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News Release from: Mentor Graphics UK | Subject: PADS2005
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 March 2005
PCB design solutions enhanced
The latest PADS PCB design solutions feature significant enhancements that improve the designer's productivity and ability to optimise designs for performance and manufacturing.
Mentor Graphics Corp has released a new version of its PADS PCB design solutions The PADS2005 update features significant enhancements that improve the designer's productivity and ability to optimise designs for performance and manufacturing
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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This release also extends the capabilities of PADS Logic to enable faster schematic capture, viewing and analysis by design team members and increased ease-of-use features for the full PADS flow.
New features include floating connections that organise the design according to the preference of the designer, as well as automatic connection of parts-to-parts and parts-to-nets that accelerate the incorporation of new parts into the design.
True Type Font support for both PADS Logic and PADS Layout, increased readability of the design screen and printed schematic.
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In addition, international fonts, such as Chinese characters, are supported.
PADS2005 includes two new options for PADS Logic.
PADS Logic PDF enables the designer to create intelligent representations of their schematics in the standard PDF format.
Users who do not own PADS Logic can view and share schematics, thereby enhancing design portability and accessibility while protecting the design from unwanted changes.
All parts information is available in the PDF, and for easy readability, nets can be traced throughout the design using hyperlinks.
PADS Spicenet provides a connection between PADS Logic and industry standard Spice programs.
Designs can easily be verified without redundant, error-prone data entry.
"Mentor Graphics has set a new standard of excellence for design entry software".
"The improved performance and added features to PADS Logic will greatly enhance our company's design entry capabilities", said Ed Current, PCB Engineer for C and D Technologies, Power Electronics Division.
"The ability to use True Type Fonts helps emphasise important design elements, while improving the overall appearance of our drawings".
"With the addition of intelligent PDF outputs, we can meet our global communication requirements without jeopardising design integrity".
"We continue to significantly invest in the PADS product line".
"This enables our customers to stay ahead of the competitive curve by using an easy to use solution that is capable of designing complex printed circuit boards".
"The enhancements in the PADS2005 release offers features that enable designers to meet ever decreasing time to market windows through increased productivity", said Syed Gilani, General Manager, PADS Business Unit, Systems Design Division, Mentor Graphics.
The PADS2005 release has a number of additional enhancements.
PADS Logic enhancements include custom title blocks with active fields and user interface updates.
PADS Layout now includes improved copper pour enhancements that more accurately handle overlapping flood areas and board outlines and allow the user to define a priority order in which the copper pours are filled.
The feature now enables the designer to define copper pour outside the board outline that is beneficial for copper balancing during the fabrication process.
True Type Font support is now provided for both PADS Logic and PADS Layout.
PADS AutoRouter now has improved handling of escape paths for routing of differential pairs with component rules.
This results in better performance and more efficient routes.
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