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    Downlaod odb++ viewer

    There are other free ODB++ viewers out there. Take a look at ViewMate
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    Mentor Graphics PADS Layout - Split/Mixed Plane - pad does not connect to plane

    I'm not sure how close Pads is to Expedition, but in Expedition there is a setting that controls this. If you have something called "Plane Classes and Parameters", open it. Change your class to the class that the plane is using and then go to the "Clearances/Discard/Negative" tab. Uncheck the...
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    how to create footprint in IPC standard level??

    You can still get the viewer for free at Mentor Graphics
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    Tips for creating a Library

    Looks like Tom has added 2 new library blog entries since I posted this suggestion. His blog is located at **broken link removed**
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    Tips for creating a Library

    What Mattylad said is excellent advice!! The biggest thing is to take your time and do it right, a bad library will make it difficult to create good designs effectively. You also might want to look at Tom Hausherr's Blog (**broken link removed**) since he just finished a 6 part series on...
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    Silk alignment in Expedition PCB 2005 versions

    Sorry, I'm not going to be able to help you with that one.
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    Silk alignment in Expedition PCB 2005 versions

    One of the Mentor AE's wrote a script that will align the text. It can be found at https://communities.mentor.com/mgcx/docs/DOC-1890
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    How to unreserve the RESERVED PARTIONS in Expedition Library

    Select menu Setup->Unreserve Partitions, select the partition you want to unreserve and press the the Apply button
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    Signal Integrity Procedure

    Mentor Graphics offers SI training in India Also, do a Google search on "signal integrity training india" for a list of other training resources.
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    Signal Integrity Procedure

    The practical solution is that you need to read these books, get some SI training, and attend workshops and conferences. Not sure which tool you are using, but many of the vendors offer free Web Seminars that show how to use their tools to do some of this stuff. The reality is that you are not...
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    Looking for tools for Flotherm 3.2

    Flotherm 3.2 Mentor Graphics has their Communities Forum (https://communities.mentor.com/mgcx/index.jspa) that has a FlowTherm area (https://communities.mentor.com/mgcx/community/mechanical_analysis/electronics_cooling).
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    How do compare sbk in design capture?

    You can use a tool called AutoVue Electro-Mechanical Professional from Oracle to do a graphical comparison of 2 sbk files. It will also view most CAD formats. https://www.oracle.com/autovue/index.html **broken link removed**
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    Generic two terminal SMT footprints (0402, 0603, 0805, etc.)

    Re: Generic two terminal SMT footprints (0402, 0603, 0805, e Which tool are you using? I know with Mentor Expedition, we can define a default height on the footprint, but you can override that value in the Parts Database. So we do end up having one 0402 for the different heights. I thought...
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    Generic two terminal SMT footprints (0402, 0603, 0805, etc.)

    Re: Generic two terminal SMT footprints (0402, 0603, 0805, e What is wrong with footprints from PCB Matrix?

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