp directory for latest information and instructions on how to install the BAE HP software To install the HP software simply mount the CD ROM drive with the BAE CD ROM e g under cdrom change to the directory where you intend to install the BAE software and unpack the baehp tgz archive using th
25. ic BAE parameter settings stored with the existing bsetup dat file will get lost and must be restored after successfully installing the BAE software using the bsetup utility program or the Setup function available from the BAE main menu of the Windows Motif versions Customer specific User Language programs developed and compiled under the previously installed BAE version must also be re compiled after performing the BAE Update Installation Linux Installation The baelinux directory on the BAE CD ROM contains the TGZ archive files baelinux tgz and baelinus tgz and baelinp tgz and baelinps tgz for hardlock key support with different BAE builds for operating BAE Demo BAE Professional BAE Economy and BAE Light under Linux Each of these TGZ files contains the directories bin programs and setup files baelib symbol and part libraries baeulc User Language source files and baejobs examples and test jobs The BAE software is supposed to run on all common Linux system with Kernel 2 0 x S u S E 6 0 or later RedHat etc The TGZ files baelinhe tgz and baelinhs tgz contain the binaries for BAE HighEnd An additional file named baeeng tgz including the English BAE user interface setup is also provided We strongly recommend that you have a look into the readme file from the baelinux directory of the BAE CD ROM before installing the BAE Linux software The readme file contains a list of the provided BAE Linux archive files and latest informati
26. ieval system translated transcribed or transmitted in any form or by any means manual electric electronic electromagnetic mechanical chemical optical or otherwise without prior express written permission from Bartels System Bartels AutoEngineer Bartels Router and Bartels Autorouter are registered trademarks of Bartels System Bartels User Language and Bartels Neural Router are trademarks of Bartels System All other products or services mentioned in this publication are identified by the trademarks or service marks of their respective companies or organizations Copyright 1986 2000 by Oliver Bartels F E All Rights Reserved Printed in Germany Release Notes Page 2 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 Contents Release Notes Page 3 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 Tables able 1 BAE Software License Files able 2 BAE Graphic Device Drivers able 3 BAE System File Environment Variables Release Notes Page 4 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 1 General 1 1 Bartels AutoEngineer Product Line The following software configurations are available with Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 e Bartels AutoEngineer Light e Bartels AutoEngineer Economy e Bartels AutoEngineer Professional e Bartels AutoEngineer HighEnd Bartels AutoEngineer Professional is the standard BAE software configuration BAE Professional is available for PCs with Windows Linux or DOS operating systems The Schematic
27. l circles and or trace corners to be isolated like octagons thus reducing the amount of Gerber data if no Gerber arc commands can be used Release Notes Page 24 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 6 Autorouter 6 1 General Windows Motif Parameter Setup Dialogs The following Windows Motif parameter setup dialogs have been implemented for the Neural Autorouter e Settings Settings General Autorouter Parameters e View Settings Display Parameters e Preplacement Settings Automatic Placement Parameters e Autorouter Options Autorouting Options e Autorouter Control Parameters Autorouting Control Parameters e Autorouter Strategy Autorouting Strategy Parameters e Autorouter Batch Setup Autorouting Batc Setup The UIFSETUP User Language program has been changed to provide the menu functions for activating the dialogs under Windows and Motif User Language Programs A series of new Neural Autorouter functions and features such as e Windows Motif parameter setup dialogs UIFSETUP e cascading Windows Motif pulldown menus under Windows and Motif UIFSETUP e copy DDB file elements COPYELEM e EDIF 2 0 netlist data import EDF20CON e DXF and EPS PDF output to support multi layer selection through popup menu LAYDXFDO LAYEPS e CIF data export ARIO LCIFOUT have been implemented with User Language programs Release Notes Page 25 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 6 2 Autorouter Algorithms Rip Up Router
