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Bartels AutoEngineer® |
| 1 | General |
| 1.1 | Installation |
| 1.2 | User Interface and General Functions |
| 1.3 | Symbol and Part Libraries |
| 2 | Schematic Editor |
| 2.1 | General |
| 2.2 | Symbols, Labels |
| 2.3 | Connections |
| 2.4 | Graphics |
| 2.5 | Text, Attributes |
| 2.6 | Group Functions |
| 2.7 | Plot Output |
| 3 | Packager |
| 3.1 | Log File Update |
| 3.2 | Logical Part Definition Assignments Control |
| 3.3 | Swap Restrictions |
| 4 | Layout Editor |
| 4.1 | General |
| 4.2 | Display, Design Rule Check |
| 4.3 | Parts, Placement |
| 4.4 | Traces, Routing |
| 4.5 | Graphic, Copper Areas |
| 4.6 | Text, Drill |
| 4.7 | Group Functions |
| 4.8 | Automatic Copper Fill |
| 5 | Autorouter |
| 5.1 | General |
| 5.2 | Autorouter Algorithms |
| 6 | CAM Processor |
| 6.1 | General |
| 6.2 | Control Plot |
| 6.3 | Drilling Data Output |
| 7 | Neural Rule System |
| 8 | Utilities |
| 8.1 | LOGLIB |
| 9 | Bartels User Language |
| 9.1 | General |
| 9.2 | Index Variable Types |
| 9.3 | System Functions |
| 9.4 | BAE User Language Programs |
The
Bartels AutoEngineer® Installation Guide (file
inst_en.htm from the
baedoc directory of the BAE-CD-ROM) provides detailed
Bartels AutoEngineer installation instructions for all supported hardware and software platforms.
Previously, new configuration parameters in the
bae.ini configuration file had to be added manually after every BAE update installation. This is now done automatically when first starting BAE after installing a software update by appending a version-specific difference file to the existing
bae.ini file.
Module-specific color table configurations are supported through
bae<moduleid>.col color table names. The RGB values for the BAE color palette are loaded from
bae.col if no module-specific color table file is available. This allows for the definition of a white background color table configuration in
baescm.col for the
Schematic Editor whilst still using black background color table configurations in the layout modules. The
Schematic Editor has been optimized for white background display configurations. Predefined BAE system color files for white background configurations,
bae256_i.col for Windows and
baeunix_i.col for Linux/Unix are provided with the software. Simply copy the file for your operating system to
baescm.col in the BAE programs directory to configure a white display background for the
Schematic Editor.
The last 50 menu selections are now available for re-selection with the right mouse button pressed. Cursor keys can be used to scroll through the menu selection list. Releasing the mouse button activates the currently selected/highlighted menu selection. Scrolling back automatically activates a command loop to the last menu item. The right mouse button repeats the command sequence until a different menu item is selected. The s key can be used to save the command sequence whilst the right mouse button is pressed, and the l button canbe used to re-activate the save command sequence.
The key programming functions available through key 5 have been extended to allow for the programming of special keys such as Strg key combinations, and Tab, Esc, Enter and Del keys. The menus include indicators for shortcut keys assigned to menu functions.
The mouse wheel is used to scroll the graphic display vertically. Turning the mouse wheel with the Shift key pressed causes the graphic screen to scroll horizontally.
Shortcut key indicators have been added to the key-programmed menu entries of the Windows and Motif menus.
The
button for activating a user-defined menu has been added to the toolbar. This menu provides the
function for configuring the favourites menu. BAE module-specific favourites menu configurations are stored to the
baeparam.dat file in the BAE programs directory.
The
button for quickly accessing the recently stored elements has been added to the toolbar. Special entries in the
bae.ini file can be set to restrict the history to recently loaded elements and/or SCM sheets and/or layouts. The element history is stored to the
baehist.dat file in the BAE programs directory.
