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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 | Error Messages |
| 3.2 | Pin Attributes |
| 3.3 | Settings |
| 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 | Insertion Data Output |
| 7 | CAM View |
| 7.1 | General |
| 7.2 | Gerber Data |
| 8 | Utilities |
| 8.1 | LISTDDB |
| 8.2 | LOGLIB |
| 8.3 | USERLIST |
| 9 | Bartels User Language |
| 9.1 | General |
| 9.2 | User Language Compiler |
| 9.3 | Index Variable Types |
| 9.4 | System Functions |
| 9.5 | 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.
The Bartels AutoEngineer software can be operated on Microsoft Windows 7 operating systems.
The Bartels AutoEngineer software has been made available for the SUNSolaris/OpenSolaris operating system on X86 hardware (Intel and/or AMD processors).
Mouse clicks which are intended to set the focus to BAE windows which don't have focus (or are not on top of the screen) are not triggering any internal BAE function anymore. I.e., it is now possible to set the focus to a BAE window by clicking into the BAE window graphic workarea without also triggering the last BAE menu function or a BAE context function.
The option for action a tree view function menu at the left or right of the BAE window has been added to the / function and the BAE logo in the toolbar. It is possible to open different tree view submenus. This simplifies tasks which require the frequent activation of submenu functions.
Right-clicking a submenu item fully expands and/or collapses the selected submenu.
The parameter which can be set through / is considered when selecting tree view menu entries. This allows for menu interactions similar to those of the old BAE side menu where the focus automatically switches between graphic area mouse cursor and menu cursor, however, with the added benefit that tree view submenus stay open for subsequent submenu function selections.
After executing a menu function, the input focus stays in the graphic workarea to ensure that the BAE hotkey functionality stays active. The interaction sequence code
#9053 can be used to set the input focus to the menu tree window. With this feature, the system can be fully operated through the keyboard if a hotkey is programmed accordingly.
The module-specific width and position of the tree view menu are stored together with the BAE window position and size to allow for each module to restore its tree view menu in subsequent sessions.
The file selection menus have been modified to display an error message if the length of the selected file name exceeds the maximum BAE file name length of 200 characters.
Activating the file selection dialog in the Windows version triggered a redraw of the parent/background BAE window. To eliminate unnecessary delays caused by redrawing the currently loaded element, the screen redraw is now suspended until the file and element name selection is completed.
Schematic sheet and layout preview options have been added to the DDB file element selection dialogs. On default, these previews are deactivated to avoid long response times for large SCM sheet and/or layout elements.
The and functions for editing traces and polygons have been modified to display a dashed center line for the segment side in edit direction. This indicates the edit direction before picking a polygon point and simplifies the start point selection for subsequent edit operations.
A marker indicating permitted angle directions is displayed at polygon corner points with angle lock settings. This helps to identify segment sides with correct angle directions without having to move the mouse. The parameter can be set through / . The default mode is for adjusting the angle direction to the segment side which has its segment corner closer to the pick point. The mode changes the angle direction according to the crosshair graphic cursor position relative to the input grid. The mode sets the angle direction dynamically to the segment side which has its segment corner closer to the pick point. The mode keeps the angle direction in line with the edit direction (which is basically according to the behaviour prior to BAE Version 7.2).
The polygon and trace edit context menu function has been assigned to the m key.
The polygon and trace edit context menu function has been assigned to the l key.
The and polgygon editing functions have been modified to display the connection line from the circle center point to the arc start point in addition to the arc. This provides better guidance for certain tasks such as setting the circle center point at a right angle to the arc start point with fine input grid settings.
Multi-column name selection list boxes sometimes only displayed a single column even if there was enough space for multiple columns. This problem has been fixed.
The
Motif versions of the BAE software have been updated to save dialog window positions for the current and subsequent BAE sessions. The dialog box configurations are saved in the
baexwin.dat file.
The
EFAUTOSAVE_STD parameter for activating an autosave facility without user prompt for the
and
functions has been added to
bae.ini. This can be useful when systematically editing a series of library elements.
A new feature for recovering project files after program crashes due to memory access violations has been added. When a memory access violation occurs, the system now aks the user whether it should try to recover and save the last project state before calling the function which caused the error. It is strongly recommended to make a backup copy of the project file before starting the recovery as there is a possiblilty that the program crash may have caused inconsistencies in the project data structure to be recovered and/or saved.
