With P-CAD 2006's PCB editor, loading a netlist adds connections, components and attributes for nets and components to your PCB design. Missing patterns are no problem. P-CAD 2006 creates a placeholder pattern for any components in the netlist that don't have an attached pattern, allowing it to load without an error. You can then assign correct patterns at a later stage. Such successive disclosure readily supports adding data whenever it is available during the design cycle.
When placing components it is precision and flexibility that counts, and P-CAD 2006 gets the job done with ease. Graphically browse library patterns during placement and quickly change a component's reference designator. You can flip components, move components by designators, rotate entries on user-defined increments to 0.1 degrees, or replace one or more components by type. With P-CAD 2006 the power is in your hands.
Difficult component placement challenges arise from dense PCBs and short design cycles. P-CAD 2006 meets these challenges head-on by providing interactive placement and organization tools that make correct component placement quick and easy.
P-CAD 2006 provides Visual Placement Areas that show clearly where a component can be placed without violating design constraints. Physical, electrical, and manufacturing rules can be analyzed simultaneously or independently.
PCB design environment feature highlights:
- 60" x 60" maximum board size with 64,000 pad styles per design
- User-defined grids available down to .0001 inch (tenth mil) or .01 mm (10 micron) resolution: grid settings saved with design
- User-definable layer ordering used for DRC, NC drill, Gerber
- Support for multiple internal planes: plane layers can be assigned to any net
- Full support for differential pair signaling
- User-definable board, net and component attributes
- Split power/ground planes, and curved traces
- User-definable pad stacks, including blind/buried vias
- Full PCB-Schematic synchronization
- Extensive Design Rule Checking (DRC) features ensuring board integrity through to manufacture
- Fully integrated manual and interactive routing tools, including multiple-net and differential pair routing plus Advanced Routing for enhanced features such as plow routing
- Integrated access to Altium Designer's Situs Topological Autorouter