28. ly revised and are provided in HTML and PDF format in the baedoc directory of the BAE CD ROM Release Notes Page 6 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 1 4 Installing on Windows and DOS Platforms Preparing for Update Installations The BAE library and User Language directory contents are replaced when performing update installations Thus it is strongly recommended to backup any user specific data from these directories before installing the BAE update and to restore the required data afterwards The bsetup dat file from the BAE programs directory is always re installed when performing BAE Update Installations Thus it is not necessary to run the time consuming batch for compiling the BAE User Language programs provided with the BAE software However user specific BAE parameter settings stored with the existing bsetup dat file will get lost and must be restored after successfully installing the BAE software using the bsetup utility program or the Setup function available from the BAE main menu of the Windows Motif versions Customer specific User Language programs developed and compiled under the previously installed BAE version must also be re compiled after performing the BAE Update Installation Running the Windows 9x 2000 NT Install Program Under Windows 9x 2000 NT the BAE setup program for installing BAE Demo BAE Professional BAE Economy BAE Light and BAE Schematics should start automatically after inserting the BAE CD ROM t
29. m the User Language directory baeulc The SCMRULE User Language program supports rule assignments to SCM palin elements and or project files SCMRULE can be called through Run User Script or through the Rule Attachment function from the Settings menu if UIFSETUP is activated Warning The antenna highlight mode can only be activated if the scm rul rule definition file and thus the scm_pin_drc rule has been compiled with the Rule System Compiler rulecomp rulecomp stores the compiled rules to the brules dat file in the BAE programs directory l e the rules are not saved with the design When transferring the design onto a different computer the scm_pin_drc rule must be transferred to this computer as well or otherwise antenna highlight mode assignments won t work 2 4 Text Attributes Text Visibility on Rotated Symbols The scm_rot_vis_0 scm_rot_vis_ 90 scm_rot_vis_180 and scm_rot_vis_270 from the scm rul rule definition file see User Language directory baeulc can be used to control text visibility on SCM symbol level depending on SCM symbol rotation on SCM plan level Texts with scm_rot_vis_0 rule assignments are only displayed on symbols with zero degree placement rotation angle on SCM plan level etc These rules can be used to place and or display symbol name and attribute value texts depending on symbol rotation modes The Disolve Rotations and Combine Rotations options from the SCMRULE User Language program can be used for easy tex
30. mended to split L shaped structures into rectangles if possible Release Notes Page 26 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 7 CAM Processor 7 1 General Windows Motif Parameter Setup Dialogs The following Windows Motif parameter setup dialogs have been implemented for the CAM Processor e Settings Settings General CAM Plot Parameters e View Settings Display Parameters e Control Plot Settings Control Plot Parameters e Gerber Photoplot Settings Gerber Photoplot Parameters e Drilling Insertion Settings Drilling Data Output Parameters The UIFSETUP User Language program has been changed to provide the menu functions for activating the dialogs under Windows and Motif User Language Programs A series of new CAM Processor functions and features such as e Windows Motif parameter setup dialogs UIFSETUP e cascading Windows Motif pulldown menus under Windows and Motif UIFSETUP e copy DDB file elements COPYELEM e EPS PDF output to support colors A3 plot format PDF A4 scaling mirrored PostScript fonts All Layer Border and Marker mode LAYEPS e DXF and EPS PDF output to support multi layer selection through popup menu LAYDXFDO LAYEPS e CIF data export CAMIO LCIFOUT have been implemented with User Language programs Release Notes Page 27 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 7 2 Plot Parameter Plot Parameter Save Load CAM plot parameter settings are automatically stored with the currently process
31. ms are provided with BAE Version 4 6 SCM SCM_MSG SCM Message System Action SCMMACL Load SCM Macro EDF20CON EDIF 2 0 Netlist Data Import LAY LCIFOUT Layout CIF Data Export GEDMACL Load Layout Macro LCIFIN Layout CIF Data Import Changed User Language Programs The User Language programs already delivered with the previous BAE Version have been completely revised and extended by many new features and functions A series of significant improvements and enhancements have already been mentioned in the previous sections of these Release Notes A series of User Language programs have been equipment with parameter query dialog boxes New features and functions have been made available through existing User Language program menus wherever appropriate The IPC D 356 test output implemented with the IPCOUT User Language program was erroneously shifted by one position from column 31 on This bug has been fixed Release Notes Page 34 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 Menu Assignments and Key Bindings Some of the BAE User Language programs define implicit User Language program calls startups toolbars menu assignments key bindings l e with the installation of the BAE software a modified BAE user interface with many additional functions is activated You can add even more functions or you can modify and or reset the predefined menu assignments and key bindings The BAE_ST User Language program is automatically started when ent