The Ctrl-A key function for marking edit field contents has been added to the text edit controls of the BAE dialog boxes to allow for quickly copying edited text to the clipboard with subsequent Ctrl-C keystrokes.
A new function has been added to the BAE dialog windows which allows for the content of selection lists to be copied to the clipboard by pressing the Ctrl-C key if the selection box has the mouse input focus. Each selected and unselected list entry of single-column or multi-column selection lists is stored in a separate output line in the clipboard. Please not the difference between selection list boxes and report output text boxes. The content of report output text boxes still has to be marked with Ctrl-A before it can be copied to the clipboard with Ctrl-C.
The function has been modified to distinguish between left and right mouse button clicks when selecting the first zoom window point. Clicking the right mouse button considers the selected position as zoom window center point and renders a symetric zoom rectangle around this point when selecting the second position.
A control element for scrolling the current view in arbitrary directions by positioning the mouse in the desired direction within the control element circle has been added at the junction point of the vertical and horizontal scrollbars of the BAE graphic workarea. A line from the current window center to the new window center point is dynamically displayed when positioning the mouse in the scroll circle. The scroll operation is triggered by clicking the left mouse button.
The new interaction sequence/code
#9054 can be used to implement a function for directly setting a display zoom factor. A command sequence such as
#9054:"6.0" can be used to set a specific zoom factor for, e.g., screen shots.
The
and
buttons for displaying and setting the current input and display grids have been added to the toolbar. The
TB_INPGRID_STD and
TB_BACKGRID_STD parameters for deactivating these buttons have been added to the
bae.ini file.
The context menu function sometimes selected the wrong element. This problem has been fixed.
The context functions for left mouse button rectangle selections were processing both traces and vias according to the element parameter settings for . This behaviour has been changed. The rectangle context functions are now distinguishing between context pick element parameters for and context pick element parameters for .
The information display which can be activated by pressing down the Ctrl key when hovering the graphic cursor over an element has been modified to display the element information to the left of the selected element if there is not enough space for displaying this information to the right of the selected element.
The system limits for maximum text and attribute value lengths have been increased from 40 to 200 characters.
Prior to
BAE Version 7.2.013, a
was issued when elements with texts or attribute values longer than 40 characters were imported. Please note that the
Packager automatically sets
$orgname part attributes which could have exceeded the 40 character limit if a layout part is compiled from multiple schematic symbols.
The
/ function and the
dialog buttons have been modified to save modified parameter settings to a user-specific parameter file with the name
baeuser.ini instead of the
bae.ini parameter file if such a
baeuser.ini file exists.
Missing rule definitions in a project could cause certain functions to abort with error messages, even if the function did not depend on the missing rule. The system has been modified to display a verfication prompt together with the error message in such cases to enable the user to either abort the function or to ignore the rule system error.
The tilde character was inconsistently considered a valid or invalid character by different functions for checking part names, net names, etc. This behaviour has been changed. The tilde character is now generally considered a valid character in names.
The
and
functions for exporting and importing SQL tables in
.csv (Comma-Separated Values) format have been added to the
/ submenu. The export function creates an output line for each database entry using the semicolon as field separator. The first two output file lines contain the filed names and the field data types. The import function uses the base input file name (without path and file name extension) as destination table name. If the destination file already contains a table with the same name, then the system asks the user whether the import data should be added to the table or whether the destination table should be replaced.
The SQL table import and export functions can be facilitated if BAE SQL table are created and/or updated using third party tools such as Microsoft Excel.
The following elements have been added to the symbol and part libraries supplied with the BAE software:
| Library | Type | Elements |
|---|---|---|
| ROUTE | Symbol | att_diffpair, tag_netpins_diffpair, tag_nets_diffpair |
| PDFPAGE | Layout | partlist_cntnames_sep |
The
parameter for automatically shrinking element boundaries when saving SCM elements has been added to the
bae.ini file. The element boundaries are set to the next millimetre grid (except for markers).
is an optional parameter. On default, the system does not change element boundaries when saving SCM elements.
