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What’s targeted for CADSTAR 18.0March 2017(All plans are subject to change)

Jeroen Leinders

CADSTAR Distribution Manager

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Introduction

I’m the CADSTAR distribution manager for Zuken managing approximately 30 resellers

worldwide, based out of my home office in the Netherlands

Having a diploma in electronics and been involved in electronic product design and

manufacturing since 1985.

I’m working for Zuken since 1999, first being in charge of the CADSTAR Sales in Belgium,

Netherlands and the Luxembourg, appointed as European Distribution Manager in 2001,

before being appointed as worldwide Distribution Manager in 2005.

I’m married and have two daughters

Hobbies are driving motor bike and playing badminton

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2017

Current CADSTAR release schedule

*The release schedule is as usual a subject of change if circumstances require!

Apr Jun JunSep Apr Sep

Version 18.0.0.1

Media Release (available on demand)

18.0

Beta Release

18.0Beta Release

19.0

Version 19.0.0.1


19.0

2018 2019

Jun Sep

Beta Release

20.0

Version 20.0.0.1


20.0

Apr

Version 18.0.0.0

Web Release

Customer requested

enhancements Redlining

Enhanced Component Copper

Enhanced Activ45 router

Includes BML 11.1 (rel. Jun

2017)

18.0

...and more

Version 19.0.0.0

Web Release

Customer requested

enhancements …

…

…

19.0

...and more

Version 20.0.0.0

Web Release

Customer requested

defects …

…

…

20.0

...and more

*All plans are subject to change

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Highlights CADSTAR 17

Connect a single symbol pin in SCM to multiple component pins in PCB

Allow user to define a temporary selection origin

Support of dimensions to be stored in footprints

Support of Bus Links in Schematics

Where used report (e.g. assignments in footprints)

Automatic Version Check Report

Enhanced Activ-45 router for move tracks and automatically lengthen track while moving

Support for Etch Factor in Layer Stack Editor (increased accuracy)

And many more (see “What’s New” in CADSTAR install directory)

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What’s targeted for CADSTAR 18.0

Opening a schematic sheet will support automatic ‘View All on open’, this applies to open sheet, open design

or open workspace

CADSTAR 17

CADSTAR 18


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• Redlining support in Design Editor and Viewer (Standard & Plus)

– Allows review of a design to provide feedback (does not allow the design itself to

be modified)


• Redlining items can be added in a PCB design

to any existing layer

• No need to add or modify the layer stack

• Redlining can be added in a Schematic design

to a specific sheet or all sheets

• Redlining supports Variants

• Redlining will be a new item in the colours dialog

• Active Redlining Report available


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• Automatic Check of Redlining markers on design load

• Additional options to:

– Search the active report

‒ Find/Jump

• Option to “Check” redlining

– Including Last Modified info

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• Redlining Text can be easily modified (Item Properties)

– Double click the Redline Marker

– Use the Item Properties Workspace Window


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• Option to exclude Redlining Markers during Archive output


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Load and Save Spacing Class Assignments


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Support of more than two pins to be assigned to one

component copper area in the component definition

– Make it faster and easier to create component definitions

that use component copper

1,2,3,4,5


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Support of different connection widths in schematics

– Each connection has its own width

– A new setting will be added to change the default connection line width code

– New context menu option ‘Change Connection Defaults…’ will appear for Add Connection mode

– A new row ‘Schematic Width Code’ added to Item Properties Window


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Hide bus when connected to a none fitted variant component


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Change default to “all sheets” when performing an ECO update


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Enhanced Design Rule Check checking for unpoured templates (Missing Copper)


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Support of multiple back-up files

– Backup files are now created with a date and time stamp of the form

• !<design name>_YEAR_MONTH_DAY_HOUR_MINUTES_SECONDS.<design type>

– The user can choose to save up to 99 backup files, the oldest of which is replaced once a new backup file

is created


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Adding a filter to the “Where used” report

– Each assignment category will have its own associated filter string


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Improved images in Data Sheets

– The quality of images output in the Data Sheets written from the Part Library have been improved

– All text in the images can now be read, specifically small text is no longer shown as boxes


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Now the calculated minimum and maximum lengths of nets and pin pairs can include via lengths derived

directly from the layer stack

Via_length support in Constraint Manager (set to “auto”)