The
button for activating a function for storing and activating command sequences has been added to the toolbar. Macro command sequences can be created by selecting functions from the menu and/or the command history (up to 50 previously called menu functions). Both the key programming facilities and the favourites menu support macro command calls. Module-specific macro command sequences are stored to the
baemacro.dat in the BAE programs directory.
The Windows and Motif dialog elements for numerical value input have been changed to support mathematical expressions. Any mathematical expression in the input field is evaluated upon
= input, when leaving the input field or when exiting (not aborting) the dialog box. The
+ (add),
- (subtract),
* (multiply),
/ (divide) and
^ (power) operators, the constant
pi and the
abs (absolute value),
cos (cosine),
exp (exponent),
log (natural logarithm),
sin (sine),
sqrt (square root) and
tan (tangent) functions are supported. Parentheses can be used to redefine the evaluation sequence.
The DDB file selection dialog of the BAE Windows version has been changed to support associations. Adding associations for, e.g., library files in project directories simplifies file selections significantly.
Full circle definitions with redundant end points close to the circle start point caused sporadic problems. Arcs which obviously span a full circle are now automatically splitted into two arcs to avoid these problems. This transformation is also applied when loading older DDB files.
The Bartels AutoEngineer layout library has been updated and supplemented by new definitions.
The , , , and options for loading the DDB file element with the latest modified date have been added to the / menu and the corresponding toolbar button.
According to this function, the last saved project SCM sheet is automatically loaded when switching to the Schematic Editor module without preset SCM sheet name.
bae.ini entries can be used to set a fixed SCM sheet name for automatic load.
The dialog from the menu has been added to the middle mouse button display menu.
The and grid options have been added to the menus for setting the input and display grid.
The , , and options for automatically adjusting the input grid to display grid settings have been added to the menu of the display settings dialog. The , , and options for automatically adjusting the display grid to input grid settings have been added to the menu of the display settings dialog.
Left mouse button interactions in the toolbar's element overview window have been changed to cause a to the selected position instead of activating the function.
The has been changed to keep highlights for named nets when loading different schematic sheets from the same project file. BAE HighEnd supports this feature when selecting nets on the project layout.
Project net highlight is now also supported for nets connected to bustaps if the corresponding bus and bustap names provide unique net identification.
The function can be used to clear all net highlights.
The for activating and/or deactivating the exclusive display of highlighted elements has been added to the menu. This simplifies the localisation of errors and/or highlighted nets, especially when using white display backgrounds. The function automatically resets the highlight focus.
Features for label placement support and the preservation of non-default name and attribute text positioning have been added to the toolbar windows for placing symbols with pre-defined attribute values.
The function for copying selectable symbols and/or labels has been added to the submenu of the menu.
The function has been added to the context menu of the function to allow for non-default label macro selections when placing labels for nets without corresponding label macro.
Label and bustap coordinates have been added to the single label and bustap reference output listing of the function from the submenu of the menu. Any selection of a label and/or bustap name automatically loads the refering SCM sheet and zooms to the selected label and/or bustap.
The function has been extended to allow for placing pins on symbol level. The new pin name is derived from the name of the last placed pin by incrementing the last number from the previous pin name; alternatively, the last letter is replaced by the next letter if the pin name doesn't contain a number. The rotation angle and mirror mode of the previously placed pin are used as defaults for placing the new pin. Any placement operation is carried out relative to the position of the previously placed pin.
In BAE HighEnd, the frames of SCM symbols/parts are displayed according to the placement status of the corresponding layout part if both the project's schematic sheet/plan and the project's layout are open. A dashed (-----) symbol frame is displayed for unplaced layout parts, and a dashed/dotted (-.-.-) symbol frame is displayed for placed layout parts.
The new can be used to move connection corner points. This is useful for correcting bus segment lengths. The function performs a operation on the connection segment closest to the pick point if more than one connection segment ends at the selected corner point.
Bus tap connections are now automatically re-routed when using the , and functiona.
