Course Description
In this three-day Allegro® PCB Editor Basic Techniques course, you learn all the necessary steps for designing a PCB, from loading logic and netlist data through producing manufacturing/NC output. The task-oriented labs show you the combined use of interactive and automatic tools. You import logic design data, learn about design rules, run interactive placement, route nets interactively, and run the autorouter. You also create copper areas for positive and negative planes, and prepare the board for manufacturing.
This is the first in a two-course series. In the second course, Allegro PCB Editor Intermediate Techniques, fifty percent of the material is applicable to all users, and the other fifty percent is applicable to users with the Allegro PCB Performance Option L or Allegro PCB Design XL license.
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
o Efficiently navigate the User Interface
o Create library parts which are used throughout the entire process of board layout
o Import logic design data
o Identify the different design rules and set them in your design
o Place your design interactively
o Route nets interactively
o Run the automatic router
o Create copper areas for positive and negative planes
o Produce manufacturing output and documentation
Software Used in This Course
o This course has no requirement for a specific software license.
Software Release(s)
o SPB 16.5
Course Agenda
Note that this course can be tailored to better meet your needs – contact the Cadence training staff for specifics.
o User interface
o PCB Editor initialization
o PCB Editor library features
o Padstacks
o Component symbols
o Board template
o Import logic
o Design rules
o Properties and constraints
o Interactive placement
o Advanced placement
o Interactive routing
o Automatic routing
o Glossing
o Copper areas (planes)
o Manufacturing output and documentation
Audience
o CAD Engineers
o Designers
o Electrical Engineers
o Layout Designers
o PCB Designers
o PCB Layout Designers
Prerequisites
You must have experience with or knowledge of the following:
o Layout Design