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1. Layer Change with Color Assignment A layer selection popup menu has been added to the Select Layer trace context menu function available through the right mouse button This menu also allows for the activation of the provides layer specific options for activating the Change Colors function and a source layer indicator gt Pressing the f or key and the the enter key switches to the next higher and or next lower layer number These inputs can be automated in key programming sequences using mr 013 and or mr o13 This allows for the definition of keys for moving upwards or downwards through the layer stack The default Layout Editor key bindings assign these sequences to the and keys and thus also to mouse wheel interactions with the key pressed Trace Data Editing The element data manipulation context menu function which can be activated through the P key has been extended to allow for trace layer changes trace width changes fixing and or glueing anchoring of traces via padstack assignments and via fill net assignments Teardrop Generation The Trace to Trace option for generation teardrops at trace necking bending points has been added to the parameter dialog of the Traces Other Functions Teardrop Utilities Create Teardrops function Creating teardrops as traces sometimes failed for special trace width angle and pad size constellations This problem has been fixed Editing Round Corners The Move with nei2. The User Language include files have been revised and extended by a series of new definitions and functions New User Language Programs The following User Language programs have been implemented iP Program Name Shor Description STEPUP Step One Layer Up SCM SCMPEDIT SCM Position Pick Element Edit LMININ Orcad MIN Layout 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 Release Notes Page 26
3. button clicks Left mouse button clicks allow for attribute assignments to selectable symbols Right mouse button clicks allow for attribute assignments to all group selected symbols Release Notes Page 7 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 Net Attribute Labels Net attribute labels sometimes caused the Packager to issue redundant double defined part error messages This problem has been fixed Affected designs can be corrected by saving the schematic plan with the new software version Label Attribute Positions The Move Attribute function can now also be applied to labels e g to move the pageref label attribute Attribute Cleanup Features for displaying and resetting removed attributes have been added to the Edit Other Functions Set Group Attributes function These are attributes which still exist but cannot be edited anymore because the attribute text definition had been deleted from symbol macro level Previously the attribute text had to be re defined on symbol level to allow for the reset of such attributes SCM Cross Reference Attribute List A list with all attibute name value combinations counts has been added to the symbol list output of the Symbols Other Functions SCM Cross Reference function Symbol Edit Functions The Symbol Edit Tools submenu of the File Library Utilities submenu has been renamed to Symbol Edit Functions and moved to the Symbols menu Symbol Bus Pin Definitions The Define Bus P
4. create a right arrow symbol with Load Next functionality Further interactions such as m1 for picking selecting the element at the mouse cursor can also be added Element Position Pick and Element Data Editing Functions for editing element data and or snapping to the position of the currently edited element have been assigned to the ij key Element Selection The Pick Mode parameter for controlling the element pick behaviour at positions with more than one element has been added to the View Settings dialog DDB Element Comment The File Element Comment submenu and a corresponding element in the Settings Settings dialog for assigning comments to DDB file elements have been added The element selection dialogs have been updated to display element comments together with the element names Element name comments can be assigned to SCM sheets to allow for better guidance The new pltecomment system attribute can be used to display element comments The PDF output functions have been amended to display SCM sheet comments rather than SCM sheet element names when creating tables of contents for SCM plans Demo Projects The productive configuration of the Schematic Editor has been changed to allow for the loading processing of schematic plans which have been saved with BAE Demo 2 2 Symbols Labels Symbol Attribute Transfer The s buttons of the toolbar windows with symbol attributes have been changed to differ between left and right mouse
5. Documentation The Height DRC Text option for automatically displaying part height texts in the center of the part height DRC area has been added to the File Library Utilities Layout Library Edit Batch function Release Notes Page 18 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 Font Editor A descriptive text link for saving the character font has been added to the top of the character font layout created by Text Drill Other Functions Font Editor Font Edit The FONTCONV utility program for importing font data is now automatically activated after saving the font data to the fon file This allows for creating and using haracter fonts without having to leave the BAE graphic interface Drill Data Editing The element data manipulation context menu function which can be activated through the P key has been extended to allow for drill hole diameter changes drill class assignments and the fixing and or glueing anchoring of drill holes Automatic Drill Display The Place Drill Hole Delete Drill Hole and Edit Drill Hole are now automatically activating the drill color white on default to ensure that the currently processed drill holes are visible 4 7 Group Functions Group Element Selection Toggle options for inverting element group selection modes have been added to the Edit Group Elements functions 4 8 Automatic Copper Fill Fill Area Via Placement An option for assigning a net for automatic copper fill via connections has
6. New entries for setting default predefined values for these options have been added to the bae ini file The Via Staggered n m option with a drill class query for specifying a via layer range has been added to the Via Staggered function for generating blind and buried via definitions Automatic Part Renaming Renumbering The Renumber parts option for deactivating part renumbering during part name prefix changes has been added to the Change Name Prefix dialogs of the Parts Other Functions Autoname Parts functions With part renumbering deactivated an empty string input to the Source Prefix simply causes the part names to b eprefixed with the Destination Prefix This is useful when merging different projects with intersecting part name list The All Prefixes option for renumbering parts with specific prefices has been changed to support the removal of hierarchy block identifiers p1 etc from the part names This allows for all parts including parts from hierarchical SCM blocks to be renamed renumbered according to the specified Part Name Pattern pattern Variant Report The Part Report for selecting different part report options for listing all variants two selectable variants or variant differences has been added to the Settings Variants dialog Hierarchical Block Placement The Block Reference and List Block References functions for selecting parts from hierarchical schematic blocks through block instance names have been added to