The / function has been added to the right mouse button context menu when activated to the bottom left of the current workarea, and the / function has been added to the right mouse button context menu when activated to the right top of the current workarea.
The element report which is displayed through the 1 key or the toolbar button has been modified to display the sheet description and orientation with the if the element size matches a standard sheet size such as . This information can be used to check whether the currently loaded schematic sheet can be printed or plotted without scaling.
The / submenu has been added with functions for directly renaming DDB file elements without having to use and command sequences.
The option activates a dialog for simultaneously changing the names and editing the element comments of all schematic sheets in a DDB file. and are provided for incrementing and/or decrementing the numeric parts of all schematic sheet names in the button row and below. This simplifies the insertion and/or removal of numbered schematic sheets enormously. The button can be used to convert function-specific sheet names to numeric sheet names without losing the function descriptions.
The / / / function has been extended to include the logical library definitions of the symbol macros when copying schematic sheets.
Possible symbol name conflicts in cases where the destination project file already contains schematic sheets are resolved by automatically renaming and/or renumbering affected symbols using their symbol name patterns.
The functions for deleting DDB file elements did not delete corresponding element comments. Such obsolete element comments could still be displayed through text definitions such as
$pltecomment:planname and could cause the display of wrong project page counts through
$pltpagecnt text definitions. This problem has been fixed.
The option has been added to the / function to allow for the deletion of logical netlists. This is useful if imported net lists need to be deleted in order to replace them by a schemtic drawing or in situations where a netlist is causing Packager errors because it was accidentially re-imported with a different name.
The option of the / function has been renamed to to avoid any confusion with the new option.
The variant name input control in the variant selection dialog of the
/ function has been modified to select the variant after the currently active variant when entering
+ and to select the variant before the currently active variant when entering
-. These inputs can also be facilitated in key programming sequences and in user-specific menu function and toolbar button definitions. This allows for command sequences such as
scmvar:"+":sl0 and
scmvar:"-":sl0 to be implemented for quickly stepping through variants.
The
/ / for replacing project file rule definitions with the corresponding rule definitions from the central rule database file
brules.vdb has been added. This function can be used to update project-specific rule definitions after re-compiling rule definition updates in the central rule definition database.
The has been modified to set the to the import project. This prevents the import function from incorrectly substituting label macros which are defined with a standard label name in the import file.
The
SYMGRPLIB_SCM and
SYMGRPNAME_SCM parameters for specifying a symbol group which is automatically placed at the symbol origin when importing symbols with
(and
) have been added to
bae.ini. This is useful if special features such as symbol part number attributes are facilitated in BAE for which there is no corresponding data in the imported files.
The
sbaedmp.ulp ULP program which is provided in the
eagleulp directory of the BAE CD has been modified so that it can be activated in the
Eagle library editor.
sbaedmp.ulp exports all symbols and labels from the currently active
Eagle library.
The / function has been extended to list the number of open and/or unconnected pin contact areas on the currently loaded schematic plan. This helps to check whether all pin are connected when working with white screen background.
Antenna highlights and unconnected pin contact areas have been added to the reference listings created by the / / function. Pin and/or connection segment coordinates are included with these listing entries for easy location.
The button for activating a Packager run with subsequent dialog box update has been added to the dialog box of the / function. The dialog and the Schematic Editor are deactivated during the Packager run.
The report which is displayed through the 1 or the toolbar button has been modified to display the symbol name pattern of the currently loaded symbol macro.
The / / submenu with the and functions for displaying the symbol name patterns of a selectable SCM library file sorted by name patterns or symbol names has been added.
The
/ / / function has been modified to allow for the substitution of name patterns at fixed positions in symbol names. Thus it is possible to rename, e.g.,
r600,
r601,
c600 and
c606 in one go to
r700,
r701,
c700 and
c706 by replacing
6 with
7 at the second symbol name character position.
The
function has been modified to ignore modified elements to prevent endless loops and/or name length errors when substituting, e.g.,
a with
aa at the end of names.
The function has been modified to list any duplicate project symbol names at the end of the cleanup process. Duplicate project symbol names can be created when merging schematic sheets from older BAE versions. Unlike the Packager which includes only the last symbol and sheet name with duplicate symbol name error messages, the function lists all schematic sheets containing duplicate project symbol names.