The
button for displaying a list of existing bus tap names has been added to the bus tap name dialog of the
function. Connected symbol bus pins are displayed at the beginning of this list, and the pin name is used as bus tap name when connecting a symbol bus pin. This simplifies the connection of symbol bus pins significantly if symbol bus pin names are defined according to valid bus tap range names such as
d(0-7).
A section for listing bus taps with bus names and bus tap counts for each SCM sheet has been added to the output of the function from the submenu of the menu.
The function for automated connection pattern (e.g., connection combs, multiple parallel connections) generation has been added to the submenu of the menu.
The submenu with the , and functions for changing and/or setting graphic line widths has been added to the submenu of the menu.
The submenu with the , and functions for activating dash mode and line width dialogs has been added to the submenu of the menu.
The functions for adding and/or editing texts have been changed to memorize not only the text size but also text rotation, text mirror mode and text string for subsequent calls.
The and functions are displaying a line to the placement point of the corresponding symbol whilst selecting the new name and/or attribute text position. This helps to the identify the currently processed symbol if other symbols are placed closely.
The submenu with the , and functions for changing and/or setting text line widths has been added to the submenu of the menu.
The option for assigning text classes to all group-selected texts has been added to the function of the submenu of the menu.
The function for creating matrix copies of the currently selected group has been added to the submenu of the menu.
The and functions of the BAE Windows versions have been changed to use the setting for plotting lines and texts instead of drawing pixel lines depending on the output device raster resolution.
The dialog has been extended to allow for the selection of the output character font (either the BAE vector font or a PostScript font).
A button for deactivating comment text output has also been added to the dialog.
The update of the
Packager log file
(bae.log) was completed only after exiting the
Packager module. This behaviour has been changed, the log file contents is now updated immedialtely after finishing the packaging process.
The
$rlext (Requested Logical Library Name Extension) attribute is provided in addition to the
$rlname (Requested Logical Library Name) attribute for logical part definition assignments.
$rlname allows for direct logical part definition specifications, whereas
$rlext assigns a logical definition with a name consisting of the predefined logical library definition identifier, an underscore (_) and an extension as specified with the
$rlext value. $rlext assignments can be used to, e.g., include footprint names with part/symbol names.
$rlext also causes the
function of the SCM attribute assignment dialog to restrict the logical definitions listing to valid selections, wheras
$rlname lists all logical definitions.
Logical library swap definitions for parts with fixed layout part name assignments through
$rpname (Requested Part Name) and
$vgrp (Variant Group) attributes are now automatically set to
internal to prevent the
Layout Editor from swapping affected gates. Previously, such swaps were possible but would have been reset by the
Packager.
The , , , and options for loading the DDB file element with the latest modified date have been added to the / menu and the corresponding toolbar button.
The project layout with the default layout element name defined in the setup is automatically loaded when switching to the Layout Editor module without preset layout name.
bae.ini entries can be used to set a fixed layout name and/or select the last saved project layout for automatic load.
During part placement and trace and/or polygon editing, the and functions for selecting polygon crossing point or interpolated arc center point coordinates are now available through the x key. The arc center point snap routines are tolerant enough to allow even for rectangle center point calculations.
The dialog from the menu is now also available through the online display menu to be activated with the middle mouse button.
The and grid options have been added to the menus for setting the input and display grid.
The , , and options for automatically adjusting the input grid to display grid settings have been added to the menu of the display settings dialog. The , , and options for automatically adjusting the display grid to input grid settings have been added to the menu of the display settings dialog.
The can now be applied specifically to , or . The octagon mode is selected when loading layout elements with octagon mode settings from previous BAE versions.
Left mouse button interactions in the toolbar's element overview window have been changed to cause a to the selected position instead of activating the function.
