PADS GIVES YOU THE CONFIDENCE · YOU HAVE THE PASSION, PADS GIVES YOU THE CONFIDENCE A Guide for Translating Altium ® to PADS ® Professional

YOU HAVE THE PASSION,PADS GIVES YOU THE CONFIDENCEA Guide for Translating Altium® to PADS® Professional

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A Guide for Translating Altium® Designer to PADS® Professional

SECTIONS

● INTRODUCTIONANDGETTINGSTARTED● CREATEDESIGNSPECIFICCENTRALLIBRARY● RUNALTIUMPCBTRANSLATORTOTRANSLATECELLSINTOLIBRARY● CREATEANEWPADSPROFESSIONALPROJECT● IMPORTALTIUMSCHEMATIC● RUNALTIUMPCBTRANSLATOR● PACKAGEANDSYNCTHEDESIGN● APPENDICES● WHAT'SNEXT

Sync Altium Design

Create design-specificCentral Library

Run AltiumPCB translator

to copy cells intocentral library

Create a newPADS Professional

Project

Import Altiumschematic

Run AltiumPCB translator

Package and sync the design



MIGRATING FROM ALTIUM DESIGNER TO PADS PROFESSIONALPADSsolvesthePCBdesignproblemsthatotherdesktoptoolscan't.

Thechallengesofelectronicproductdesignhavechangedalotovertheyears,andtheywillcontinuetochangewellintothefuture.

AsanengineerorPCBdesignerusingAltium,youknowthoseissuesverywell.Youalsoknowwhereyourcurrenttoolscoulddomore.

Thinkaboutthedesignchallengesyou’refacedwithtoday.Canyoubesureyourproductswillfunctionasdesignedwithoutspendingalotoftimeandmoneyonprototypesandrespins?Can youensure right-first-timedesignwithout simulation?Can layers of buriedcommandsprovideeasyaccesstodesign-specifictasks?

OnlyPADS®providesengineersandsmallteamswithaproductcreationplatformoptimizedforcomponent selection, signalandpower integrity,electronicscooling, formandfit,PCBlayout,andmanufacturing.

OUR HISTORYOur goal of bringing superior PCB design technology to individual engineers has neverchanged.FromtheearliestdaysofPCBdesignautomation,PADShasledthemarket:

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• Firsttorecognizetheimportanceofpowerful,easy-to-usesignalanalysis

• Firsttointroduceadvancedpackagingcapabilities

• FirstComputerIntegratedDesign(CID)platformforsoftwaredevelopment



YOUR FUTUREButPADSisn’tabouthistory.It’sabouthelpinginnovatorslikeyoucreatetheverybestelectronicproductspossible.WiththePADSProductCreationPlatform,engineersandsmallteamscansolvetheproblemsofmodern-dayPCBdesignatincrediblyaffordableprices.

WithPADSyoucan:

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• Improveproductreliabilityandcircuitperformancebysolvingcrosstalk,termination,timing,andothercommonSIproblemsbeforelayout

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• FitcomplexelectronicsintotheirenclosuresusingcollaborativeECAD-MCADmethodologiesthatworkwithanyMCADtool.

GETTING STARTED UsethestepsinthisguidetobringAltiumDesignerprojectsintoPADSProfessional.Includedare instructions for creating a central library, translating cells into that library, creating anewproject inPADS, importingyourschematic,runningthetranslator,andpackagingandsynchronizingyourdesign.

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ALTIUM TO PADS PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION

ThisdocumentdescribestheprocessoftranslatinganAltiumDesignerdesign(*.SchDocand*.PcbDocfiles)toPADSProfessionalVX.2(PADSDXDesigner/PADSProfessionalLayoutflow).