7. Part Attributes function can be used on layout level to assign values such as the layout designer s name to a layout plan header part to these predicates Release Notes Page 15 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 4 4 Traces Routing Net Trace Manipulation The Fix Net Unfix Net Delete Net and Set Net Trace Width function menu to be activated through keystroke f and applied to the currenlty selected highlighted net has been added to the Traces Net List Utilities Highlight Nets functions Net Attribute Search The Attribute Search Zoom function for selecting nets to be highlighted by net attributes has been added to the Traces Net List Utilities Highlight Nets function group Pin Status Report The Traces Net List Utilities Report Open Pins function has been renamed to Report Pin Status and lists now all net list part pins with their states This list is sorted by pin status and then part names to make it easier to find short circuit and or free pins At the end of this report a list of all nets created from SCM signals with different names labels is provided with original SCM signal names Group Selection The group selection mode is now preserved when editing traces The Trace Width option for selecting and or deselecting traces with a specific trace width to be conveniently chosen from the list of trace widths used on the current layout has been added to the Edit Other Functions Select and Deselect functions
8. Settings parameter dialog 4 2 Display Design Rule Check Color Palette Buffers The s toolbar menu button for color palette buffers has been changed to allow for the setting of a Palette Prefix different from the toolbar setting The Palette Prefix is saved with the element and restored when opening element l e it is possible to use different toolbar color table sets for layouts with different layer counts Top Layer Display The currently selected top layer is now indicated by an inverted right half of the signal layer number text in the layout toolbar Net Group DRC BAE HighEnd The Net Group DRC function for defining net type specific DRC blocks through a table of input fields has been added to the Settings Rule Attachment submenu in BAE HighEnd The net group and DRC rules are automatically generated This allows for the complete definition of net group specific clearance parameters without having to edit and compile specific rule definition files Release Notes Page 14 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 DRC Error List The polygon types and or the part names of the elements causing distance violations are now displayed by the Utilities DRC Error List function 4 3 Parts Placement Padstack Generation An option for specifying solder mask and solder paste pad sizes relative to the signal layer pad size has been added to the Pad stack Generator facilities of the File Library Utilities Macro Generator function
9. Settings parameter dialog Since the Autorouter only routes nets which are included in the airline display this feature can be used to select net groups through nettype attribute selections or hierarchical blocks through blkname and or blkrname attribute selections for autorouting Release Notes Page 20 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 6 CAM Processor 6 1 General 6 2 Control Plot EPS PDF Output Options for PDF layer information output have been added to the parameter dialog of the EPS PDF Output function to support the PDF layer display modes introduced with Acrobat Version 6 0 On default the BAE layer names are being exported Output batch configurations also allow for the merging of layers e g Part Side View through the assignement of BAE layers to PDF output layers Texts created with the Multi Line Text function are now automatically concatenated for outputs with PostScript fonts Previously such texts had been vectorized using the BAE vector font to avoid gaps The Derive Batch option for creating a batch using the current output parameters options has been added This is useful if output layers are selected with the Visible Layers or Layer Selection options Special layer output support for Workarea Origin and Errors has been added Batch outputs also support different colors for layer specific Errors The PSVISW2B_STD entry for automatically converting white screen display color to black plot color with Visible Lay
10. Sorgname net attribute is assigned to named nets For nets consisting of different sub nets a comma separated sub net name list is assigned l e combined nets can now not only be traced by examining the fre file but also through system net data queries The net pin attribute for storing the pin net name is now automatically assigned to pins This allows for net text definitions on padstack level to display pin net names in the layout Alternative Part Package Type Assignments The syntax for alternative package type specification with the plname attribute has been changed to support package name suffixes through nested square brackets l e a list of alternative package types such as e g dil8 dil8a dil8b s08 so8a so8b can now also be specified through di18 a b so8 a b Part Name Assignment A p1 p2 prefix is now added to the rpname attributes of symbols parts from hierarchical schematic subblocks to provide full control over the packaging of symbols parts from different hierarchical sub block instances Pin Attribute Assignment Support for indirect pin attribute value assignments through attribute names starting with in logical library newattr commands has been added to the Packager Alternate Logical Definitions The rlext system attribute for setting logical library part name extensions does not append an underscore letter anymore if an empty string is entered for this attributes This allows for the r1ext attribu
11. a layout has been added to the bae ini file The default value for this parameter is zero no automatic Batch DRC Activating automatic Batch DRC guarantees complete DRC error display for layouts which have been intentionally saved with DRC errors Layer Usage Report The Settings Report function included all legend layers with layer usage reports when using parts with layer legend definitions such as plan headers even if the legend layers weren t actually used This problem can now be avoided with the lay layerscan ignore rule which can be assigned to elements and or macros using the Settings Rule Attachment function Elements with this rule are excluded from the layer checking of the Report function The layer check routines of the EPS PDF Output and the batch output functions of the CAM Processor are also considering this rule Data Import The OrCAD MIN Input for importing layout data in Orcad MIN format has been added to the Import Export submenu from the File menu A par file is used for controlling layer assignments and several other conversion parameters A well documented example file named orcad par with all possible parameter definitions is provided in the baejobs directory Selective Airline Display The Attribute Visible and Attribute Invisible buttons for activating and or deactivating airline display through Part Attributes Pin Attributes or Net Attributes selections have been added to the Mincon settings of the Settings