The p key symbol properties utilities sometimes transferred certain symbol properties such as the plot visibility to referencing tag symbols instead of the processed symbol. This problem has been fixed.
The for placing pins on symbol level using the text from the clipboard as pin name and/or for placing labels on plan level using the clipboard text as label/net name has been added to the / menu. The name text is clipped at the first blank or when the maximum name length is reached.
The
/ / function for symbols and labels with variant-specific attributes and/or plot visibility settings has been modified to consider the
VARATTRCHK_SCM parameter from the
bae.ini parameter. This allows to prevent the system from including variant-specific data with symbol and/or label copies.
The pick performance for symbol selections and info queries with pressed Ctrl key has been improved. This improvement is most noticable in large schematic sheets with active variant.
The button for placing pins with pin names derived from mouse-selectable texts has been added to the / dialog. This is useful after importing DXF symbol drawings where pins are implemented with graphic and text rather than pin macros. The option can be used to carry out multiple operations without having to re-activate this function between individual pin placement operations.
The / / / function has been added for assigning the symbol pin mode which controls symbol pin movement, symbol pin rotation and symbol pin mirroring on schematic sheet level to all group-selected pins of the currently loaded symbol.
The
/ / function has been converted into a submenu with the
default function and the new
function for generating FPGA symbols from a symbol pin description file. The symbol pin description file is a CSV (Comman-Separated Values) file with semicolon-separated pin description entries. New parameter definitions for automatic symbol text and attribute assignments and logical library definitions have been added to
bae.ini.
The / / function which can also be activated by pressing the e key has been modified to support the placement of labels using a list of label names imported through the button after selecting the mode.
The
NOPLCPVIS_SCM parameter for controlling the way in which the system automatically correlates symbol plot visibility settings with the current
$noplc attribute value setting has been added to the
bae.ini file.
Previously, plot visibility changes were transfered to the
$noplc attribute value, but
$noplc attribute value changes did not affect the plot visibility settings. The default
NOPLCPVIS_SCM setting correlates
the plot visibility with the
$noplc attribute value and vice versa. The
NOPLCPVIS_SCM parameter is considered by the group functions and by all symbol functions for modifying attribute values and plot visibilities.
Changes to the
$noplc value of the base variant are now also transferred to plot visibility settings of variants without
$noplc value assignment. This ensures consistent settings for the plot visibilities and
$noplc values of all variants.
The function has been modified to focus automatically on the edit field of a pick position symbol attribute, thus simplifying attribute selections and reducing the time required for single attribute value changes.
A control element for activating a text info field for displaying the logical library definition of the selected SCM symbol has been added to the / / function. The logical library definition is retrieved from the standard layout library which is selected through the BAE setup.
The symbol selection dialog of the / / function which can also be activated through the Ctrl-F key did not always display all attribute values if the numeric symbol list order was different from the alphabetic symbol list order. This problem has been fixed. Attribute values are now always displayed for the whole project and all symbols.
The has been modified to display a symbol selection menu rather than the first schematic symbol match if the selected layout part consists of multiple schematic symbols. Once a schematic symbol is selected from that list, + and - buttons are provided for stepping through the symbols which are packed into the selected layout part.
The net name column of the / / output has been modified to display Packager assigned layout net names with the original SCM net names if the layout net name is different from the SCM net name. This allows for unnamed or merged net names to be traced to the layout.
A column for displaying
newattr pin attribute values (e.g., ERC pin types) has pin added to the symbol pin table output of the
/ / function. Please note that a
Packager run is required for the
newattr pin attribute to be set.
The function for loading the documentation for the part number of a mouse-selectable symbol is now also available through the function of the right mouse button symbol context menu.
The
/ / / function has been modified to support the assignment of the
sym_docu (symbol document file)
predicate to SCM symbols on SCM macro level. This allows for the definition of external symbol document file references without part number references in the symbol databases. Please note however that the symbol database document file reference has priority over the
sym_docu symbol macro predicate.
The symbol pool window can now be activated as modeless dialog using the new / function. This allows for the placement of symbol pool symbols without having to re-activate the symbol database between symbol placement operations. The symbol pool and the symbol database selection dialog can be activated simultaneously, thus allowing for the content of the symbol pool to be viewed during the selection of new database symbols for the symbol pool.