Thetranslationprocesscanbesummarizedasfollows:

• SyncAltiumDesign.Composelistofcomponentpropertiestoberemoved,aliased,orthatmaycontainillegalcharacters

• CreatenewPADSDXDesignerprojectandalibrary

• RunAltiumlayouttranslatorontemporaryprojectinordertopopulatelibrarywithcellsandpadstacks

• CreateanewPADSDXDesignerprojectthatpointstothelibrarycreated

• ImportAltiumschematicintoPADSDXDesigner

• TranslateAltiumlayout,addingthenewPCBtotheproject

• PackagePADSDXDesignerschematic

• LaunchPADSProfessionalLayoutandForwardAnnotate

The processmay include additionalmanual steps to fix schematic, layout, or library datacausedbyflowdifferencesbetweenAltiumDesignerandPADSProfessional.

• ThefollowingfilesareneededforanAltiumDesigntranslation:*.PcbDoc,*.SchDoc,*.PrjPcb

• PADSProfessionalVX.2flowmustbeinstalled(makesuretoinstallSchematicTranslators).

• IfPADSProVX.2 is nottheactiveflow,useStart►AllPrograms►MentorGraphicsPCB►MGCPCBReleaseSwitcher,toconfigurePADSProVX.2astheactiveflow.



Overview and Background

• WhatdatadoyouendupwithinthePADSProfessionalflow:

• PADSDXDesignerschematicprojectdirectory

• PADSDXDesignerPRJfile

• PADSProfessionalPCBfile

• Acentrallibraryisanindexedlibrarystructurethatincludes,symbol,cells/decals/footprints,andpadstacksthatmakeupdecals.

• Objectsaregroupedinsimilarpartitions.Forexamplealldiscretesymbolsintothediscretepartition.

• TheCentrallibraryalsodefinesallowablepropertiesforuseinschematicandLayout.

• Partinformationisstoredinthecentrallibraryincludingthesymbol,footprint,andpinmapping.PartsuseauniqueidentifierPartNumber.

• Symbolpropertydifferencesbetweenproducts.

Configureinitialmappinginaltium.cnvduringAltiumtoPADSNetlistSchematicTranslation(Thedefaultconfigurationwillbefine,unlesstheAltiumdesignusescustomproperties.)

Altium PADS Netlist PADS integratedPinNumber # PinNumber

DesignItemID DEVICE PartNumber

PCBFootprint PKG_TYPE CellName

Designator REFDES RefDesignator

• Inisettingsfilesfortranslation

• alt2pads.ini(MountingHoleconfigurationforlayouttranslatorforAltiumdesigns)

• ppcb2hkp.ini(MountingHoleconfigurationforlayouttranslatorforAltiumdesigns)

• altium.cnvPADSDXDesignerAltiumtranslator(Illegalcharacterandpropertymapping)

AppendixA:CreateinifilesforproperMountingHolemigrationintotheLibraryAppendixB:SchematictranslatorconfigurationfilesAppendixC:ImportingunlinkedAltiumSchematicfilesAppendixD:CommonissuesAppendixE:Retargetingatranslateddesigntoworkwiththecorporatelibrary



CREATE NEW CENTRAL LIBRARY

Inthisstep,acentrallibraryiscreatedforstoringthesymbolsandpartstranslatedfromtheAltiumschematic.First,thelibrarywillbeupdatedwithcellsandpadstackscreatedbytheAltiumlayout translator, then the schematic translationprocesswill bringoverpartsand symbols.Cellsmustbefirstimportedintothecentrallibraryorthelibrarymaybecomecorruptedandthe translationwill fail.Please follow the instructions exactly as written. If theAltiumdesigncontainspartdecals/cellsthatcontainmountingholes,followAppendixA:CreateinifilesforproperMountingHolemigrationintotheLibrary

• OpenPADSDXDesignerfrom►AllPrograms►PADSProfessionalVX.2►DesignEntry►PADSDXDesigner

• OntheStartPage,selectthePADS Professional icon in the Task / New Project section

• UnderAvailable templates,selectthePADStemplate

• EnteraNameforthenewproject

• BrowsetotheLocationforthenewPADSDXDesignerproject

• CreateaCentral LibrarybyclickingontheCentralLibraryiconandinputtingtheCentralLibraryname

• ClicktheCreate button

• VerifythattheLibrarywascreatedbyOpeningPADSLibraryToolsbyclickingonTools ► PADS Library Tools



RUN ALTIUM PCB TRANSLATOR TO TRANSLATE CELLS INTO CENTRAL LIBRARY

InthissteptheAltiumlayoutisruninorderforthetranslatortoaddthedesign-specificcells(footprints)tothecentrallibrary.

