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Learning Guides - Earlier versions

Listed below is the full range of manuals, tutorials, and technical articles for versions of P-CAD prior to 2004, including P-CAD 2002 and ACCEL.

Documents for P-CAD 2004


P-CAD 2002 Tutorials
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P-CAD 2002 Trial CD Booklet 2829KB The P-CAD 2002 Trial version is a fully functional program containing all the elements and functionalities of the P-CAD 2002 full suite version time limited to 30 days. This booklet will guide you through the features and functions so that you can evaluate and discover the power that this software harnesses.
PCB Tutorial 1655KB During this tutorial, we will be exploring the PCB design process from setting up the workspace and placing objects through to Gerber file output. This tutorial uses some demonstration files that are supplied with P-CAD 2002
Schematic Tutorial 1554KB This booklet contains the following five tutorials that will take you through a Schematic design session from setup to printing
Library Executive Tutorial 1015KB We will be investigating how to create libraries and components from scratch, as well as how to use the Symbol and Pattern Editors. After we have created a new symbol, pattern and component, we will have a quick look at the Source Browser.
CAMtastic Tutorials 973KB This tutorial encompassed a set of lessons that will get you started analyzing, modifying and creating your own design files.
Signal Integrity Tutorial 1564KB This tutorial includes hands-on instructions to help you become familiar with how to use P-CAD Signal Integrity to analyse and simulate your PCB designs and to investigate remedies to signal integrity problems.
Defining and Running Circuit Simulation Analyses 895KB This tutorial relates to setting up and running simulation and analyses on an analog design.
P-CAD 2002 Guides
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PCB User Guide 4534KB This manual provides tutorials for the use of P-CAD PCB.
Schematic User Guide 3841KB This manual will teach you to use P-CAD Schematic, which includes a suite of features that make schematic creation fast and easy.
Library Executive User Guide 2805KB The Library Executive Users guide to efficiently using the Library Executive in conjunction with P-CAD PCB and P-CAD Schematic to efficiently create and maintain component data.
Interface for SPECCTRA 867KB This manual explains how to use the P-CAD SPECCTRA® Autorouter (SP6, SP10, SP4 and SP2) interface.
Signal Integrity User Guide 1840KB This manual assists you in becoming familiar with P-CAD 2002 Signal Integrity.
Interplace User Guide 1522KB This manual details the use of P-CAD 2002’s InterPlace and includes an extensive command reference guide.
PCS User Guide 1199KB This manual includes information about P-CAD 2002's Parametric Constraint Solver (PCS). With PCS, designers can comprehensively view and manipulate Schematic and PCB design rules in rule-precedence order.
CAMtastic User Guide 1546KB The CAMtastic User Guide will show you how to inspect and edit CAD files from any major source all within the single CAMtastic environment.
Circuit Simulator User Guide 1833KB Full information on using The Mixed-Signal Circuit Simulator to perform mixed-signal simulations of analogue and digital designs.
P-CAD 2000 Tutorials
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Description
Design Entry
MD_EDASCH_ssguide.zip 178 KB P-CAD Master Designer to ACCEL Schematic data migration guide (single sheet). A step by step translation tutorial including sample files.
MD_EDASCH_msguide.zip 204 KB P-CAD Master Designer to ACCEL Schematic data migration guide (multi-sheet). A step by step translation tutorial including sample files.
PCB Place & Edit
MD_EDAPCBguide.zip 204KB P-CAD Master Designer to ACCEL PCB data migration guide A step by step translation tutorial including sample files.
Library Management
MDtoEDAlibguide.zip 1,139 KB P-CAD Master Designer to ACCEL EDA library migration guide. A step by step translation tutorial including sample files.
ALE_AppNotes.zip 265 KB Component Management Technical Files A zip file containing specialized documents to be used in conjunction with the ACCEL Library Executive Quick Start Manual.
ACCEL DOS Products
24steps.zip 12 KB Quick Start Guide to Tango Series II PCB A twenty-four step tutorial on Tango Series II features and procedures.
P-CAD 2000/ACCEL Documents
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Description
ug_doctool.pdf 1,709KB User`s Guide for Document Toolbox (P-CAD 2000/ACCEL EDA V15)
ug_interplace.pdf 2,002KB User`s Guide for Interplace (P-CAD 2000/ACCEL EDA V15)
ug_libraryexec.pdf 4,797KB User`s Guide for Library Executive (P-CAD 2000/ACCEL EDA V15)
quickstart_libexec.pdf 2,997KB QuickStart Guide for Library Executive (P-CAD 2000/ACCEL EDA V15)
ug_pcb.pdf 4,239KB User`s Guide for PCB (P-CAD 2000/ACCEL EDA V15)
ug_pcs.pdf 1,568KB User`s Guide for Parametric  Constraint Solver (P-CAD 2000/ACCEL EDA V15)
ug_schematic.pdf 4,021KB User`s Guide for Schematic (P-CAD 2000/ACCEL EDA V15)
if_specctra.pdf 165KB P-CAD Interface for SPECCTRA® (P-CAD 2000/ACCEL EDA V15)
ug_vlties.pdf 336 KB User`s Guide for P-CAD TIES/ViewDraw (P-CAD 2000/ACCEL EDA V15)
Routing
router_shortcuts.pdf 128KB P-CAD 2000 Shape-Based Autorouter shortcut key list
Past Documents
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Description
Application Notes
ALE_AppNotes.zip 11KB Component Management Technical Files to be used as sample data in conjunction with the ACCEL Library Executive Quick Start Guide
Schematic_appnotes.zip 679KB Complete set of application notes for Design Entry
PCBappnotes.zip 132KB Complete set of application notes for DOS P-CAD Master Designer
specctra_appnotes.zip 1,222KB Complete set of application notes for SPECCTRA product
Trouble Shooting Notes
TN_Schematic13.pdf 7KB ACCEL EDA Schematic (ver13)
PCB_TSNOTES_V14.pdf 15KB ACCEL EDA PCB (ver14)
LIBMGR_TSNOTES_V13.pdf 6KB ACCEL EDA Library Manager (ver13)
LIBEXEC_TSNOTES_V14.pdf 6KB ACCEL EDA Library Executive (ver14)
LIBEXEC_TSNOTES_v13.pdf 6KB ACCEL EDA Library Executive (ver13)
Library Management
appnote1.pdf 47KB This application note describes a procedure that can be used to create a template to preserve text styles used for creating components in the symbol or pattern editor with the ACCEL Library Executive product.
appnote2.pdf 5KB This application note describes and gives a step by step procedure on how to create a library that will contain both, symbol and pattern information in the same library from an ACCEL ASCII netlist.