32. o the CD ROM drive If this doesn t happen simply start the setupen exe program from the CD ROM using the Run function from the Windows Start menu Please follow the instructions of the setup program The setup ends with the BAE software configuration Please select the BAE configuration which is authorised for your machine Demo Professional Economy SCM only etc see also table 1 To install BAE HighEnd simply run the setup program and then copy the files from the baew32he directory of the BAE CD ROM to the BAE programs directory created by the setup program Running the MS DOS Windows 3 11 Install Program For installing BAE Demo BAE Professional BAE Economy and or BAE Schematics under Windows 3 11 or MS DOS or BAE HighEnd under Windows 9x 2000 NT Windows 3 11 or MS DOS the CD ROM must be inserted to the CD ROM drive and the drive and directory must be set accordingly E g to install the BAE software from CD ROM drive D insert the BAE CD ROM to CD ROM drive D and enter the following commands to the DOS prompt gt D lt CR gt gt install lt CR gt Once the install program has been started the instructions issued on the screen should be followed carefully First you will be asked for the BAE user interface language e g English German etc and for the operating system host platform DOS Windows NT Windows 3 x etc The install program provides different modes for performing either new Installation or Update
33. on and important instructions for installing the BAE Linux software baelinus tgz must be installed on Linux systems without Motif baelinus tgz contains a statically linked BAE version including all system and Motif libraries libc6 glibc lesstif Motif1 2 required to run BAE on any Linux Kernel 2 0 x distribution It is recommended to use the more efficient dynamically linked BAE version from baelinux tgz linked to libc6 glibc and lesstif Motif1 2 on Linux systems where Motif is already installed The statically linked version from baelinus tgz can always be used on Linux systems which fail to run the dynamically linked version To install the BAE Linux software simply mount the CD ROM drive with the BAE CD ROM e g under cdrom change to the directory where you want to install the BAE software and unpack the appropriate archive file e g baelinux tgz using the tar command as in gt tar xzfv cdrom baelinux tgz lt CR gt The z option is used to filter the TGZ file through the gzip utility If your tar command does not support the z option simply use gzip and tar as in gt gzip dv cdrom baelinux tgz lt CR gt gt tar xfv cdrom baelinux tar lt CR gt To install the dynamically linked BAE HighEnd version simply extract the baelinhe tgz file after installing baelinux tgz To install the statically linked BAE HighEnd version simply install baelinhs tgz after installing baelinus tgz Release Notes Pa
34. on for replacing group selected symbols has been improved Attribute assignments and text positions from the original elements are now transferred to the new elements if possible 2 6 Backannotation Required SCM symbols and or parts being deleted from the SCM plan could cause the Backannotation to corrupt the DDB design file This bug has been fixed The Backannotation now lists any missing SCM symbols parts These must be replaced on the SCM plan to allow for subsequent Backannotation processes to be completed successfully Release Notes Page 19 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 3 Packager 3 1 Switching to Layout Editor For designs without existing layout layout element creation for the netlist created by the Packager is automatically suggested when switching from the Packager to the Layout Editor Release Notes Page 20 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 4 Layout Editor 4 1 General Program Start Layout creation is now automatically suggested when calling the Layout Editor from the Packager and the design file does not yet contain a corresponding layout Windows Motif Parameter Setup Dialogs The following Windows Motif parameter setup dialogs have been implemented for the Layout Editor e Settings Settings General Layout Editor Parameters e View Settings Display Parameters The UIFSETUP User Language program has been changed to provide the menu functions for activating the dialogs under Windows and Motif