ThetranslatorcreatesanewPADSLayoutintheprojectdirectory.Inthisexample,itisC:\ALTIUM_TRANSLATION\ALTIUM_TO_PADS_PRO\USB_panel\PCB\Board1.pcb

ThetranslatoralsoupdatestheCentralLibraryassociatedwiththeproject,creatinganewcellpartitionnamedthesameasthePCBdesign(“Board1.pcb”intheexample).ClosetheAltiumtoPADSProfessionalTranslator.

• VerifyCellandpadstackdatabyopeningthePADSDXDesignerprojectfilecreatedthen go to Tools ► PADS Library ToolstoopentheCentralLibrary

• ReviewtheCellandPadstackdata

• ClosetheCentralLibrary

• LaunchtheAltiumPCBtranslatorfromStart ► PADS Professional VX.2 ► Translators► Altium PCB Translator VX.2.

• Select the Altium project file(.PcbDoc)tobetranslated.

• SelectthetemporyPADS DX Designer project file created in the sections above.

• ClicktheTranslatebutton.



CREATE A NEW PADS PROFESSIONAL PROJECT

InthisstepanewPADSDXDesignerprojectwillbecreatedtobecomethetranslateddesign.

Atthispoint,aPADSDXDesignerprojectiscreatedwiththelibraryassociation.

• InPADS DX Designer VX.2 ► Setup ► Settings,changetheSpecialComponents,BorderSymbols,andBusContentsfilepointerstopointtoemptylocalfiles.(ifyouareusingacustomcorporateprojecttemplateskipthisstep)

• InvokePADSDXDesignerUsingStart ► PADS Professional VX.2 ►Design Entry ► PADS DX Designer VX.2

• OntheStartPage,selectthePADS Professional icon in the Task / New Project section

• UnderAvailable templates select the PADS template

Foraguidetocreateyourownprojecttemplate(standardsetofsettingsforallnewdesigns),see MG580490

• EnteraName forthenewproject

• BrowsetotheLocationforthenewPADSDXDesignerproject

• Browseandchoosethedesign-specificCentral Library createdintheprevioussection

• ClicktheCreate button

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Before:

After:



IMPORT ALTIUM SCHEMATIC

InthisstepwearetranslatingtheAltiumschematic,andthelibrarydataassociatedwiththedesign.

• InPADSDXDesignerselectFile ►Import ►Altium.ThiswillopentheProtel/Altiumtranslatorinterface

• Select the Schematics tab

• UnderSchematics to translate,selectAdd

• BrowseandselecttheAltiumDesignerPrjPcb

Note.ThePrjPcblinkstheAltiumschematicfilestogether.Ifonly.SchDocfilesareavailable,followAppendixC:ImportingunlinkedAltiumSchematicfiles

• Select Translate attributes.

• UnselectTranslate symbols only (without the schematic).

• Select Create Design Library

• UnselectCreategenericsymbols.

• Select Use default color scheme

• Select the Settings tab



IntheCOMPONENTATTRIBUTESsection:

• Set the Property Mapping

• Formoreinformationonspecificmappings,refertothePADSDXDesignerAltiumtranslator’sspecificdocumentation.Thedefaultsshouldhandlemostcases.

• IfanyAltiumPropertiesneedtoberemoved,youcanenterinablankValue.InthisexamplePackageInformationwillberemovedupontranslation.

• Youcanalsoaliasanyproperties.Inthisexample,PackageReferenceisaliasedtoManufacturing_Part_Number

IntheCONVERSIONsection:

• Toggle on the CollectInstanceCells option

• AddaPartitionNametothePartitionNameoption

Note:PartitionNameentrymuststartwithanalphacharacter.