12. also triggered after loading a different sheet for locating the net Net Name Tracking The Load Label Sheet function for selecting and or loading an SCM sheet containing a selected and or selectable label has been added to the Connections Other Functions submenu and to the label context menu Net Highlight with Zoom The All Nets Zoom and Named Nets Zoom functions for highlighting nets and automatically zooming to connected symbols and labels have been added to the Connections Other Functions Highlight Nets function group BAE HighEnd automatically applies this function to any layout of the same project which is currently open in any other Layout Editor Net Combinations The Schematic Editor issues now a warning message if two nets with different names are connected Bus Definition The Define Bus function has been modified to change the bus status of the selected connection instead of simply converting the connection into a bus This allows for bus connections to be converted back to normal connections Bus Tap Movements Cancelling the Move Bus Tap function without having the bus tap placed could cause undefined behaviour such as endless loops and program crashes in special cases This problem has been solved Pin Connections The Full Pin Check option of the Settings Rule Attachment Connectivity function only reset the unconnected pin contact area display for direct connections between different pin macro types This problem
13. been added to the Traces Via Functions Place Vias function This allows for the Place Vias function to be used for placing fill area vias Release Notes Page 19 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 5 Autorouter 5 1 General Routing Layers The maximum routing signal layer count specified through the Signal Layer Count from the Autorouter Options dialog has been increased from 12 to 16 Board Outline Clearance The Board Outline Distance parameter for specifying a minimum clearance to the board outline previously fixed to 1 05833 mm has been added to Autorouter Options Pin to Via Clearance The Pin Via Minimum Distance parameter has been added to Autorouter Options This parameter can be used to set a gridless routing pin to via clearance which is higher than the Minimum Distance The Autorouter uses the Minimum Distance setting if the Pin Via Minimum Distance value is set to 0 0 mm or to a value smaller than the Minimum Distance value Maximum Length SMD Fanout Power Connections The Maximum Power Con Length and Maximum SMD Fanout Length parameters for specifying maximum trace lengths for power connections previously fixed to 5 08 mm and SMD via fanout connections previously fixed to 2 54 mm have been added to Autorouter Options Power connections are nets with connections to power layers SMD via fanout connections are the SMD pin to via connections created by SMD Via Pre Place Please note that the Maximum SMD Fa
14. file name selection dialogs of the BAE Windows versions has been significantly increased The new FSELMODE STD parameter in bae ini can be used to activate file modification time and file size display in the file selection dialogs Release Notes Page 5 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 Name Edit Special invalid characters such as blanks are now automtaically substituted with underscore characters _ when specifying symbol part or macro names Exempt from this rule are input dialogs with Pattern button to allow for name pattern specifications with wildcard characters such as and Text Edit Motif The text on the text input box of the BAE Motif user interfaces is now preselected to allow for immediate editing Mouse Wheel Motif The mousewheel with its scroll zoom rotate and layer change functions is now also supported by the BAE Motif user interfaces Screen Size Adjustment The BAE_SCRXSCALE and BAE_SCRYSCALE environment variables can be used to specify screen size correction factors in cases where these are setup incorrectly by the operating system This feature can be used to correct the screen dimension ratio in order to ensure the correct screen display of circles 1 3 Symbol and Part Libraries ROUTE Router Control Rule System The tag_pin_directcon tag symbol for assigning copper fill direct connection modes to specific pins and the att_netfillmindist tag_net_netfillmindist tag_netpin_netfillmindist and ta
15. handler for such files 7 2 Data Import Panelizing of Boards The File Batch Load function has been changed to allow for multiple copies of the selected project file data to be loaded onto a matrix New input fields for defining the matrix have been added to the batch name selction box Release Notes Page 22 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 8 Utilities 8 1 LOGLIB Pin Lists The startpin endpin step pin name range pattern can now be used for specifying pin lists This allows for definitions such as pin al a4 for pin al a2 a3 a4 or pin c2 c10 2 for pin c2 c4 c6 c8 c10 It is also possible to include multiple pin name ranges such as pin al a32 b1 b32 c1 c32 within a single command Pin name range patterns are only pin list aliases the system still saves and displays function Show Symbol Logic the complete pin name lists Variant Attributes The syntax of the newattr command has been changed to allow for the assignment of variant specific attributes by specifying a comma separated variant number after the attribute name quotes This allows for the assignment of different fixed attributes to different predefined project variants such as 110 Volt and 230 Volt or deutsch and english newattr attribute values without variant number specification are assigned to the default base variant 8 2 EDUCONV File Transfer The general restrictions for loading design data from project files created with different BAE configuratio
16. on alternative layers Short Circuit Elimination The Delete Short Circuit Traces for deleting traces from a short circuit until all traces connected to the short circuit are removed has been added to the Traces Other Functions submenu Due to the advanced short circuit analysis facilities in BAE HighEnd this function works more selectively in BAE HighEnd than in other BAE configurations Antenna Check The Antenna Checkhas been added to the Traces Other Functions submenu Trace segments with one end without contact to any other trace segment via or pin are considered to be antennas Vias connected to only one trace and without power layer connection are also considered to be antennas Pin checks only consider netlist pins Trace segments ending on non netlist pins are therefore also considered to be antennas The antenna elements are automatically group selected 4 5 Graphic Copper Areas Router Keepout Areas The Only Auto Routing and Only Fill amp Routing options for the definition of keepout areas to be considered only by the Autorouter or only by automatic copper fill and the Autorouter have been added to the Keep Out Area option of the Areas Other Functions Set Polygon Type Net function Conversion to Traces The Trace option for converting documentary lines and area outlines to traces has been added to the Areas Other Functions Set Polygon Type Net function If the source element is a documentary line with a line width set
