MENTOR EXPEDITION CUSTOMIZATION

mentor expedition scripts

Hi Gurus


Does mentor expedition supports any script languages like
VBscript in pads, skill in allegro ,lisp in autocad. Can anyone inform me?


regards
Amjad

dxdesigner vb script

hi amjad,
after using expedition i have yet to find something like VBscript in PADs, where u can manipulate the scripts for the BOM.
However there is still the Report Writer>>Interactive Query
if u need the BOM out. From there u can choose the things u need

mentor expedition activex server

There isn't script language on Expedition for now.Maybe on the next version.
I use Report Writer to generate a DB (ACCESS) with all informations (pads,trace,comp,length...) and extract them with VBasic or Delphi.

MKBS

mentor expedition automation

I have trained from trainer of Mentor and I also tell them about script for Epedition, they answear that at present, mentor not support it in Expedition.


Regards

scripting mentor expedition

I believe mentor expedition 2004 release is having the VB scripting option . Anybody used it .

customize 2001 for expedition software

Hi
Please find the following info about the scripting,

Automation and Scripting
Completely new to Expedition PCB in WG2004 is an Automation and Scripting capability. This is an addon
product that allows internal and external driven scripts to be run on a design giving access to over 1200
AutoActive(r) functions in Expedition PCB.
Automation will support any scripting language that conforms to the ActiveX scripting interface so languages
such as VBScript, JavaScript, PerlScript and even raw C++ could be used. This means that designers
can programmatically drive Expedition from a variety of sources such as external custom applications,
Microsoft office tools like Excel and Word, Web pages and even from Visual Basic or Java programs executing
inside the application.
Scripts can be just a few lines long that simply access commands found in pull down menus or they can
include their own custom dialog boxes and commands to get and put data directly into the running application.
Included with Automation are over thirty example scripts, available to use in their own right or as
templates to develop new productivity enhancing programs. They are located in:
<Install-tree>\2004\wg\win32\vbexppcb\Samples\Automation

<<...OLE_Obj...>>

The following example, ExcelCompList.xls, demonstrates the interaction with the PCB automation server
through an embedded macro stored inside an Excel spreadsheet. Upon execution, Excel collects a list of
the components placed in the design and loads them into the spreadsheet. Cross probing is maintained
between the two applications demonstrating the tight integration that can be achieved.
This next example demonstrates how to place a conductive area for a selected net. It also shows motion
graphics and event handling capabilities. The program is written in Visual Basic and can be found in
...\Samples\Automation\VisualBasic6\ConductiveArea.

<<...OLE_Obj...>>

Hope the above info will help you.


regards
Taring

mentor expedition scripting

Hello Taring


Do you have good tutorial for mentor expedition pcb? Thanks in advance

mentor pads basic scripts

now mentor usually recommend dxdesigner+expedition flow.
dxdesigner always support these scripts.
the schematic tool is viewdraw.
from wg2004, expedition begin support these scripts.
i have searched all document of mentor.
they have no tutorial of PCB design.
regardless DC to expediton or dxdesign to expedition.
so you must learn it by you self.
if you can get help from mentor, you can let the ae write one tutorial about it.
it is so easy for them.