Buttons for quick color selection for the first 8 signal layers have been added to the toolbar of the layout system. Left mouse button clicks on the color button allow for color selections according to the function, while right mouse button clicks toggle the visibility of the signal layer. Left mouse button clicks on the signal layer name/label set the default input layer. The layer label/name display of the currently selected default input layer is inverted. Subsequent left mouse button clicks on the signal layer name of the currently selected preference layer toggle the screen visibility of all other layers.
The and buttons for scrolling layer selection lists have been added to the function from the menu and to the documentary layer selection menus.
The function has been changed to display not only the current X and Y coordinates but also the current distance to the selected start point whilst selecting the distance query end point.
Part type errors and short-circuit net names have been added to the design rule check error listing displayed with the function from the menu. A mouse click on any of these error list entries triggers a operation to the erroneous part and/or the rectangle surrounding the pins of the short-circuit net.
The , , and net airline display options for selecting part or pin specific nets have been added to the dialog from the menu.
The function from the menu has been changed to use a dialog box for displaying the airline density diagram.
The function from the submenu of the menu has been changed to preserve the name and attribute text positions of the swapped parts as defined with and .
The function has been extended to allow for placing pins on part level. The new pin name is derived from the name of the last placed pin by incrementing the last number from the previous pin name; alternatively, the last letter is replaced by the next letter if the pin name doesn't contain a number. The rotation angle and mirror mode of the previously placed pin are used as defaults for placing the new pin. Any placement operation is carried out relative to the position of the previously placed pin.
The current distance to the previous part placement position has been added to the X/Y position placement status display of the function.
The current H+V airline length of the currently placed part is now displayed in the status field when placing parts with and/or and dynamic airline display activated.
A column named LOGICAL NAME for displaying logical/SCM pin names has been added part pin data table to the output of the
function.
The function in BAE HighEnd has been changed to display the SCM symbol list when applied on layout parts consisting of different SCM symbols. After selecting a certain symbol position, the + and - keys can be used to switch to the next and/or previous symbol position.
During interactive routing, the length of the currently processed trace is now displayed in the status field together with the current X and Y coordinates.
The for activating and/or deactivating the exclusive display of highlighted and/or net-colored elements has been added to the submenu. This feature works on net highlights, short-circuit highlights and group highlights. I.e., highlight focus can be used to emphasize net highlights, check group selections and localise short-circuits. The function automatically resets the highlight focus.
The and options have been added to the dialog of the menu. (default setting) causes the system to replace and/or optimize vias during manual routing. forces the system to keep vias and padstack macro types even if these vias are not in the currently configured via list or if these (blind and buried) vias are occupying more than the least required and/or possible set of layers.
The submenus of the function have been replaced by a teardrop parameter dialog with a new button for quickly selecting all padstack macros with drill holes.
The submenu with the and functions for querying and/or setting trace impedance characteristics has been added to the submenu of the BAE HighEnd menu.
The function from the submenu of the menu can be used to enter the necessary layer stackup information for trace impedance calculations.
The function from the submenu of the menu have been changed to support the creation of keepout areas when generating rectangular and/or circular polygons. An function and options for selecting the layer and polygon type have been added to the context menu to be activated with the right mouse button when placing the first polygon point. This allows for the generation of rectangular and/or circular polgygons with different types on different layers through a single menu function call with the option to correct erroneous inputs.
The submenu with the , and functions for changing and/or setting documentary line widths and power layer isolation widths has been added to the submenu of the menu.
The submenu options from the submenu of the menu have been replaced by the , and functions for activating dash mode and line width dialogs.
The from the submenu of the menu has been renamed to and supports now also the splitting of areas along the line between two selectable polygon corner points.
The and options have been implemented for the function from the submenu of the menu. is used to create polygon outline keepout areas for selectable documentary lines and/or the board outline. can be used to delete outline keepout areas of selectable polygons previously created with the option.
Polygon outline keepout areas created with previous BAE versions cannot be deleted automatically.
The functions for adding and/or editing texts have been changed to memorize not only the text size but also text rotation, text mirror mode and text string for subsequent calls.