35. ouble clicking the application from within the Windows Explorer and or the File Manager and it is also possible to define an initial working directory for the application to start in A shortcut to bae exe can be placed on the desktop or the Windows Start menu to provide an even more convenient method of starting up the Bartels AutoEngineer When installing the BAE software under Windows 9x 2000 NT a BAE program group with shortcuts for starting the BAE main menu BAE Main Menu and the BAE program modules BAE Setup Schematic Editor Packager Layout Editor Autoplacement Autorouter CAM Processor CAM View and for accessing the Bartels AutoEngineer User Manual BAE User Manual is added to the Windows start menu The BAE DDB File option for creating a new BAE DDB file named New BAE DDB File is included with the New function from the Windows 9x 2000 NT Desktop and Windows Explorer context menus to be activated through the right mouse button The BAE DDB file context menus provide the BAE Schematic and BAE Layout options for loading the selected BAE file to the Schematic Editor and or the Layout Editor Double clicking a BAE DDB file automatically loads the DDB file s standard layout element to the Layout Editor The system suggests to create a new layout element if the DDB file does not yet contain a layout element with default name Please consult your operating system documentation for more information on how to configure applications for startu
36. p Release Notes Page 14 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 File Access Environment Variables Environment variable references in file name specifications are automatically substituted This allows for definitions such as BAELIB for the symbol library directory and combined specifications such as BAELIB laylib or BAELIB STDLIB to be used for path and file name specifications in functions such as Select Library from the Settings Parameter menu The environment variables are not evaluated until they are actually referred for file access Thus they will be stored with design files to be transferred to different computers where they can refer to machine dependent path specifications defined through corresponding environment variables Environment variable references are preceded with a dollar sign and must be either entirely lower case or entirely upper case The character refers to the HOME variable Undefined environment variable references are substituted with empty strings System File Access Environment Variables The environment variables listed in table 3 are evaluated for advanced configuration of BAE system file access in network installations Table 3 BAE System File Environment Variables System File Environment Variable Default Name BAE_BSETUP BAE System Parameters BAE_ULCLIB User Language Programs BAE_RULELIB Rules Database BAE_LANG Messages Database BAE_FONTLIB Character Fonts BAE_SCMLIB SCM Color Tables B
37. phic card installed with your computer It is recommended to install the standard VGA driver VGA480 if you are not sure about which driver to select since VGA480 is assumed to run on almost any PC system and you can always select a different driver e g with higher resolution later see below Table 2 BAE Graphic Device Drivers Graphic Driver copaso pev PGA 640x480 IGC Cad Car EGA350 DEV__ EGA 640x 350 Standar EGA480EW DEV EGA480GE DEV Genoa ATI EGA600EW DEV EGA Wonder EGA600GE DEV Genoa ATI EGA600PA DEV Paradise QPC1024 DEV QPDM768 DEV PGA EGA VGA QPDM1024 DEV VGA 1280x1024 AMD QPDM VGA480 DEV VGA 640x 480 Tseng ET3000 ET4000 VGA VGA VGA TI 1280x1024 Datapath QPDM 1024x 768 AMD QPDM TSENG768 DEV 1024x 768 Tseng ET4000 VESA600 DEV VESA 800x 600 various VESA768 DEV VESA 1024x 768 various MACH768 DEV MACH1024 DEV MACH1200 DEV 1600x1200 ATI Mach 64 MGA600 DEV 800x 600 Matrox Millenium Mystique MGA768 DEV fe ol 1024x 768 Matrox Millenium Mystique fs if 1280x1024 Matrox Millenium Mystique Genoa ATI o EGA Wonder Genoa ATI o Paradise S a DatapathQPDM van JAMDQPDM O vaa JAMDQPDM O vaa Tseng ET3000 ET4000 vGasoo DEv vaa goox600 TsengET3000 ETs000 veaespev vaa 1024x768 TsengETsoo0 vea Tseng ET4000 VESA varous S varous S JATIMach64 JATIMach s ATiMaches Matrox Milenium Mystique Matrox Milenium Mystiq
38. s Page 7 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 Installing the Software Security Module The BAE PC software for Windows and DOS except for BAE Demo BAE Light and BAE Schematics is protected by a hardlock key dangle which must be plugged onto one of the parallel ports LPT1 LPT2 or LPT3 of your PC Switch off your computer before mounting the hardlock key shipped with the software or otherwise the dangle might be damaged by high voltage If you have connected a peripheral device such as a laser printer to the hardlock key then you must always switch on the peripheral device before switching on your computer to avoid hardlock key check problems The BAE PC software provides the license files according to the available software configurations as shown in the table below You will be asked to select the BAE software configuration and thus the appropriate license file when installing the BAE software Make sure to select the BAE software configuration to be installed and or authorized on your computer Table 1 BAE Software License Files Software License File Configuration Name BAE Demo demo cfg SCM and Layout no Hardlock Key no CAM output BAE Light see note SCM and Layout no Hardlock Key customer specific CFG file is provided on purchase BAE Economy SCM and Layout BAE Professional autoeng cfg SCM and Layout BAE HighEnd highend cfg SCM and Layout BAE Schematics schema cfg SCM only no HardlockKey BAE Layout layout cfg Layou