17. that with Mirror Toggle assigned to the m key the Mirror Off function assignment to the 5 key becomes redundant and thus available for alternative use Mouse Button Context Functions Active Elements The mouse symbol from the toolbar can be used together with the Shift Function to configure an alternative right mouse button action to be triggered if the key is pressed On default the Move operation is configured for this keystroke Element Selection Pick Mode can be used to iterate through all elements with different element types at the same position instead of only iterating through all elements matching the first selected element type The new Settings Rule Attachment Context Functions submenu can be used to assign right mouse button context functions to specific elements Context functions assigned on part level apply to all parts placed on Layout level If only one context function is assigned to a library element then this context function is immediately activated when clicking such an element with the right mouse button This feature can be used to e g assign the Highlight Net to test point macros Further interactions such as m1 for picking selecting the element at the mouse cursor can also be added Release Notes Page 13 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 Macro Key Binding Action Sequences The fact that user defined signal layer configurations from the Setup had to be considered when configuring automated menu sele
18. the Parts Part Set submenu A Packager run is necessary to activate this feature for old project files Part Data Editing The element data manipulation context menu function which can be activated through the P key has been extended to allow for part name changes part macro assignments unless prohibited by net list definitions part mirroring and fixing and glueing anchoring of parts Part List Output The DBF ASCII Format and DBF ASCII Format Counts options of the File Import Export Part List Output function have been renamed to CSV DBF ASCII Format and CSV DBF ASCII Format Counted to indicate that these functions are capable of generating Excel compatible csv files The PLPOSNR_LAY parameter for including a position counter in the first column of CSV part list outputs has been added to the bae ini file On default PLPOSNR_LAY is off deactivated Part Space Estimation For part space estimation purposes the board area size and the sum of the part area sizes are now displayed by the Parts Other Functions Place Histogramm function Part area sizes are calculated from the keepout area definitions on the Part DRC documentary layer For parts without such a keepout area definition the element boundaries are used for part area calculations Layout Part Attributes Layout part level texts with s predicate name patterns refer to part specific rule system predicates rather than netlist attributes The Settings Rule Attachment
19. with the project Texts created with the Multi Line Text function are now automatically concatenated for outputs with PostScript fonts Previously such texts had been vectorized using the BAE vector font to avoid gaps Release Notes Page 10 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 3 Packager 3 1 Test Point Generation Test Point Generation The Test Point Mode function for controlling the generation of net specific test points has been added to the Settings The All Nets default setting creates a test point for every net The No Single Pin Nets setting creates a test point for every net except for nets with only one connected pin 3 2 Attribute Assignments Original Symbol Net Information The Packager has been changed to assign values to the new orgname original internal SCM symbol part name and pagename SCM sheet name system attributes to provide additional information about SCM symbol to layout part assignments Comma separated value lists are provided for parts consisting of multiple symbols For symbols from hierarchical schematic sub blocks the name of the referring block symbol is assigned to the new blkrname block reference name system attribute value This provides transparency over the assignment of parts to hierarchical blocks even after renaming such parts in the layout Additionally all block symbol attributes are transfered to the sub block symbols to allow for the full documentation of user defined attributes The
20. Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 Release Notes This documentation contains information about the new features introduced with Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 Forward compatibility from earlier versions to Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 is ensured but not backward compatibility Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 Release Notes Published by Bartels System GmbH Erding Last printing September 2005 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 r
21. During the placement coordinate query a context menu with the Jump Relative placement relative to start point Jump Absolute placement at fixed coordinates Place 1 1 placement at start point Change Layer distance measurement graphic layer change Full Distance diagonal distance measurement default Horizontal Distance horizontal distance measurement Vertical Distance vertical distance measurement and H V amp seperately separate horizontal and vertical distance measurements options is available through the right mouse button Bitmap Data Import The Bitmap Input function for importing PCX 24 Bit compressed BMP monochrom uncompressed and BMP 24 Bit uncompressed bitmap data has been added to the File Import ExportFile submenu Imported bitmap data is converted to documentary areas on a selectable documentary layer and automatically group selected to allow for subsequent repositioning scaling or area type modification Please note that imported bitmaps can create huge amounts of data which might affect the system s performance and or cause problems with automatic copper fill or Gerber plot generation DXF Data Exchange Support for keepout area output has been added to the Visible Layers and Layer Selection options of the File Import Export AutoCAD DXF Output function for exporting DXF data The extension KO for keepout is added to the layer names for keepout area DXF output Any Height Specification for the Height DRC is now a
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23. ck New bae ini entries have been defined to allow for symbol database entries to be sorted by selectable table fields and for automatically generating and adding a counter field to transfer symbol sort order from input files 2 3 Connections Destination Mark A right mouse button context menu with the Jump Relative Jump Absolute and Mark Destination functions has been added to Connections Add Connection Jump Relative and Jump Absolute allow for orthogonal jumps Mark Destination can be used to set the connection destination point The system displays an airline from the currently edited connection end point to the destination point The connection definition is automatically finished when the user hits the destination point It is possible to create Add Connection menu functions with automated connection destination point selection through a 400 m mr s14 call sequence Net Name Location The Find Net function for searching named nets has been added to the Connections Other Functions submenu A Highlight Net operation with a Zoom Window to the connected symbols and labels is automatically triggered if the currently loaded plan contains the selected net If the selected net is on a single sheet different from the currently loaded then the sheet containing the net is automatically loaded A menu for selecting and loading a sheet containing the net is activated if the net is on different sheets The Highlight Net and Zoom Window operation is
