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C.1-F Release Notes
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B.4-F Release Notes
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Please note the following changes and new features for the B.4-F release:
1) Changes to the Falcon Framework Userware:
a) No changes have been added to the Falcon Framework Userware.
2) Changes to Design Architect Userware:
a) Added support for "component status".
b) $MGC_WD can now be used to define the company/project libraries:
% setenv MT_PROJECT_LIB_PATH = \$MGC_WD/project_libs
3) Changes to PCB Userware:
a) The optimizer is automatically set to off in FabLink. The following
function was added to $MT_HOME/userware/fablink/fab_area.ample :
function $user_init(), INDIRECT
{
$$optimizer(@off);
}
4) Changes to the shell commands:
a) Added -revert option to the install_userware command.
Please direct any question to support@eda.com.au
Olivier Danoy
B.3-F Release Notes
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Please note the following changes and new features for the B.3-F release:
1) Changes to the Falcon Framework Userware:
a) Added support to display help information using Netscape.
2) Changes to Design Architect Userware:
a) Added support for mt_lms_library_definition file to specify more accurately
existing company/project library structures.
3) Changes to PCB Userware:
a) No changes have been added to the PCB Userware.
4) Changes to the shell commands:
a) Added new options to the create_library_uw command.
b) Moved the install_userware and install_template commands to the
$MT_HOME/bin directory.
Please direct any question to support@eda.com.au
Olivier Danoy
B.2-F Release Notes
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Please note the following changes and new features for the B.2-F release:
1) Changes to the Falcon Framework Userware:
a) All documents opened in Bold Browser will be maximised automatically.
b) The shift left mousse button has been defined to move dialog boxes.
c) The control left mousse button has been defined to resize dialog boxes.
2) Changes to Design Architect Userware:
a) Support for the MGC_DATAPREP_DDMS environment variable has been added.
b) The format of the property_list file has been modified. Use the "update"
or "update_all" options to update the property_list to the new format.
c) The $save_sheet_as and $save_symbol_as functions have been overloaded to
open the newly saved schematic sheet or symbol.
d) The "Create Map File" command has now an option to create PINSETS.
e) An "Open Catalog File" and "Open Map File" commands have been added to
open and edit any catalog or mapping file. A "check" option can be used
to check for proper syntax in the mapping file.
f) Design viewpoint parameters can now be set, modified, deleted from the
design viewpoint using the "Set Design Viewpoint" command.
3) Changes to PCB Userware:
a) Support for the MGC_DATAPREP_DDMS environment variable has been added.
4) Changes to the shell commands:
a) The create_property_list command requires a new format.
Please direct any question to support@eda.com.au
Olivier Danoy
B.1-F Release Notes
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###############################################################################
# Mentor Technologies Australia
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Please note the following changes and new features for the B.1-F release:
1) Changes to the Falcon Framework Userware:
a) Using the shift double click left mousse buttom will now select an entry
within a dialog navigator entry box and execute the dialog box.
b) Help information is now provided under the Help > MT help pulldown menu.
2) Changes to Design Architect Userware:
a) All existing list box have been updated to enable double clicking to
execute a default action such as executing the dialog box.
b) The default check sheet and check schematic have been modified to check
automatically for un-named busses and duplicate bus names.
c) The Mentor Technologies symbol creation palette has been re-organised.
The Check and Save options are now located before the Create and View
options.
d) Net names will automatically be added to wide-pins on functional blocks.
e) Use the control tab key to display the set active window from list dialog
box.
f) The $MT_HOME/board_process directory is not being used anymore by the
Board Process utility. Instead of template reconcile_to_pcb file is
supplied under $MT_HOME/userware/CBP_config and can be used as a default
reconcile file. Please refer to the "Design Viewpoint Editor User's and
Reference Manual" for more information on the reconcile shell command.
g) The create design viewpoints utilities will now display a set of options
in the setup viewpoint for list box window which are taken from the
following directories:
$HOME/userware/dve
$MGC_HOME/etc/cust/dve/userware/default
$MGC_HOME/shared/etc/cust/dve/userware/default
$MGC_HOME/pkgs/dve/userware/default
A number of default viewpoint setups are supplied under
$MT_HOME/userware/dve/setup_vpt.dofile.
h) A connect to bus/bundle function has been added and can be used to
automatically connect a number of pins to an existing bus/bundle.
i) Please check the Setup > MT Preferences popup menu for some of the setups
you can define in Design Architect. In particular there is now an option
to automatically maximise a schematic or symbol window.
j) Please note that the variants option and MGC_DATAPREP_DDMS environment
variable are not supported at this stage. Support for these will be
added for the B.2 userware release.