• SelectthevaluefieldforUseTranslatedCentLib and navigate to andselectthecentrallibrarythatwaspreviouslycreated

• UnselecttheNormalize Symbols setting

• ReturntotheSchematictabandpushTranslate.Thetranslationsummaryisshownintheendoftheprocess



• ReviewthewarningsanderrorsinthelogfilesavedinthePADSDXDesignerprojectLogFiles folder

Atthispoint,theschematicistranslatedinPADSDXDesigner,andtheCentralLibraryhasbeenupdatedwithpartinformation.

CheckSchematicDatabaseConsistency

• InPADSDXDesigner,openTools ► Diagnostics.Reviewtheresultswindowforerrors.Iferrorswerefound,select“Clickheretofixallerrors”attheendofthereport.RunDiagnosticsagaintobesuretheerrorwasresolved.



RUN ALTIUM PCB TRANSLATOR

InthissteptheAltiumlayoutistranslatedandthePADSDXDesignerprojectfileisupdatedtoreferencethenewPCBlayout.

• LaunchthecommandwindowfromStart► PADS Professional VX.2 ► Translators► Altium PCB Translator VX.2

• Select the Altium project file(.PcbDoc)tobetranslated

• Select the PADS DX Designer project filecreatedinthesectionsabove.

• ClicktheTranslate button

ThetranslatorcreatesanewPADSProfessionalLayoutintheprojectdirectory.Intheexample,itisC:\Translation\USB_PANEL_PADS_PRO\PCB\USB_PANEL_PADS_PRO.pcb

• InPADSProfessionalLayout,gotoFile ► File ViewerandreviewtheAltiumToPADSProfessionalTranslation.logfile.



PACKAGE, AND SYNC THE DESIGN

Package

• OpenthetranslatedprojectinPADSDXDesigner

• RunTools ► Package.Usethefollowingoptionstopackageforthefirsttime.Lateron,youmayusedifferentoptions.

• WhenthePackageroperationcompletes,ReviewanyErrors,Failures,orWarnings.

• IfPackagerFails,pleasereviewAppendixD:Commonissues



• DRCConnectivityRulesarealsohelpfultoruninordertoverifytheconnectivity.Tools ► Verify



Synchronizeschematicandlayout

• OpenPADSProfessionalLayoutfromPADSDXDesigner Tools ► PADS Professional Layout

• Select YestoForwardAnnotate

• SelectAllowAlpha-onlyreferencedesignatorsandRebuildlocallibrarydata,preservelocallybuiltdata.UnselecttheTraceremovaloptions.

• SelecttheForwardAnnotationRequiredbubble

• ReviewtheForwardAnnotation.txtlogifthereareerrors.CorrecttheerrorsuntilForwardAnnotationissuccessful.ReviewAppendixD:Commonissues

IfForwardAnnotationwassuccessful,thenrunBackAnnotation.

Thisconcludesthetranslationandsynchronizationprocess.



APPENDIX A: CREATE INI FILES FOR PROPER MOUNTING HOLE MIGRATION INTO THE LIBRARYIfmountingholesareusedintheAltiumdesign,inifilesmustbeeditedtoensurethatmountingholesarenotcreatedaspins.Youmustinitiallyopenandclosethetranslatorstogeneratetherequiredinifiles.

NOTE:ThisonlyneedstobedoneonceforanyVX.2install.

• InvokeaPCBCommandwindowUsingStart ► All Programs ► PADS Professional VX.2 ► Administrative Tools ► MGC PCB CMD VX.2.

• TypeAlt2padsinthecommandwindowandselecttheEnterkey.

• ClosetheTranslator

• Typeppcb2hkpinthecommandwindowandselecttheEnterkey

• Set the source design format to be PADS Layout Designs and Libraries

• Openthetranslatorandcloseitwithoutenteringanything.



EdittheiniFileswithMountingHoleinformation

Theinformationthatneedstobeaddedtotheinifilesisthemountingholepinnumberprefix.There isn’ta standardprefix inAtium. Thus youwill need to verifywhatmountingholepinnumberprefixtouseandeditthefilesaccordingly.NotmakingthesemodificationstotheinifilewillresultinthemountingholesbecomingNCpinsinthePDB.