– Via_length attribute already used in P.R.Editor

– Update Constraint Manager to show same length calculation

• Use via_length attribute


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The via_length attribute can be set at the board, net class

and net levels

Every via inserted in a net will have a length determined

from the via's layer change


Layer Layer Calculation Via length

Top Elec Inner1 0.05/2+0.108+0.035/2 0.1505

Inner1 Inner2 0.035/2+0.1+0.03/2 0.1325

Inner2 Inner3 0.3/2+0.06+0.033/2 0.2265

Inner3 Top Elec 0.033/2+0.06+0.03+0.1+0.035+

0.108+0.05/2

0.3745

The via length, V = L + (S / 2) + (P / 2):

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Support of acceptable errors in P.R.Editor

DRC – Accept some errors

Recheck


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The Net name is now displayed in the Dynamic Lengthening Report


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Activ-45 Spiral Vias

– The Activ-45 manual routing layer change/via insertion is enhanced to include via spiral insertion, to match the

behaviour of the non Activ-45 manual router


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When routing in single trace Activ-45 the user is now presented with flags to indicate which pins are swappable

– Similar to functionality available during normal manual router


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Support of teardrops with spiral vias

– Fan-out along with Activ-45 and non Activ-45 manual routing have been enhanced to add teardrops during

spiral via insertion, using the existing Auto Teardrops functionality configured in the Routing Setup dialog


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Middle mouse pan in P.R.Editor

– In select mode

– During manual routing


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Stub Length set to Zero

– Meaning changed from ‘no restriction’ to ‘zero stub’

– Can still be set to ‘no restriction’ using a different methodResult of Autorouter with max stub length value of zero before this functionality change. T-junction is allowed.

Result of Autorouter with max stub length value of zero after this functionality change. No T-junction is allowed.


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In early releases, SI-Verify supported a simple via model only, comprised by a capacitance to ground

Improved Capacitance Calculations

– Spacings for copper on a positive layer are used

• Spacing Via-Copper and Additional Isolation values are used

– Changed default of use_spacings_for_via_capacitance setting in hs_config.ini

• Behavior can be reverted to old behavior by changing hs_config.ini


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Extreme Case Calculation

– Using the Extreme button in the Configuration Editor opens a

dialog to quickly compute minimum and maximum

characteristic impedance for a selection of material properties

and manufacturing of tolerances

– The extreme cases can be applied easily to the current

configuration to explore worst case/best case scenarios, e.g.

for different PCB manufacturing processes


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What’s targeted for CADSTAR 18.0 - Analysis Plans

– SI Analysis

• Common Mode voltage display in SISS for Diff.-Pairs

• .docx report export of SI Analysis Results

– In addition to .odt report

• Performance improvements for IdEM-based S-Parameter models

– S-Parameter enhancements

• Import information about S-Parameter content

– #of samples, freq. range, etc.

• User defined reference Impedance

• Package control

• Support of controlled sources in S-Parameter calculation

Differentíal

Common


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– PIA enhancements

• Improved Decap and Via consideration in PI Analysis

• Pin-based load definition in DC-Analysis

– Allows different power consumptions within one IC at the same supply net

• Usability and Performance Improvements

– Viewer enhancements

• Spectra in dB Axis scale

• Interactive Measurement improvements

• Usability improvements

– Focus on multiple data sources / comparisons


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Interactive 2-point measurements

– The interactive measurement functions within the Analysis Result Viewer have

been extended to include an automatic 2-point measurement function and a

strictly horizontal or vertical measurement mode

– In addition, the point-to-point measurement function is extended for a strict

horizontal or strict vertical measurement mode

– Measured values are reported in a new Measurement Coordinates window for

better ease of use. Measured values can easily be copied and pasted into

other applications from here


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– Field Solver and Configuration Editor enhancements

• Further Parameter Sweep improvements on Configurations

– Automatic Min/Max calculations

– Dielectric characteristics eps_r

– Apply selected sweep values to configuration

– SLM enhancements

• IBIS Parser update to V6.1 incl. Initial delay support for Overclocking

• Usability improvements in IBIS based buffer model creation

• Improved support of Touchstone-based S-Parameter models

• The IBIS Import functionality is improved so that users can quickly search and find entries within the

IBIS files. A Goto... function has been added in many context menus to quickly jump to the

corresponding location within the IBIS file view


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