3) New Personality Modules:
a) An xact_da Personality Module has been added and provides access to the
xact libraries without having to start pld_da.
Include this Personality Module if you're using the Xact design kit.
b) An altera_da Personality Module has been added and provides access to the
Altera libraries without having to start max2_da.
Include this Personality Module if you're using the Altera design kit.
4) Changes to PCB Userware:
a) If required a "Back-Annotate Design Viewpoint Before Build" option can be
added to the Build dialog box in order to back-annotate any interactive
changes to the design viewpoint before doing a Build. In order to display
this option you need to set the MT_BA_BUILD environment variable to TRUE:
% setenv MT_BA_BUILD TRUE
b) The breakout option in Librarian and Layout have been removed since
they are now fully supported by Librarian and Layout.
c) The "create component center location" functions in Layout and FabLink
have been modified to include the PART_NO information and can be used
to create the component center location information for step and repeat
panels. It supports as well jumpers but does not supports yet added
geometries and mechanical parts.
PLEASE NOTE: This function has not be fully tested. Please check the
component_location file before sending the file to the manufacturer.
d) The "add drill hole" prompt bars in Librarian and FabLink which were
overloaded previously have been commented out since there is now an
option to the "add drill hole" prompt bar to add the appropriate antipad
on the power layers.
e) Use the control tab key to display the set visible geometry window dialog
box.
5) Changes to the shell commands:
a) The create_library_uw command has been extensively modified and includes
many new options for the creation of the library palette. Please use
the -help option for more information on all new options.
b) The create_property_list command has been modified and requires a
different format for the component list. Please use the -help option
for more information.
b) You can use 'source $MT_HOME/bin/source_map' to create shell variables
for all location map entries.
c) The bold_server_mgr command has an option to specify the device pathname
of the cd-rom. The default pathnames are /dev/dsk/c201d1s0 for HP-UX and
/dev/sr0 for SunOS.
Please direct any question to support@eda.com.au
Olivier Danoy
A.4-F Release Notes
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## as a courtesy to our users. "freeware" is provided "as is" and Mentor ##
## Technologies makes no warranties with respect to "freeware", either ##
## expressed or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability ##
## or fitness for a particular purpose. ##
###############################################################################
# Mentor Technologies Australia
# support@eda.com.au
# (02) 9413 4600
Please note the following changes and new features for the A.4-F release:
1) Changes to Design Architect Userware:
a) The external variable symbol_property_list defined in da_window.ample has
been renamed digital_property_list.
b) A new external variable mt_sheet_numbering can be used to specify how to
number schematic sheets. If you need the reports created by the "create
report" userware to use your own sheet numbering set mt_sheet_numbering
to the property name used for the actual sheet numbering:
mt_sheet_numbering = "SHEET_NUM";
c) Every library palettes will now have scroll bars displayed automatically.
d) The select by property now accepts UNIX wildcard selection. This was
done by MGC and is supplied as is.
e) The default back-annotation name for simulation viewpoints is now sim_da
instead of default.
f) Strokes have been defined for vertical and horizontal flipping. The
strokes are UP-DOWN or DOWN-UP and LEFT-RIGHT or RIGHT-LEFT.
g) Panning can now be defined as a single click or double click using the
middle mouse button. The default is to double click to pan.
h) A new POWER_PINS property format is now available to display the power
pins. Instead of using the POWER_PINS property with all pins displayed,
the POWER_PINS property can be defined as an expression whose value will
be the concatenation of multiple POWER_PINSx properties.
2) Changes to Design Manager:
a) A new select retargetable libraries has been added to the configuration
window to select all retargetable libraries (defined by -t LIBRARY in
the location map) automatically.
b) A new retarget libraries has been added to the configuration window to
retarget all retargetable libraries (defined by -t LIBRARY in the
location map) automatically to the specified library.
3) Changes to the shell commands:
a) The create_vpt command has been removed.
b) The format of the file used by the create_property_list command has been
modified. Please use create_property_list -help for the new format.
4) Changes to PCB Userware:
a) Added popup menu items in Librarian to add ^$part, ^$comp, ^$geom,
^$prop() and ^$user= special text.
b) Modified the "create_power_pins_table" function to include the DEC_CAP
property value.
5) Documentation for the userware is available in postscript format on the ftp
ftp.eda.com.au under /pub/userware/documentation.
Please direct any question to support@eda.com.au
Olivier Danoy
A.3-F Release Notes
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## The following software is "freeware" which Mentor Technologies provides ##
## as a courtesy to our users. "freeware" is provided "as is" and Mentor ##
## Technologies makes no warranties with respect to "freeware", either ##
## expressed or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability ##
## or fitness for a particular purpose. ##
###############################################################################
# Mentor Technologies Australia
# support@eda.com.au
# (02) 9413 4600
Please note the following changes and new features for the A.3-F release:
1) The userware has been simplified in order to provide the user with fewer
options and menus.