The part list output of the / / function has been modified to include total symbol type counts in the symbol type section headers (e.g., the total number of resistors on a schematic sheet).
The
PLPNUPPER_SCM and
PLPMUPPER_SCM parameters for forcing uppercase symbol names and/or symbol macro names when creating part list outputs with the
/ / function have been added to the
bae.ini file.
The option for processing all DDB files of a selectable library directory and all its subdirectories has been added to the / / function.
The
option for substituting symbol name patterns such as
ic* with other patterns such as
u* has been added to the
batch function of the
function.
A new text field with logical library example definitions and copy/paste functionality has been added to the function. The button has been added for displaying the loglib command documentation.
The function terminated with an error message when graphically assigning pins to single-pin layout macros. This problem has been fixed.
The symbol logic suggestion provided with the button of the part macro selection contained empty pin commands for symbols without pins. Such empty pin commands are now omitted to allow for direct compilation of the symbol logic suggestion without further editing.
Pins with in their pin names caused invalid symbol logic suggestions in the tabular and graphical pin assignments interfaces. This Problem has been fixed.
The
NOPLCCHK_SCM parameter setting in the
bae.ini file could cause the system to issue redundant error messages about inconsistencies of
$noplc attribute values when creating variants with variant data transfers. This problem has been fixed.
Under Windows, the / / function always displayed a error message after selecting a library directory. This problem has been fixed.
Bus tap names and/or connections names are now displayed after selecting bus taps or connections with the right mouse button to allow for the recognition of erroneous selections before selecting a context function.
Net highlights for unnamed nets are now preserved when changing between different schematic sheets of a project.
The
BAE HighEnd cross-highlight function has been modified to synchronize SCM net highlights for unnamed layout nets if the
Layout Editor net highlight was activated prior to changing to the corresponding schematic sheet. The crosshighlight screen redraw performance for unnamed nets and nets with
$netname names and many pins has been increased significantly.
The algorithm for re-routing symbol and group connections sometimes considered invisible rotation-specific symbol texts and net range areas as obstacles. This problem has been fixed.
Connection segments with bus taps are now considered to be fixed when rerouting bus connections to labels. This prevents the system from accidentially losing bus taps when modifying.
The signal router has been modified to create dotted lines with the group name
open for connections which can not be re-routed when making complex modifications to the symbol or group placement.
The used to delete both connections when selecting one of two connections connecting the same pin at a right angle. This behaviour has been changed. The connection leaving the pin in a different direction will not be deleted anymore.
The function for creating bus connections without having to go through the function has been added to the menu.
Bus taps can now not only be selected by clicking the bus tap pin contact area but also by clicking bus tap graphics and/or bus tap texts. This simplifies bus tap selections significantly.
The function has been modified to select the bus connection before displaying the dialog with the bus tap name list of the selected bus, thus eliminating the need to go through the button of the bus tap name dialog.
The function has been modified to use the selected symbol pin name as bus signal name if a symbol pin is selected prior to the bus. If the selected symbol pin is positioned within the coordinate range of the selected bus segment, then the system automatically places the bus tap on the bus and connects the symbol pin with the bus tap. This simplifies symbol pin to bus connections significantly if both pin name and bus signal name are the same.
If a text instead of a bus is first selected after activating the function, then the name of the text string is used for subsequent bus tap placements. This is useful when processing schematic plans which were imported from DXF.
Activating for the causes the system now to display bus tap names instead of bus names to allow for adjacent bus taps to be safely identified during selection.
Previously, the system only issued an error message when trying to save a schematic sheet with bus and bus tap name combinations exceeding the maximum length of 40 characters. Now, a popup info window listing the bus and bus tap names which are causing the problem is activated instead. The maximum name length is now also checked when setting or changing bus tap names. I.e., the maximum name length limit can now only be exceeded when subsequently naming or renaming busses.
The and options of the / / / function have been modified to optionally support the renaming of bus taps instead of net name labels to allow for project-wide bus tap renaming.
The function has been added to the menu and to the areas context menu which can be activated through the right mouse button.
Due to rounding errors, the / sometimes created corner arcs in the wrong direction when generating vertical rectangles with rounded corners. This problem has been fixed.