39. st point to the BAE programs directory to allow for BAE program call from any other directory The PATH variable can be set automatically through shell profile execution shell script profile login bashrc or cshrc according to UNIX derivative respectively Release Notes Page 12 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 1 6 Parameter Setup and Program Start BAE System Parameter The BAE software versions for Windows and Motif provide an interactive program for modifying the BAE system parameters Under DOS however the bsetup utility must be applied as described herein With the BAE software a setup definitions file template named stdset def is supplied which will be installed to the BAE programs directory This file contains the following commands for setting the BAE library access paths EFLIBRARY lt libdir gt stdsym EF LIBRARY lt libdir gt laylib where lt libdir gt is the path name of the BAE library directory If the library e g has been installed to the directory c baelib under DOS or Windows then you should replace lt libdir gt with this path name in order to provide correct access to the BAE symbol libraries If the library e g has been installed to the directory usr bae lib under Linux or Unix then you should insert the following commands to the setup definitions file for providing correct access to the supplied BAE symbol libraries IBRARY usr bae lib stdsym
40. t only required provided only for updating from BAE Versions older than BAE V4 6 The router cfg license file matching the BAE software configuration authorized on your computer must be available in the BAE programs directory l e to install the correct license file you can also copy the desired CFG file to router cfg within the BAE programs directory instead of selecting the valid BAE configuration during BAE software installation BAE Demo software is intended for evaluation purposes only BAE Demo cannot produce any CAM or User Language output and it will mask Layout plan elements in order to prevent from processing with productive software configurations afterwards l e the BAE user version are not able to read Demo jobs however we are able to convert these jobs Release Notes Page 8 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 Selecting the BAE DOS Graphic Device Driver With the Windows versions of the BAE software there is no BAE graphic device driver installation required since BAE Windows software runs under the graphic interface of the corresponding operating system The DOS versions of the BAE software are shipped with a series of graphic device drivers During installation you will be asked to select an appropriate BAE graphic device driver Table 2 provides the list of graphic device drivers supplied with the DOS PC software of the Bartels AutoEngineer Please select the graphic device driver matching the video adapter and or gra
41. t rotation visibility rule assignments on SCM symbol level Disolve Rotations creates four copies of the currently loaded symbol at 0 90 180 and 180 degree rotation angles allowing for rotation specific text editing Combine Rotations copies the texts back to symbol and automatically attaches the corresponding rules to the modified texts SCMRULE can be called through Run User Script or through the Rule Attachment function from the Settings menu if UIFSETUP is activated Warning Rotation specific text visibility modes mode can only be set if the scm rul rule definition file including the scm_rot_vis_0 scm_rot_vis_90 scm_rot_vis_180 and scm_rot_vis_270 rules have been compiled with the Rule System Compiler rulecomp rulecomp stores the compiled rules to the brules dat file in the BAE programs directory l e the rules are not saved with the design When transferring the design onto a different computer the scm_rot_vis_ rules must be transferred to this computer as well or otherwise text rotation visibility mode assignments won t work Release Notes Page 18 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 2 5 Group Functions Group Mirroring The Mirror Off and Mirror On options have been added to the submenu which can be activated through the right mouse button whilst placing a group with the Load Group Move Group and Copy Group functions thus allowing to mirror the currently selected SCM group Group Macro The Group Macro functi