Be careful as the userware is not fully backward compatible and might not be
useable in A.2-F or previous versions.
2) New environment variables:
a) MT_UW_STATUS FULL | CAD | SIM | LMS
% setenv MT_UW_STATUS FULL
This will let you access all menus from the Mt_da Personality Module.
This is the default option.
% setenv MT_UW_STATUS CAD
This will let you access only the menus that relate to PCB Design.
Use this option if you're using Design Architect for PCB design and
do not require the Simulation options of the Mt_da Personality Module.
% setenv MT_UW_STATUS SIM
This will let you access only the menus that relate to ASIC/FPGA Design.
Use this option if you're using Design Architect for ASIC/FPGA design and
do not require the PCB options of the Mt_da Personality Module.
% setenv MT_UW_STATUS LMS
This will let you access only the menus that relate to LMS. Use this
option if you're using DA LMS.
b) MT_BPL_STATUS FULL | NONE
% setenv MT_BPL_STATUS FULL
Use this if you want your symbols to be compatible with the BPL library.
3) Changes to Design Architect Userware:
a) The LMBS2 (Shift Left Mouse Button Double Click) is now defined to
display the modify properties dialog box. This applies to instances,
nets, properties and text.
The LMBC2 (Control Left Mouse Button Double Click) is now defined to
display the change the symbol view dialog box.
b) The strokes $stroke_456 and $stroke_654 (close window) have been removed.
The MMB (Middle Mouse Button) is now defined to do a $view_centered
instead of just activating the window.
If you still wish to use those to close the active window just redefine
the strokes in your own Personality Module.
c) The following 3 functions have been removed:
mt_get_library_wrapper (use mt_choose_symbol_wrapper)
mt_add_discrete_symbol_wrapper (use mt_add_or_replace_instance)
mt_get_design_lib_path (use mt_get_design_path(@design_lib))
Please change your own userware/palette accordingly.
d) Rename all the da_session.startup files to da_session.dofile in your
own Personality Modules.
e) If the " Sheet Borders" item under the Edit pulldown in the
Schematic editor does not appear anymore you might need to add to your
dofile <$CUST_HOME>/userware//userware/default/schematic.dofile
the following line:
$insert_menu_item($menu_context_item("($in_edit_mode)", " Sheet Borders",,,, "_setup_popup"),, "sheet_edit_pulldown", @before, "Update");
f) The Design-Wide Edits "create report" userware has been changed and takes
much longer to sort the specified reports. This will be fixed in A.4-F.
It has a new sort option called zone which you can use to get the zone
location of all instances on your schematic sheets. The zone will be of
one of XY-S, YX-S, S-XY or S-YX. X being the X axis label (number ie 3),
Y being the Y axis label (letter ie D) and S being the sheet number.
Zone calculation will be done according to the BLOCK, CORNER (TL),
XZONES (12) and YZONES (8) properties on your schematic sheets. If the
BLOCK property is missing the border will be defined by the sheet extent.
Refer to the SRP User's and Reference Manual for more information on
sheet zone numbering.
4) New Personality Modules:
a) An lmc_da Personality Module has been added and provides an option to
change the timing version of a component without having to display the
LMC Palette.
Include this Personality Module if you're using the LMC library.
b) An accuparts_da Personality Module has been added and provides an access
to some utilities that were be accessed through the Analog Libraries
Palette. It is now possible to change/edit/view models and variants by
using the main popup menus.
Include this Personality Module if you're using the Accuparts library.
5) Changes to PCB Userware:
a) The breakout option in Librarian and Layout have been removed since it is
now fully supported by Librarian and Layout.
b) Librarian now supports multiple COMPONENT_INSERT_CENTER attributes as
well as the COMPONENT_INSERT_ANGLE attribute. Those will be used in
Layout and FabLink when generating the component center location file
used for pick and place.
c) The "create component center location" function in Layout and FabLink
does not use the cloc_file anymore. Geometries must have the attribute
COMPONENT_INSERT_CENTER specified in order to locate the geometric center
of the geometries. The output file is now called component_location and
is still located in the mfg directory.
6) Changes to the shell commands:
a) The create_mgc_library_uw command has been combined with the
create_library_uw command. Use create_library_uw -name MGC instead of
create_mgc_library_uw.
b) The create_property_list command can now create property_list for all the
components in a library as well as individual components.
c) A new source_map command has been added and will create environment
variables from the location map.
To use it, just type "source $MT_HOME/bin/source_map".
Please direct any question to support@eda.com.au
Olivier Danoy
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