The matrix origin for group element matrix placements is now set to the first group placement coordinate rather than the element origin to provide better visual guidance for group matrix placement operations.
The , and functions for labelling coordinates have been added to the / / submenu. Coordinate labels are created by placing a text which displays the coordinates of the first selected position. The and functions restrict the text placement to the X and/or Y position of the labelled coordinate.
Clicking the right mouse button during the selection of the coordinate label point activates a measurement line which will be drawn from the coordinate label point to the label text. It is also possible to set a measurement origin different from the element origin. The selected measurement origin stays active until a new element is loaded.
New
bae.ini parameters for setting default values for label text size, measuring line display and coordinate units suffix have been added to
bae.ini.
When drawing arcs, the current arc angle is now displayed as text at the graphic cursor, thus assisting in correctly setting specific angles such as 90 degrees even if a very fine input grid is selected.
The polygon property dialog which can be activated through the p key has been modified to display arc center points with arc angle span in addition to the arc type and the arc radius, the latter of which is now displayed in a separate dialog box line.
The
function has been modified to support multiple areas when importing polygons defined with the
HATCH DXF command.
The / / function sometimes skipped areas touching the upper edge of the bitmap. This problem has been fixed.
New options for center-aligning texts horizontally or vertically have been added to the text properties dialog which can be activated by pressing the p during text placement operations. These options are useful when placing symbol pin texts.
The function for placing texts from the Windows clipboard has been added to the / menu. The automatically recognizes and creates multiline texts.
The / function which can also be activated through the Ctrl-V key automatically checks whether the clipboard contains a BAE group or a text and activates the appropriate placement operation.
The / and / functions did not consider existing symbol names in the destination file when saving to a file different from the current DDB file. This could cause unintentional attribute value substitutions in the destination file. A warning message/prompt has been added to the / function to allow for the commonly desired cancellation of this operation in such cases. The / has been modified to handle such situations by copying the current schematic plan to the clipboard and then performing an / operation which fixes symbol name conflicts by automatically renaming symbols according to their symbol name patterns and then copying the modified clipboard content to a new schematic sheet in the destination file.
Some of the functions from the / / submenu carried out redundant drawing operations. This problem has been fixed, thus improving the performance of group selection functions.
The dialog boxes for selecting and/or deselecting symbols through attribute value have been modified to allow for the selection of multiple attribute values and the specification of attribute value patterns. Only those values which don't have the desired selection mode are displayed. This also allows for checking different attribute value combinations through multiple consecutive selection and/or deselection queries.
The function for selecting and/or deselecting polygons by type have been added to the / / group selection menus.
The / / / function for selecting symbols by attributes has been modified to support not only base variant attribute selections but also currently active variant attribute selections.
The entry for querying symbols without attribute value assignment has been added to the attribute value selection menus.
The
/ function with the
mode and the
mode has been added.
causes the system to redraw texts and connections during group placement operations.
causes the system to redraw texts and connections only when the mouse pointer stops during group placement operations. The
parameter for setting the default group display mode has been added to the bae.ini file.
The button for selecting RGB values from the BAE color table has been added to the color input dialog of the / / / function for assigning PDF output colors to elements. Upon completion, the function reports the number of processed elements together with the assigned RGB value in the status line.
The and functions have been modified to assign new unique element group ids for new multiline texts and distance labels to ensure that these elements can subsequently be edited as separate entities.
The function for converting group-selected graphic lines into connections has been added to the / menu. This feature is useful after importing schematic plans from DXF format which draws connections as graphic lines.
PDF batch definitions have been modified to support colon-enclosed output sort order number prefixes for layer level names. This allows for output layers to be sorted independently from layer level names. The sort order prefixes are not included in any layer level name output.
The and parameters for selecting and/or deseleting pages have been added to the EPS/PDF output functions for automatically generating outputs for all SCM sheets and/or elements of a project. Only SCM sheets or elements matching the and not matching the are selected for output. This also allows for the selection of a specific (unloaded) project SCM sheet by specifying its full name through the option.
Plot parameter changes are now triggering element save prompts when subsequently loading a different schematic sheet. This prevents the system from "silently" substituting plot parameter settings with last saved plot parameters if multi-sheet plot batches are carried out.