The
option for centering texts on
LOGICAL documentary layers has been added to the context menu available through the right mouse button during text placement. The text placement reference point for centered text is the text base line. The
context menu option is provided for restoring text left-alignment.
The and functions are displaying a line to the placement point of the corresponding parts whilst selecting the new name and/or attribute text position. This helps to the identify the currently processed part if other parts are placed closely.
The submenu with the , and functions for changing and/or setting text line widths has been added to the submenu of the menu.
The function has been added to the group placement reference point selection context menu of the function. restricts group movements to the element boundaries of the selected part. This feature can be used together with to move a part with all connected trace end points.
The function for selecting and/or deselecting elements within an already placed polygon has been added to the context menus of the functions. This allows for the quick selection and/or deselection of elements inside the board outline or a fill area or any other area and/or polygon outline.
The copper fill functions have been changed to create rectangular cutout areas in place of problematic cutout polygons to safely avoid the generation of short-circuits. Such problems are usually caused by concave cutout polygon segments with a size smaller than the sum of the minimum distance and the minimum structure size. The copper fill functions issue warning messages about any cutout polygon area fixes and group-select the polygons and/or parts which caused these problems.
Über entsprechende Einträge in der Datei
bae.ini können Kontroll- und Strategieparameter automatisiert beim Start des
Autorouter-Moduls vorgenommen werden.
The , , and net airline display options for selecting part or pin specific nets have been added to the dialog from the menu.
An entry for setting the
Autorouter task priority has been added to the
bae.ini configuration file.
The function for managing a CAM batch configuration database has been added to the submenu of BAE Windows and Motif menus.
The CAM batch configurations are stored to the
cambatdb.dat file in the BAE programs directory. The
cambatdb.dat file installed with the BAE software contains a few predefined CAM batch configurations such as
(batch output with standard Gerber parameter settings according to the
cambatch User Language program) and
(batch output with Gerber parameter settings for minimized output data file size). Please note that the
batch configuration might not be supported by older Gerber plotter models.
provides a series of features such as programmable multilayer plot configurations, HPGL outputs and EPS/PDF batch outputs which are not available through the cambatch User Language program.
The function for exporting the currently loaded layout data to GENCAD 1.4 format has been added to the submenu of the menu.
The function for exporting the currently loaded layout data to HyperLynx format has been added to the submenu of the menu.
The and functions of the BAE Windows versions have been changed to use the setting for plotting lines and texts without line width assignment instead of drawing pixel lines depending on the output device raster resolution.
The dialog has been extended to allow for the selection of the output character font (either the BAE vector font or a PostScript font).
The option for monochrome (black on white)output of the the currently visible layers has been added to the output layer selection menu.
A button for activating EPS/PDF batch output database management functions has been added.
The EPS/PDF batch parameter are stored to the
epsbatdb.dat file in the BAE programs directory. Any EPS/PDF batch output can consist of different EPS/PDF output files with different combinations of output pages and/or BAE output layer sets.
A drill class selection dialog listing all layout drill classes with drill counts has been added to the and functions.
The
brules.vdb file installed to the BAE programs directory contains precompiled rule definitions. The source files for these rule definitions are also provided
(User Language directory; file extension
.rul), i.e., the rule definitions can be modified and recompiled with the
rulecomp Rule System Compiler.
The
loglib utility program has been changed to support net attribute definitions through
netattr commmands for symbols which are not declared
virtual.
This section describes general changes to the User Language specification. See the Bartels User Language Programmer's Guide for a detailed description of the User Language specification.
The internal version of BAE Version 6.2 User Language has been changed. User Language programs compiled under earlier BAE versions won't execute in the BAE Version 6.2 User Language Interpreter environment (error message ). This means that each User Language program compiled under earlier BAE Versions must be recompiled under BAE Version 6.2 to regain compatibility.
This section lists the new and changed User Language index variable types. See the Bartels User Language Programmer's Guide for a detailed description of all index variable types.
