Five-Minute Tutorial: Understanding the Encounter Power System (EPS) Reports Directory
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Kari Summers
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May 1, 2012
No matter how you run your power analysis - with Encounter Power System (EPS) or from within Encounter Digital Implementation (EDI) System - you're probably familiar with the result directory. It will look something like VDD_125C_avg_1 and have lots
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Selective Blockage In EDI 11
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Kari Summers
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March 12, 2012
Today I'd like to highlight one of the new features in Encounter Digital Implementation System (EDI) 11: selective blockage. Everyone has used placement blockages before; most of us have used soft blockages also. (As a quick review, a soft blockage
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Where To Find More Encounter Digital Implementation (EDI) System Tutorials
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Kari Summers
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March 5, 2012
We've had some people joining the forum lately that are either brand-new to Encounter Digital Implementation (EDI) system, or are coming back to it after several years away. I thought it would be a good time to highlight some great tutorials for getting
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Default Naming Conventions in Encounter Digital Implementation (EDI)
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Kari Summers
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February 27, 2012
This is a topic that frequently comes up on both internal and external forums. And the answer is right in the Encounter Digital Implementation System (EDI) User Guide, but unless you already know that, you may not think to look for it there. At some point
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Change The Background Color Of EDI
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Kari Summers
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February 8, 2012
Today's tutorial could probably be called a One-Minute Tutorial, since it's so quick. This is something that came across our internal expert alias, and I figured it's something that most people may not know about. Did you know that you can
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Multiple View-Only Windows In EDI
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Kari Summers
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January 25, 2012
Have you ever had a situation where you want to compare two (or more) different areas of a design, so you end up zooming in to one area, then to the other area, then back and forth as you look at various objects and layers, trying to recall the differences
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Avoid SI Problems With Better Pin Placement In Encounter Digital Implementation (EDI)
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Kari Summers
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January 18, 2012
I know we're over halfway through January already (where does the time go?), but Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2012 is a good one for your business and your chip designs, and let's hope the Mayans just ran out of ink when they were finishing
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Five-Minute Tutorial: The Encounter Digital Implementation Cell Viewer
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Kari Summers
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August 10, 2011
How many times have you wanted to look at a certain standard cell in the Encounter Digital Implementation (EDI) system, so you go hunting around the design to find one, or use the Design Browser to find one? Then you turn off the nets and special nets
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Finding EDI Videos
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Kari Summers
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July 14, 2011
I've seen a few requests in the forums asking about EDI videos. Today I will show you how to find them on the Cadence Support website. First, go to support.cadence.com. One of the menus across the top is called "Resources". Hover your mouse
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Save Time With The Right Mouse Button
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Kari Summers
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June 27, 2011
How many times have you done this: you want to flip or rotate a cell in your design, so you select it and hit the Q key. The Attribute Editor form pops up, you choose the orientation you want in the Orientation drop-down box, then hit OK or Apply. I know
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