24. ction interactions through s Selection in macro and key call sequences often caused problems when transferring such features macros between different BAE configurations and or users The o Offset Selection interaction type has been added to avoid such problems o doesn t count user defined signal layer menu items This allows for frequently used key programming sequences such as angle direction change during trace corner point movements to be programmed independentely from any user specifc signal layer Setup DDB Element Comment The File Element Comment submenu and a corresponding element in the Settings Settings dialog for assigning comments to DDB file elements have been added The element selection dialogs have been updated to display element comments together with the element names Element name comments can be assigned to layouts to allow for better guidance The new p1tecomment system attribute can be used to display element comments on the layout Layout Name Change The File Save as function for saving layouts under a different name in the same project file is now automatically creating a copy of the layout specific Packager and Backannotation DDB file elements This allows for layouts to be easily copied and or renamed together with all relevant pin gate swap and part package changes for subsequent Packager runs DRC Security The AUTODRC_GED parameter for activating automatic or semi automatic prompted Batch DRC after loading
25. dded as element height attribute to the keepout area polygon to allow for 3D processing in mechanic CAD systems The File Import Export AutoCAD DXF Import function has been adjusted accordingly and imports polygon heights as Height Specification for the Height DRC when importing keepout areas onto documentary layers 4 6 Text Drill Packager Data Display Attributes The pltpname pltpdatede pltpdateus and pltptime attributes for displaying the layout element name and the date and time of the last Packager run have been added to the system Element Data Display A P1t system attribute for upper case text display has been added for each of the p1t element data display attributes Date Display The pltdate2de pltdate2us pltsdate2de pltsdate2us pltpdate2de and pltpdate2us system attributes for displaying plot dates with two digit years have been added Text Data Editing The element data manipulation context menu function which can be activated through the P key has been extended to allow for text changes text layer changes text pen width changes text mirroring text frame assignments text fixing and or glueing anchoring and LOGICAL documentary layer text centering Pick Point Placement The Center of Graphics Rectangle option for selecting the center of the graphics from a selectable documentary layer has been added to the Pick Point Text function of the File Library Utilities Layout Library Edit Batch Height DRC
26. eedeesuses evourecsstes 26 Release Notes Page 3 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 Release Notes Page 4 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 1 General 1 1 Installation Installation Guide The Bartels AutoEngineer Installation Guide file inst_en htm from the baedoc directory of the BAE CD ROM provides detailed Bartels AutoEngineer installation instructions for all supported hardware and software platforms 1 2 User Interface and General Functions System Performance Windows The Bartels AutoEngineer Windows versions are now created with an updated compiler which supports optimizations for the latest processor technologies As a result the performance of time critical functions such as autorouting connectivity generation and design rule checking is significantly improved under Windows Autosave on Modul Change The SAVEPROMPT_STD parameter for activating a user prompt for the saving of design changes when switching between BAE modules has been added to the bae ini file Interactive Placement Functions for moving the currently processed element by one pixel position during interactive placement with deactivated input grid have been assigned to the 5324 cursor keystrokes Menu Programming The MMB Menu option for extending the middle mouse button context menu has been added to the Utilities Menu Extension function Element History Arrow left and arrow right buttons for moving backward and forward thro
27. ers outputs has been added to the bae ini file On default PSVISW2B_STD is activated value ON Plan specific output file names for repeated EPS PDF Output calls are now saved with the project Output to DDB Element The Output to DDB File for writing multi layer data to a DDB file element has been added The layers created by this function are not connected anymore amongst each other thus allowing for layer specific design rule checks to prepare for automatic optical board inspections Elements from power layer 1 through 12 are transfered to signal layers 51 to 62 and texts are converted to lines l e part names and power layer connections are detached from the netlist This allows for unrestricted mixed project panelization using arbitrary rotation angles The Output to DDB File has been added to the multilayer plot output options of the CAM Batch Output function 6 3 Gerber Photo Plot High Precision Gerber Formats Gerber format precision information is now included with all Extended Gerber plot outputs also those created with CAM Batch Output formats 2 5 and 2 6 Previously this information was only included with 2 3 and 2 4 Gerber output Aperture Utilities The GAPTUTIL utility with its BAE Aperture Dump ECAM Aperture Dump Load Aperture Data Reset Apertures functions and the new Aperture Table for Library function has been added to the Aperture Utilities submenu of the Gerber Photoplot menu Support for importing Topcad
28. etrieval 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 2005 by Oliver Bartels F E All Rights Reserved Printed in Germany Release Notes Page 2 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 Contents 1 O 5 1 1 Installation sas ran il aca Aaa 5 1 2 User Interface and General FUNCTIONS ccccceeeeeeeee cece ee ee eee eeaeeeeeeeeeceaaaeceeeeeeeesecaeaeeeeeeeseeeeaeeeeeeeees 5 1 3 Symboleand Part Libraries cocos aaa 6 2 Schemat e E d O a a a a a es 7 2 1 eTa re E OR 7 2 2 Symbols Labels ccoo ieee ae hie eee int irene e a ere ean 7 2 3 CONNECTIONS eire or o linia doi 9 2 4 GTaphiCSs cicoricinniar iaa 10 2 5 Text A igl olin i ENEA aaa aaa AEA 10 2 6 Group FUnNCtIONSi arisi iaei dae 10 2 7 POUM a ae as 10 3 PACK alii it 11 3 1 Test PointiGeneratiON nresnain a ii 11 3 2 Attribute Assign ment qscotnatars eaae aa ree iaar aa aad reaa aaa seesinane 11 3 3 Hierarchical Designs ii ia
