Cadence Design Systems OrCAD PCB Productivity Toolbox PCB设计

OrCAD PCB Productivity Toolbox产品核心能力：

While varying in their capabilities, the utilities in OrCAD PCB Productivity Toolbox focus on improving existing use models and reducing designer input/interaction.

Polar Grid
The Polar Grid utility provides the ability to quickly and easily manage component placement and interconnect routing for circular boards, as shown in Figure 1. The polar grid utility is comprehensive and can be considered mandatory for designs that require this type and style layout.

Label Tuning
The Label Tuning utility provides auto-silkscreen component- name location/rotation optimization. It takes the unreadable label situation shown in Figure 2, and based on your settings, can auto-create the manufacturable version shown in Figure 3.

Toolbox Features
Other highly useful and productive utilities include:

• Assign Net to Existing Via — Changes the signal or net name on an existing via without deleting and re-adding the via
• Cross Copy — Copies elements to a different layer while keeping their original features
• Barcode — Creates a barcode image of the design part number or other user de ned information
• Drafting Utility — Creates shapes that are not based on a grid but on intersections of other objects
• Batch Plot — Creates a de ned document batch as a single process for printing as a PDF
• Padstack Finder — Locates and highlighst padstacks in design by color, separated by component pins and vias
• Post Processing — Creates post-processed manufacturing data in a set order that can be saved and easily reproduced to match manufacturers’ requirements
• Color by Netclass — Color spacing net classes for review and documentation,, useful for high-speed or high voltage/current designs
• PCB Library Plot — Documents all the PCB footprints in a library and prints based on a selected template
• Quick Symbol Edit — Locally edits/modi es design-speci c symbol
• Shape Utilities — Provides a powerful set of Boolean operations (OR, AND, ANDNOT, XOR) for use on shapes, including resultant shape scaling