Data Sheet

Displayed Layers Dialogue ...................................................................................................... 90
Component Placement ............................................................................................................. 92
Components and Packages ..................................................................................................... 92
The Board Edge ....................................................................................................................... 93
Layer Stackup and Drill Spans ................................................................................................. 96
Work Area, Co-ordinates and Snap ......................................................................................... 98
Placing Components and the Ratsnest .................................................................................... 101
Mounting Holes and Pad Styles ............................................................................................... 108
Design Rules and Net Classes ................................................................................................ 113
Design Rules ............................................................................................................................ 114
Net Classes .............................................................................................................................. 116
Keepout Areas .......................................................................................................................... 119
Design Rooms .......................................................................................................................... 122
Routing the Board .................................................................................................................... 124
Placing a Route Manually ........................................................................................................ 125
Panning and Zooming .............................................................................................................. 129
Placing Anchors ....................................................................................................................... 129
Getting Stuck / Re-routing while routing .................................................................................. 129
Placing Vias ............................................................................................................................. 129
Object Hugging ........................................................................................................................ 130
Abandoning a Route ................................................................................................................ 130
Making Connections ................................................................................................................ 130
Editing a Route ......................................................................................................................... 133
Layer Pairs and Manual Routing .............................................................................................. 133
Basic Auto-Routing................................................................................................................... 136
Length Matching Routes .......................................................................................................... 138
The Selection Filter .................................................................................................................. 140
Advanced Auto-Routing ........................................................................................................... 143
Netlists and Design Changes ................................................................................................... 146
Live Netlisting ........................................................................................................................... 147
Batch Netlisting ........................................................................................................................ 148
Annotation ................................................................................................................................ 149