42. t to void upon loading an element Windows Motif Parameter Setup Dialogs A series of Windows Motif dialogs have been implemented such as display and general parameter settings in all BAE modules SCM plot parameters settings Autoplacement and copper fill parameter settings Neural Autorouter routing batch setup and routing options strategy and control parameter settings and CAM Processor control plot Gerber photoplot and drilling data output parameter settings These dialogs can be activated through the bae_callmenu User Language function The UIFSETUP User Language program has been changed to provide menu functions for activating the dialogs in the BAE Windows Motif modules Cascading Windows Motif Pulldown Menus Facilities for cascading submenu definitions have been implemented for the BAE Windows and Motif pulldown user interfaces Submenus can now be attached to menu items The UIFSETUP User Language program has been changed in order to configure cascading menus for the BAE Windows Motif modules This allows for easy submenu function location and activation without having to activate and probably cancel submenus The function repeat facility provided through the right mouse button has been adapted to support cascading menus This simplifies repeated submenu function calls significantly Element Name Query under Windows The height of the element name query boxes of the BAE Windows versions has been increased in order to display 20 inst
43. ue Matrox Milenium Mystique Matrox Milenium Mystique 1024x 768 ATI Mach 64 1280x1024 ATI Mach 64 MGA1024 DEV j j 1600x1200 Matrox Millenium Mystique MGA1200 DEV Texas TMS34010 TMS34020 TIGA DEV The graphic driver dev file matching the video adapter and or graphic card of your computer must be copied to the bae dev file in the BAE programs directory This is achieved either by selecting the correct driver during BAE software installation or by manually copying the desired dev file in the BAE programs directory to bae dev Release Notes Page 9 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 Setting up the DOS Environment It is strongly recommended to add the BAE programs directory path to the PATH environment variable Load the autoexec bat file to your text editor and check whether autoexec bat contains a PATH statement or not If there is already a PATH statement defined in autoexec bat then just add the following program path link to the PATH statement assume BAE programs directory c bae 7c bae If there is no PATH statement defined in autoexec bat then insert the following PATH statement assume BAE programs directory c bae PATH c bae You can also insert the following command at the end of the autoexec bat file in order to include the BAE programs directory path name with the PATH variable PATH c bae Spath The config sys file must contain the statements BUFFERS lt b
44. unctions or you can modify and or reset the predefined menu assignments and key bindings For more details see section 11 5 of these Release Note Usually it is not necessary to re compile the User Language programs delivered with the BAE software since the compiled programs will be installed to the bsetup dat file of the BAE programs directory Nevertheless the User Language directory provides several batch files for automatically compiling all BAE User Language programs The CPLSLL ComPiLe with Static Link Library batch file is recommended for compilation The compile batch can be started in the User Language directory baeulc by entering gt cplsll lt CR gt to an MS DOS Prompt with the PATH variable pointing to the BAE programs directory or with the gt cplsll bat lt CR gt command from a Linux or UNIX shell The compilation process might last some time according to the power of your computer BAE Program Start and DDB File Access Use the following command to start the Bartels AutoEngineer from a DOS prompt or a Linux and or UNIX command shell gt bae lt CR gt Design file access can be simplified by starting and or running BAE from the design and or project files directory Under Windows the Bartels AutoEngineer can also be started by selecting the bae exe file using the Run function from the Windows Start menu or the Program Manager Files menu Windows also allows for application startup by d
45. under Windows and Motif User Language Programs A series of new SCM functions and features such as e Windows Motif parameter setup dialogs UIFSETUP e cascading Windows Motif pulldown menus under Windows and Motif UIFSETUP e copy and or delete DDB file elements COPYELEM SLIBUTIL e loading SCM library elements through mouse selection on current SCM element or through symbol context menu SCMMACL SCM_MS e edit and compile logical library definitions of mouse selectable SCM symbols LOGLEDIT e logical library definition file export SLIBUTIL e change and replace texts GCMTEXT e EPS PDF output to support colors and A3 plot format SCMEPS have been implemented with User Language programs 2 2 Symbols Labels Symbol Pick The function for selecting symbols for interactive processing has been improved The symbol which is fully placed within the outline of the other symbol is always picked first if two symbols are found under the pick position thus preventing from unintentionally picking frame symbols Release Notes Page 17 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 4 6 2 3 Connections Antenna Highlight Mode Assigning the scm_pin_drc rule on SCM plan or project file level causes pins to be highlighted which only have a short single segment connection Usually such pins are highlighted to provide a function for fading out pins which are not to be connected The scm_pin_drc rule is defined in the scm rul rule definition file fro
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