29. format aperture tables has been added to the Load Aperture Data function The new Aperture Table for Library function automatically creates an aperture table with apertures for all circular square and rectangular pad shapes and circular apertures for the creation of finger pads of a selectable layout library Two rectangular apertures with different orientation are created for each rectangular pad shape Aperture tables created with Aperture Table for Library may have to be supplemented with circular apertures for the drawing of different trace widths which can not be derived from the layout library data 6 4 Insertion Data Output Generic Insertion Data Output The GINSOUT insertion data output utility has been added as Generic Insertion Output function to the Drilling Insertion menu Release Notes Page 21 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 7 CAM View 7 1 General CAM View Startup The CAM View command line syntax has been changed to the following gt bae gerview Dateiname GERBER EXCELLON This command line syntax can be used for automatically loading a CAM file with the specified format upon CAM View startup Gerber data is assigned to signal layer 1 Under Windows this feature can also be used to configure CAM View as default application for handling Gerber and Excellon files since there is no standard file name extension in use for these formats Bartels AutoEngineer does not install itself as default
30. g_netarea_netfillmindist symbols for specifyiing net specific clearance distances for automatic copper fill functions have been added to the ROUTE library The symbols for activating simple net processing options have been updated Such options are now assigned through logical library definitions thus eliminating the need to apply the Assign Value s function Net attribute assignments were missing in the logical library definitions for the tag_pin_routwidth symbol and some of the att_ symbols from the ROUTE library delivered with Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 4 The affected logical library definitions have been amended The var_docvisplc rule for activating or deactivating screen display and CAM output according to the setting of the noplc part placement control attribute has been added to the text and graphic elements of the part definitions from the LAYLIB library Release Notes Page 6 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 2 Schematic Editor 2 1 General Schematic Editor Startup The Schematic Editor command line syntax has been changed to the following gt bae scm DDB filenam lementname SYMBOL LABEL MARKER ULC ULC_QUIT This command line syntax can be used to load a named element of the specified class upon Schematic Editor startup Omitting the element class specification defaults to schematic sheets ULC and ULC_QUIT cause the system to execute a User Language program specified by elementname ULC_QUIT te
31. ghbours option for the Segment Move mode has been changed to allow for the processing of segments adjacent to arcs Semicircles are automatically divided into quarter circles Glued Vias The placement of glued vias on the layout prevented the manual routing functions from automatically setting required vias when changing trace layers This problem has been fixed Release Notes Page 16 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 Trace DRC The design rule check sometimes misinterpreted net sepcific clearance distances for traces on part level This problem has been fixed The BAE HighEnd design rule check of the Fill amp DRC edit display mode for manual routing has been extended to layer specific clearance distance specifications from DRC blocks Trace Corner Pick Normal corner points have now priority over arc center points when picking selecting trace corner points Trace to Area Conversion The Traces Other Functions Trace to Power Layer function has been renamed to Trace to Area and extended with the Convert Single Elements Copy Single Elements Convert Group Elements and Copy Group Elements options These functions activate trace clearance distance destination area type and destination area layer prompts The original trace is preserved when copyied to a new area or deleted when converted to an area Thease functions not only allow for the transfer of traces onto power layers but also for the creation of keepout and or shielding areas
32. has been solved Bus Tap Context Funtions The Add Connection and Load Macro functions have been added to the bus tap context menus Release Notes Page 9 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 2 44 Graphics Circles Arcs A graphic line and graphic area context function for the quick drawing of circles and or arcs has been assigned to the E key A circle at the current position is drawn if the function is called from within another function without any previous graphic input If a single graphic point has already been set then the function uses the current position as centre point and creates a circle through the previous graphic input point With more than one previously set graphic point the behaviour depends on the function mode which can selected by pressing la whilst no other function is active The Set Center default option sets a circle center point at the current mouse position with the circle orientation in line with the positioning of the previously drawn segment The 90 Degree Center option automatically appends a quarter circle with selectable radius to the previously drawn segment The Inner Corner option creates a round corner with a selectable radius from the previous segment and draws a segment to the current position Bitmap Data Import The Bitmap Input function for importing PCX 24 Bit compressed BMP monochrom uncompressed and BMP 24 Bit uncompressed bitmap data has been added to the File Import Export submenu Imported b
33. ins function for activating automatic SCM plan level bus connections for symbol bus pins has been added to the Symbol Edit Functions menu which is available through the Y key This function has been applied to the symbol bus pins of the Bartels AutoEngineer symbol part libraries Edit Symbol Logic The NEWATTRL_SCM command for the specification of a list of attribute names and or values to be automatically added to logical library definitions newattr with the Edit Symbol Logic command has been added to the bae ini file The Import button can be used to import pin assignments and pin types from a csv Comma Separated Variables files as e g created with Microsoft Excel The Table button activates a dialog with a layout pin name table for entering pin assignments for the x1at command The Graphically with Lines and Graphically with Texts buttons activate an interactive SCM to layout pin assignment xlat command editor The pin assignment editor creates an SCM element with gates and texts for the layout pins Pin assignments are defined by drawing graphic lines from symbol pins to layout pin texts or by moving layout pin name texts onto symbol pins For convenient editing the symbol logic editor assigns the Move Text function to the layout pin name texts and the Add Graphic Line function with automatic start point selection at the mouse position is assigned to the symbols i e symbol pins The pin assignment editor can be ended by re activati
34. itmap data is converted to graphic areas and automatically group selected to allow for subsequent repositioning and or scaling Please note that importing bitmaps can create huge amounts of data which might affect the system s performance 2 5 Text Attributes Text Selection The DEFTEXTLST_SCM entry for populating a list of predefined texts for the create text toolbar function has been added to the bae ini file On default DEFTEXTLST_SCM contains the names of the AutoEngineer system attributes Entries starting with are truncated at the first blank character when being placed This allows for comments to be added to attributes selectors Packager Data Display Attributes The pltpname pltpdatede pltpdateus and pltptime attributes for displaying the layout element name and the date and time of the last Packager run have been added to the system Element Data Display A P1t system attribute for upper case text display has been added for each of the p1t element data display attributes Date Display The pltdate2de pltdate2us pltsdate2de pltsdate2us pltpdate2de and pltpdate2us system attributes for displaying plot dates with two digit years have been added 2 6 Group Functions Group Element Selection Toggle options for inverting element group selection modes have been added to the Edit Group Elements functions 2 7 Plot Output EPS PDF Output Plan specific output file names for repeated EPS PDF Output calls are now saved