• alt2pads.ini(PADSLayoutTranslator)

Thisfileislocated:“C:\MentorGraphics\PADSProVX.2\SDD_HOME\pads\win32\bin”.ThisfileiscurrentlynotaccessibleviaGUIandmustbemanuallyedited.

[ProtelMountingHoles]PinNumberPrefix=@@MHDECAL_NAME1="PIN_NUMBER1",PIN_NUMBER2"DECAL_NAME2="PIN_NUMBER1",PIN_NUMBER2"

• ppcb2hkp.ini

Thefileislocated:“C:\MentorGraphics\PADSProVX.2\SDD_HOME\pads\win32\bin”.ThisfileiscurrentlynotaccessibleviaGUIandmustbemanuallyedited.

[MountingHoles]PinNumberPrefix=@@MH



APPENDIX B: FILES SCHEMATIC TRANSLATOR CONFIGURATION

Altium.cnv (Symbol & Schematic Translator: Protel/Altium Designer to PADS DX DesignerIntegrated

This file is located C:\MentorGraphics\PADSProVX.2\SDD_HOME\standard\cnv\altium_dx.cnvandcanbechangedwiththeGUI.

• Illegalcharacters:

• Tominimizethechanceofencounteringproblems,therecommendedcharactersetforallobjectnames(identifiers)isA-Z,a-z,0-9and_(underscore).Thesecharacterscanbeusedconsistentlyforallnameswithoutanyproblems.Usingothercharactersincreasestheriskofencounteringaproblemduetovariouscharacterrestrictionsindownstreamtools,windows/Linuxfilenames,SQL,parsingdatawithregularexpressions,passingthenamesincommandlinearguments,accessingandmodifyingobjectsviaautomation.

• Symbolpartitionsneedtostartwithanalphacharacter

• NetsandGlobalpower/ground“Tap”Symbolscanuse+and–

• Foranofficiallistofnon-supportedcharactersets,pleasereview

• PADSLibraryToolsProcessGuide(Library,Object,andLibraryPartitionLimitations)

• PADSDXDesignerReferenceManual(IllegalCharactersinNameIdentifiers)



APPENDIX C: IMPORTING UNLINKED ALTIUM SCHEMATIC FILES

Altium handles schematics differently than PADSDXDesigner.With AltiumDesigner, eachschematic sheet is stored as a separate file and sheets are bound together by a project(.PrjPcb)file.PADSDXDesignerorganizesschematicswithmultiplesheetsasasinglefile.

Toconvertamultiple-sheetschematicdesignthatdoesn’tincludea.PrjPcbfile,selectjustthefirstAltiumschematicsheet(.SchDoc)andtranslateit.Then,keepingthePADSDXDesignerprojectopened,selectandtranslateeveryadditionalsheetindependently.

When importingamultiple-sheet schematic (more thanone .SchDoc) thatdoesnothaveaprojectfile(PrjPcb),alloftheschematicsheetswillbecomeindividualblocksbydefault.Particularlyforamultiple-sheet,non-hierarchicalschematic(liketheexamplebelow),itisbesttoconverteachblock intoa schematic sheet.Startwith thehighest-numberedsheetandworkyourwaybacktosheet1.Thelastsheetimportedwillbecometherootschematicsheet.

• RightclickonthelastsheetimportedandselectSetasRoottosetuptheboard.InthisexampleitisthePAGE_1block.

• Right-clickandRenametheboardandschematicitems.



• Open Setup ► Settings ► Navigator ► Sheets.SetDisplaySheetsoptiontoAlways.ThismakesthefirstsheetvisibleintheNavigatorwhichisusedtocopy/pastethesheets.

• Go to Setup ► Settings ► Advanced.TurnonthePreservePackaginginfoonCopyswitch.TurnoffUniquenamesoncopy.



• SelecttheOKbutton

• Expandthenextblocktoshowthesheetname

• Right-clickandchangethesheetnamefrom“1”to“2”

• Right-clickthesheetnamed“2”andcopyandpastethesheetintotheboardschematic.

