-
Altium Designer
：支援匯入
PADS Layout
及
OrCAD capture
的檔案
Altium Designer
的導入精靈：可以導入
PADS LayoutR
的設計，
包括：
PCB
及零件庫檔案，都可以處理。
導入精
靈：可以過濾繁雜的程序，經由分析並提供許多默認設置，
為：專案結構
(project
structure)
、版層映射
(layer
mapping)
、
PCB footprint
命名等等。
Translating
complete PADS LayoutR designs, including PCB files
and library files
can all
be handled by Altium Designer's Import Wizard.
The Import Wizard removes
much of the headache normally found with design
translation
by analyzing
your files and offering many defaults and
suggested settings for
project structure, layer mapping, PCB
footprint naming, and more.
Complete flexibility is found in all
pages of the Wizard, giving you as little or as
much control as
you would
like over the file translation settings, before
committing to the actual translation
process.
使用板層映射
(
Layer
Mapping
)
選項按鈕，從
PADS PCB
層到
Altium Designer
層。
Use the Layer
Mapping Options from the Edit Mapping button in
the Import Wizard to
associate PADS PCB layers to Altium
Designer layers.
使用導入精靈來導入
PADS
Layout
檔案
從
Altium
Designer
的檔案選單來啟動導入精靈。
右擊跳出選單，會每個頁面
-
一步步來引導您導入檔案。
The
Import Wizard can be launched from the Altium
Designer File menu.
Click
on this menu command to invoke the wizard. Right-
click pop-up menus are available
for
further control over the translation process
through each page of the wizard.
導入的檔案如下：
(Files
in the Import Wizard translate as follows)
(1) PADS ASCII PCB
Layout
（
*.
ASC
）檔案轉換到
Altium
Designer PCB
檔案（
*.
PcbDoc
）
PADS ASCII PCB Layout (*.ASC) files
translate to Altium Designer PCB files (*.PcbDoc)
(2) PADS ASCII PCB Library
檔案轉換到
Altium
Designer
的
PCB
library
檔案（
*.
PcbLib
）
PADS ASCII PCB Library files translate
as follows translate into Altium Designer PCB
library files (*.PcbLib)
(3)
這些檔案將自動建立成一個
Altium Designer
的
PCB
專案（
*.
PrjPCB
）。
These files will be grouped into an
Altium Designer PCB project (*.PrjPCB) that is
automatically created.
PADS PCB ASCII
檔案的
Layer Mapping (Layer
Mapping for PADS PCB ASCII Files)
All used PADS PCB layers must be mapped
to an Altium Designer layer prior to import
when using the Import
Wizard.
There are
additional options provided to control the
automatic creation of design rules,
missing vias and keep-out conversions
as well.
It should be noted about how
the layers are mapped on import for PCB designs.
Layer Mapping is simply a mapping
between the names of the PADS PCB layers and
Altium
Designer PCB layers.
Of course you can change as many
mappings as you want as only suggested default
mappings are given.
This
mapping is used by the Import Wizard to build the
layer mapping
for each PCB that can
then be individually customized.
The rationale here is that should you
wish to import ten PCB designs and
you want to map the layer Assembly 1 to
Mechanical Layer 1,
you
would not have to customize each of the ten PCB
designs in order to get the right layer
mapping.
The
advantage to importing in this manner is that
batch management of layer mapping
can
save a lot of time when importing multiple
designs.
In this instance, the default
layer mapping will be saved to your Preferences.
The disadvantage to using
this is that Default Layer Mapping is not always
intelligent
with differing
structures in designs, and so some manual changes
may be needed afterwards.
You'll need to decide what is best for
your situation.
Turning the Override
Pad Inner Value option on means that imported pads
will have their sizes on the midlayers
set to the largest size found.
使用導入精靈導入
OrCAD Capture
設計
(Using the Import Wizard for OrCAD
Capture
Designs)
If you are
using OrCAD Capture? Schematic files in
combination with your PADS Layout PCB
designs,
you can still use
the Import Wizard.
Files in the Import Wizard translate as
follows:
OrCAD
Capture
的（
*.
DSN
）檔案轉換到
Altium
Designer
的原理圖檔案。
每個頁面內
。
DSN
檔案
：
將被轉換成一個單一的
Altium Designer
的原理圖檔案
（
*.
SchDoc
）
。
OrCAD Capture (*.DSN) files translate
to Altium Designer schematic files.
Each page within a .DSN file will be
imported as a single Altium Designer schematic
file
(*.SchDoc).
DSN
檔案將被導入為一個原理圖庫（
*.