The
WIDTH (data type double),
DASHLEN (double),
DASHSPC (double) and
DASH (int) attributes for querying polygon line widths and dashed polygon parameters have been added to the
C_POLY index variable type.
The
WIDTH (data type double) attribute for querying text line widths has been added to the
C_POLY index variable type.
The
WIDTH (data type double),
DASHLEN (double) and
DASHSPC (double) attributes for querying polygon line widths and dashed polygon parameters have been added to the
L_POLY index variable type.
The
WIDTH (data type double) attribute for querying text line widths has been added to the
L_POLY index variable type.
This section lists the new and changed User Language system functions. See the Bartels User Language Programmer's Guide for a detailed description of all system functions.
The following new User Language system functions have been implemented for BAE Version 6.2:
| IP | System Function | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| STD | askcoord | Interactive X/Y coordinate value query |
| bae_dashpolyline | Vectorize dashed BAE polygon | |
| bae_dialbmpalloc | Create BAE dialog bitmap | |
| bae_dialgettextlen | Get BAE dialog text length | |
| bae_getcmdbuf | BAE command history query | |
| bae_getgridmode | Get BAE grid dependency mode | |
| bae_getinvcolor | Get BAE color inversion mode | |
| bae_inpointmenu | Input BAE point/coordinates with mouse and right mouse button callback function | |
| bae_plansename | Get BAE destination element name | |
| bae_plansfname | Get BAE destination element file name | |
| bae_popmouse | Get BAE popup/toolbar mouse position | |
| bae_setgridmode | Set BAE grid dependency mode | |
| mkdir | Create directory | |
| setprio | Set BAE process priority | |
| getextprog | Get file type specific application | |
| LAY | lay_rulelaysatt | Attach rule(s) to layout layer stackup |
| lay_rulelaysdet | Detach rules from layout layer stackup | |
| GED | ged_getsegmovmode | Get GED trace segment move mode |
| ged_getviaoptmode | Get GED trace via optimization mode | |
| ged_setpickelem | Set GED default pick element | |
| ged_setsegmovmode | Set GED trace segment move mode | |
| ged_setviaoptmode | Set GED trace via optimization mode |
The
bae_charsize,
bae_tbsize and
bae_settbsize function parameter data types have been changed from
int to
double.
The parameter value range of the bae_popsetarea function has been extended to support dialog bitmaps.
A parameter for controlling the relative dash line distance has been added to the bae_setpopdash function.
A new class for querying operating system specific directory name delimiters has been added to the bae_swversion system function.
A new layer query type for documentary, signal and power layer selection has been added to the ged_asklayer function.
The return value and parameter value ranges of the ged_getautocornins and ged_setautocornins functions have been extended to support element type specific options.
BAE installs
some 200 pre-compiled
User Language programs to the
ulcprog.vdb file of the BAE programs directory. Additionally, the
User Language source files
(more than 4 Mbytes; some 150,000 lines) are installed to a special directory
(baeulc). See the
Bartels User Language Programmer's Guide for a complete listing and short descriptions of the BAE User Language programs.
The User Language include files have been revised and extended by a series of new definitions and functions.
The following new User Language programs are provided with BAE Version 6.2:
| IP | Program Name | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| STD | favorite | Favorites Menu Management |
| history | Element History Call | |
| macro | Macro Command Management | |
| SCM | symattdb | Create SQL Attribute Database for SCM Symbol Selection |
| symsel | SCM Symbol Placement with Attribute Selection | |
| LAY | gencad | GENCAD 1.4 Layout Data Export |
| hyplynx | HyperLynx Layout Simulation Data Output | |
| GED | gedpick | Layout Polygon Cross/Center Pick Functions |
| CAM | cambatdb | CAM Batch Database |
The User Language programs already delivered with the previous BAE Version have been completely revised and extended by many new features and functions. A series of significant improvements and enhancements have already been mentioned in the previous sections of these Release Notes.
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