• Repeatthisprocessuntileveryschematicsheetisrenamedandmovedintotheboardschematic.

• Right-clickanddeletetheblocks.



APPENDIX D: COMMON ISSUES

Packaging Errors

• Pin/Portnamemismatchbetweenparentblockandchildschematic.Thispinnotfoundinchildblock.

• Pushintotheoffendingblock,theconnectivitywillautomaticallyupdate.Verifytheblocksymbolandunderlyingportconnectivitymatch.

• ERROR:Inconsistentpartdata.ReferenceDesignator“”isonmorethanonesymbol

• IntheDxDesignerschematic,findallinstancesoftheREFDESreportedinthemessage.Eitherthepartnumbersareinconsistentormissing.CorrecttheinconsistencyoraddthemissingpartnumbersandrerunPackager.ThemessageincludestheUIDoftheconflictingcomponents.IfthepartsshouldhavedifferentREFDESvalues,runningPackagerusingtheoption:RepackageallsymbolswillreassigntheREFDESvaluesandeliminatetheerror.

• ERROR:Block,Page,Symbol$1I157:CellName‘'isnotavalidcellforPartNumber''.

• Verifythepartdefinitionhasthecorrectcellmapped.Usuallyallthatisneededistoaddthe alternative cell

Forward Annotation Errors

• ERROR:NovalidcellswerefoundforPartNumber"".ChangethePartNumberintheschematic,editthePartsDBandaddanexistingcellname,oraddamissingcelltotheCellDB.ThenrunForwardAnnotate.

Packagershouldcatchmosterrors,thoughyoumayrunintoerrormessagesconcerningPartandCellmapping.Verifythatthepartandcellaredefinedcorrectly.

Inthecasebelow,thePartDefinitionwaslinkedtoanalternativecellthatwasrenamed.SimplyDeletingtheCellandassigningtherenamedcellresolvedtheissue.



APPENDIX E: RETARGETING A TRANSLATED DESIGN TO WORK WITH THE CORPORATE LIBRARY

• OpentheschematicusingPADSDXDesigner

• Selectasymbol

• Usingthefindcommand(binocularicon),enterthesymbolnameandselecttheFINDALLbutton.



• SelecttheSelectItemsbuttoninthepop-upwindow

• HoveroveroneoftheselectedsymbolsandusetheRMBtogotoReplaceSymbol/Part

• Setthefollowingswitches• Preserve“RefDesignator”

• SymbolOnlyforReplacepart

• AllopensheetsforReplaceselection in

• Merge(schematicvaluewins)forPropertiesandvalues



• GotoPADSDatabookandselectthesamePartViewtab.Thenfindandselectthesamesymbolinthelibrarypartitionthatitresidesin.

• Insomecases,thesymbolnamemightbedifferent.Ifyoucan’tfindtheexactsymbolname,youwillneedtolookinthepartnumbertabtofindthesymbolthatwasusedinthelibraryforthispart.

• ThengobacktotheSymbolViewtabandfindthatsymbolandselectit.

• ItwillappearintheReplaceselectedsymbol(s)/part(s)withwindowoftheReplaceSymbolGUI.

• SelecttheReplacebutton



• Insomeinstances,thesymbolsmightbedifferent(asinthiscase).

• Noticethesquareconnectpointonthepinofthenewsymbols.

• Makesurethattheconnectionsstillexistbeforeforwardannotating

• SelecttheNeticonanddragfromtheconnectpointineitherdirectionofthelineorpin.Thiswillreconnectalltheconnectiononthatnet.

• NOTEthatthereplacesymbolfunctionremovedthepinnumbersfromthesingle-pinconnectorsymbols.Thisrequiresyoutoaddthecorrectpinnumbersbackonthesymbolsmanuallybeforeyourunthepackager.

• Repeatthisprocessforeverydifferentsymbolontheschematic.

• RunthePackagecommand.Makesurethattherearenotanyerrors.Youwantasuccessfulpackage.

• OpenPADSprofessionalandrunaforwardannotationintheProjectIntegrationwindow.



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