SchLib
）。
包括複雜的設計層次結構，都會保持不變。
Design caches within a .DSN file will
be imported as a schematic library (*.SchLib).
Design hierarchy is
maintained, including complex hierarchy
這些檔案將自動建立並組成一個
Altium Designer
的
PCB
專案（
*.
PrjPCB
）。
These
files will be grouped into an Altium Designer PCB
project (*.PrjPCB) that is
automatically created.
OrCAD library
檔案
.
轉換如下：
OrCAD library files
translate as follows:
(1)
OrCAD OLB
（原理圖庫）檔案將被轉換成
Altium Designer
的原理圖庫文件（
*.
SchLib
）
OrCAD OLB
(schematic library) files will be translated into
Altium Designer schematic library
files
(*.SchLib)
(2)
導入的
OrCAD library
會自動組合成一個
PCB
專案。
Translated
OrCAD libraries are automatically grouped into one
PCB project.
OrCAD
Capture
的
10.X *. DSN
檔案和專案檔案版本
.
無法識別的錯誤
OrCAD Capture 10.x *.DSN Files and
the Unrecognized Project File Version
Error
DSN
檔案：通常保存在
OrCAD
Capture
10.x
或更高的版本。
故請使用
Altium
Designer
Summer 09
(
或更新的版本
)
來支援
OrCAD Capture
10.x. *.
的
DSN
檔案格式。
若使用
Altium
Designer
較早期的版本，可能會出現一個無法識別的專案檔案版本錯誤。
The file format of *.DSN files changed
in OrCAD Capture 10.x. *.DSN files
saved normally in OrCAD Capture 10.x
and higher may be incompatible with
Altium Designer releases earlier than
Summer 09
(and also, it may be added,
with releases of OrCAD Capture earlier than 10.x).
Attempting to import a 10.x
*.DSN file into Altium Designer Winter 09 or
earlier may give you an
Unrecognized Project File Version
error.
如果你遇到這樣的問題，有兩種方法可以解決它：
If you encounter this problem, there
are two ways you can fix it:
(1) Altium Designer Summer 09 (
< br>或更新的版本
)
來支援
OrCAD Capture
的
10.x
的檔案格
式。
Upgrade to Altium Designer Summer 09
(or later), which recognizes the OrCAD Capture
10.x
file format.
(2) DSN
檔案去做降存
- OrCAD
Capture 10.x
的版本。
Resave the *.DSN file in OrCAD Capture
10.x in the older format.
要做到這這一點，確定
DSN
是在專案面板裡，選擇
OrCAD Capture
的
10.X
。
執行
File?
Save
As
。
To do this,
start OrCAD Capture 10.x, and make sure the DSN is
selected in the project panel.
Run
File?
Save
As
.
你
會看到一個小對話框說：刪除接腳名稱和編號。
(Remove Pin Name
and Number Movement)
此複選框將出現如果接腳名稱和號碼
(pin name
and numbers)
已經移至
10.x.
You will
see a small check box saying Remove Pin Name and
Number Movement.
This check box will
appear if pin name and numbers have been moved in
10.x.
檢查並保存
DSN
檔案。
該
DSN
檔案可以被導入至
Altium Designer
Summer 09
(
或更新的版本
)
Check it and save the DSN file. The DSN
file can now be imported into Altium Designer
Winter
09 and earlier.
Sheet Structure in OrCAD
Capture's Project Manager
Like Altium Designer, Capture supports
flat and hierarchical designs.
Both use a block-like symbol to define
sheet-to-sheet structure in a hierarchical design,
called a Sheet Symbol in
Altium Designer, and a Hierarchical Block in
Capture.
In both, the
symbol references the lower level schematic.
In Altium Designer this is simply
another schematic sheet; in Capture it can be more
complex.
Capture has another layer of design
partitioning that affects hierarchy.
In Capture there is a schematic, which
present as a folder icon in Capture's Project
Manager,
and there are
pages, which present as a schematic sheet icon.
Each Capture schematic can
be made up of one or more pages.
The Capture hierarchical block points
to the schematic below,
which means the block can actually
reference circuitry divided over multiple pages.
Typically a flat Capture
design is one schematic (folder), with the design
being drawn on
as many
pages as required in that schematic (folder).
For a hierarchical design,
the hierarchical block symbol
(or part with an attached schematic
sheet or model)
is the
mechanism used to partition the major functional
regions of a design.
For a
simple hierarchy, each hierarchical block, or part
with an attached schematic folder,
or
VHDL model, represents a unique design module.
The Hierarchy tab in OrCAD
Capture's Project Manager displays a simple
hierarchical design
as a tree of
schematic pages.