35. ive The Set Center default option sets a circle center point at the current mouse position with the circle orientation in line with the positioning of the previously drawn segment The 90 Degree Center option automatically appends a quarter circle with selectable radius to the previously drawn segment The Inner Corner option creates a round corner with a selectable radius from the previous segment and draws a segment to the current position Middle Point Snap The Middle of 2 Points snap function for selecting the center point between two selectable points objects has been added to the object and corner point context menu which is available through the key This feature can for instance be used together with the E key pin snap function centering a trace segment between two off grid pins Element Rotation A loop for rotating multiple selectable elements and or the L R Rotation Angle function for configuring the default rotation angle step value can now be activated when pressing the ij left rotate element and right rotate element keys while no element is currently selected processed Element Mirroring The key context menu function for mirroring the currently selected processed element has been extended to allow for the selection of either Mirror On or Mirror Toggle mode if no element is currently selected processed Mirror Toggle for toggling the mirroring mode of the currently selected element is the new default operation Please note
36. ng the Edit Symbol Logic function Symbol Creation The Create FPGA Symbol for automatically creating an SCM symbol from a Xilinx top_pad txt pin assignments file has been added to the Symbols Other Functions submenu The symbol pins are placed to the left and right of the symbol depending on their signal type A popup window for editing and or confirming an automatically generated logical library definition is activated at the end Tag Symbol References The Rename Parts and Renumber Parts functions from the Symbols Other Functions submenu eliminated tag references from and to renamed symbols This problem has been solved Default Setup DEFPINMAC SCM pin marker DEFJCTMAC SCM junction point marker DEFLABMAC SCM standard label and DEFTAPMAC SCM standard bus tap label parameters added to the bae ini file to allow for the specification of alternative standard macros to be used when creating new elements Release Notes Page 8 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 Symbol Selection Database The symbol preview area with a Preview button for displaying the selected symbol graphics and lt gt buttons for moving through the symbol preview list has been added to the symbol selection dialog New bae ini parameters have been added to allow for the assignment of symbol status values for triggering user specific warning messages such as Part Component xxx Order No yyy discontinued or Part Component xxx Order No yyy out of sto
37. nguage system functions have been implemented iP system Funcion Shor Descripion koto Scott ate quey Release Notes Page 24 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 Treo asentar Ge SCM san len sack ph ov Changed System Functions Support for activating rubberband circle display drawing mode has been added to the bae_inpoint and bae_inpointmenu functions The strdelchar function deleted all characters beyond the specified end position This behaviour has been changed The substring beyond the end position is now preserved Support for activating comment text callback functions has been added to the synparsefile and synparsestring functions Support for named SCM net connection warning mode queries settings has been added to the scm_getintpar and scm_setintpar functions Support for CAM View color table assignment and area display mode queries settings has been added to the cv_getintpar and cv_setintpar functions Release Notes Page 25 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 9 4 BAE User Language Programs BAE installs more than 200 pre compiled User Language programs to the ulcprog vdb file of the BAE programs directory Additionally the User Language source files more than 6 Mbytes some 200 000 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 User Language Include Files
38. nout Length parameter is calculating physical trace segment lengths unlike the Pin Via Minimum Distance parameter which calculates airline distances l e the Maximum SMD Fanout Length value must be set to a value larger than the Pin Via Minimum Distance parameter to allow for SMD via fanouts to be routed Trace Via Keepout Areas BAE HighEnd Support for the definition and recognition of trace and or via keepout areas on signal layers through poly routernovias and or poly_routernotraces rule assignments to documentary areas has been added to BAE HighEnd Warning The amount of memory required for the routing matrix is doubled when using trace and or via keepout areas 5 2 Autorouter Algorithms Pin Connections The Pin Entry Correction parameter for avoiding acute angled SMD pin connections has been added to Autorouter Options The None setting deactivates this feature The new 1 4 Routing Grid default setting causes trace connection points to be shifted in quarter routing grid steps to avoid acute angled pad connections BGA Fanout Routing An Autorouter problem which caused internal errors during BGA fanout routing on layouts with fixed traces has been fixed Selective Airline Display und Net Group Routing The Attribute Visible and Attribute Invisible buttons for activating and or deactivating airline display through Part Attributes Pin Attributes or Net Attributes selections have been added to the Mincon settings of the Settings
39. ns have been removed The EDUCONV utility program has thus become obsolete and is not delivered with the software anymore Release Notes Page 23 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 9 Bartels User Language 9 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 User Language version has been changed User Language programs compiled under earlier BAE versions won t execute in the User Language Interpreter environment of the new Bartels AutoEngineer version error message User Language program version incompatible This means that each User Language program compiled under earlier BAE Versions must be recompiled under the new BAE version to regain compatibility 9 2 Index Variable Types This section lists new and changed User Language index variable types See Bartels User Language Programmer s Guide Appendix B for a detailed description of all index variable types Changed Index Variable Types The MACRO attribute for querying the bus tap macro name has been added to the C_BUSTAP index variable type 9 3 System Functions This section lists new and changed User Language system functions See Bartels User Language Programmer s Guide Appendix C for a detailed description of all system functions New System Functions The following User La
40. rminates the Schematic Editor after executing the User Language program This feature can be applied by external programs to activate special functions such as symbol database import through the SYMATTDB User Language program Screen Display after Load Zoom All has been changed to avoid screen redraws when restoring the last screen layout after loading elements Additionally the copyright message is displayed using the background color This eliminates the flickering effect previously experienced when switching between BAE modules Mouse Button Context Functions Active Elements The mouse symbol from the toolbar can be used together with the Shift Function to configure an alternative right mouse button action to be triggered if the key is pressed On default the Move operation is configured for this keystroke The new Settings Rule Attachment Context Functions submenu can be used to assign right mouse button context functions to specific elements Context functions assigned on symbol or label level apply to all Plan level symbols and labels of this macro type The Set Frame Attributes Query Frame Symbol Load Macro and Load Project Plan context functions have been assigned to the planhead SCM plan header symbol from the STDSYM library If only one context function is assigned to a library element then this context function is immediately activated when clicking such an element with the right mouse button This feature can be used to e g
41. rsion 6 6 4 Layout Editor 4 1 General Layout Editor Startup The Layout Editor command line syntax has been changed to the following gt bae ged DDB filenam lementname PART PADSTACK PAD ULC ULC_QUIT This command line syntax can be used to load a named element of the specified class upon Layout Editor startup Omitting the element class specification defaults to layout ULC and ULC_QUIT cause the system to execute a User Language program specified by elementname ULC_QUIT terminates the Layout Editor after executing the User Language program Screen Display after Load Zoom All has been changed to avoid screen redraws when restoring the last screen layout after loading elements Additionally the copyright message is displayed using the background color This eliminates the flickering effect previously experienced when switching between BAE modules Circles Arcs A trace and polygon context function for the quick drawing of circles and or arcs has been assigned to the el key A circle at the current position is drawn if the function is called from within another function without any previous graphic input If a single graphic point has already been set then the function uses the current position as centre point and creates a circle through the previous graphic input point With more than one previously set graphic point the behaviour depends on the function mode which can selected by pressing amp whilst no other function is act
42. tes to be faded out on symbols with default definition and for rlext entries in the symbol database to be left empty 3 3 Hierarchical Design Block Part Numbering The way the Packager used to create automatically numbered part name prefices for hierarchy block references could cause irritating part numbering gaps when both Sub Blocks and Single Sub Blocks were used in a project The Packager s default block reference prefix generation method is now prioritizing Sub Blocks to avoid any such gaps in the block reference part name lists To avoid any possible part name collisions and or inconsistencies with existing part name lists from old layouts the All Blocks common ID Range option for using the old block reference prefix numbering method has been added to the Block Numbering parameter from the Settings menu 3 4 ERC Gate ERC At the end of the Packager run warning messages are issued to list unused gates in parts consisting of multiple gates Release Notes Page 11 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 3 5 Error Messages Error Messages The error messages produced by the Packager have been improved The Symbol indicator is now used together with SCM symbol names to avoid any confusion with layout part names indicator Part A new chapter with an alphabetically sorted list of all Packager messages with instructions for solving Packager problems has been added to the User Manual Release Notes Page 12 Bartels AutoEngineer Ve
43. ting then the width of the created trace is set to the documentary line width Otherwise the traces are created with the default trace width setting specified with the Trace conversion option Power Layer Selection A power layer selection menu with net name display has been implemented for the Other Power Layer option of the Add Active Copper function for creating split power planes Polygon Data Editing The element data manipulation context menu function which can be activated through the key has been extended to allow for polygon line type layer changes fixing and or glueing anchoring of areas documentary and split power plane line pen width changes net assignments for active copper areas and fill via padstack assignments and signal layer keepout area assignments for automatic copper fill and or the Autorouter Orthogonal Segment Snap The Snap orthogonal to Segment function for adding a orthonogal polygon segments has been added to the context menu which is available through the key during the creation and or editing of documentary lines Release Notes Page 17 Bartels AutoEngineer Version 6 6 Polygon Corner Pick Normal corner points have now priority over arc center points when picking selecting polygon corner points Distance Measurement A placement coordinate query for controlling the position of the distance measuring graphic has been added to the Areas Other Functions Drawing Utilities Distance Measure function
44. ugh the element access history of the current session have been added to the toolbar Window Backdrop on Modul Change Windows On certain Windows versions switching between BAE modules could cause the BAE window to loose focus and disappear behind other windows This problem has been fixed DDB Element Selection The default element name sort order of the DDB element selection dialogs has been changed to natural order l e element names with numeric content are sorted in a way a human being would list them e g b9 before b10 The ESELSORT_STD entry for selecting the element name sort mode restoring alphanumeric sort order has been added to the bae ini file A Date button area with the none display and sorted buttons has been added to the element name dialogs of the Windows versions to support the display of element modification dates times and the sorting of the element list by date time last modified first The default setting is none The ESELMODE STD parameter in bae ini can be used to activate the date time display Dialog Box Sizes The BAE dialog boxes were originally designed for a 800x600 pixel screen resolution The DIALOGXMAX STD and DIALOGYMAX STD parameters for specifying a different dialog box size for certain dialogs such as the five column layout part name selection or net name selection have been added to bae ini On default these parameters are now set to support a 1024x768 screen resolution The size of the
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