The
Packager has been modified to restrict the length of special attributes which are referring to reference and macro names (e.g.,
$rpname) to the system's maximum name length of 40 characters. An exception to this are alternative part macro lists
([macro1,macro2,...]) which can be assigned through the
$plname attribute. The alternative part macro name list can extend to a total length of 200 characters with individual list entries restricted to a length 40 characters.
The Packager has been modified to check prior to the processing of logical netlists whether symbols referenced from that net list were modified/saved after the corresponding schematic sheet was modified/saved and issues a warning message in that case as symbol symbol pin names and/or symbol pin positions may have changed since the schematic sheet was last changed.
The option sometimes reported incorrect layout part pin names for parts consisting of different symbols back to the SCM if the layout part macro was not defined in the library. This problem has been fixed.
The function for loading Packager parameter sets from the central library has been modified to automatically save such parameter sets in the project file for subsequent Packager runs. Previously, these parameter sets where only saved subject to modification and confirmation.
The / submenu has been added with functions for directly renaming DDB file elements without having to use and command sequences.
New control elements for including passive and/or active copper areas in the Mincon generation with options have been added to the / dialog. The default settings only consider trace and split power plane corners.
The performance of the Mincon generation function with options has been significantly improved for large copper-filled layouts.
The entry has been added to the / layer selection. sets the top layer to signal layer 2 and prompts for the number of inside layers to be configured. This allows for to be used for pad definitions even if the top layer is assigned to signal layer 2. In that case, the are assigned to signal layer 3 and above.
The toolbar color selection controls have been adapted to indicate the "highest" used signal layer by inverting the lower part of the layer button.
The setting for exclusively limiting element picks to the pick preference layer has been added to the option of the / function. The setting can be used during layer-specific operations to prevent the user from accidentially picking and/or processing elements from other layers.
Arc center points outside the surrounding rectangle of a trace or area were not selectable and/or could not be picked in coordinate snap mode. This problem has been fixed.
The
parameter for automatically shrinking element boundaries when saving layout elements has been added to the
bae.ini file.
is an optional parameter. On default, the system does not change element boundaries when saving layout element elements.
The / function has been added to the right mouse button context menu when activated to the bottom left of the current workarea, and the / function has been added to the right mouse button context menu when activated to the right top of the current workarea.
The option for processing all DDB files of a selectable library directory and all its subdirectories has been added to the / / function.
The variant name input control in the variant selection dialog of the
/ function has been modified to select the variant after the currently active variant when entering
+ and to select the variant before the currently active variant when entering
-. These inputs can also be facilitated in key programming sequences and in user-specific menu function and toolbar button definitions. This allows for command sequences such as
gedvar:"+" and
gedvar:"-" to be implemented for quickly stepping through variants.
The
/ / for replacing project file rule definitions with the corresponding rule definitions from the central rule database file
brules.vdb has been added. This function can be used to update project-specific rule definitions after re-compiling rule definition updates in the central rule definition database.
The
bae.ini entries for converting
Eagle layout data through
only included layer conversion settings for
Eagle documentary layers. However, it is also possible to convert
Eagle signal layer structures for pads and traces through additional
signal layer entries.
The
option for importing the
projectname_s.dmp,
projectname.def and
projectname_l.dmp project import files for schematic plans, logical library definitions and the project layout has been added to the
function. The system automatically switches between program modules as required, and the user might only have to confirm warning messages issued during the
Packager run. Only the
projectname_l.dmp import/input file has to be selected, and the system automatically retrieves the other import file names from that.
The
lbaedmp.ulp ULP program which is provided in the
eagleulp directory of the BAE CD has been modified so that it can be activated in the
Eagle library editor.
lbaedmp.ulp exports all parts, padstacks and pads from the currently active
Eagle library.
For layouts with large numbers of parts, the performance of the procedures for loading the layout and transferring the part placement status to the schematic plan has been significantly improved. These improvements are most noticable in the Windows version.
The / dialog for BAE windows which are wide enough to display both signal and docuementary layers has been modified to display the name of the currently loaded color table and the buttons , and for loading and saving color table settings. The and buttons can be used to step through the list of available color tables.
The
/ for querying net element data has been modified to display DRC block numbers and/or DRC block names in the
Mindist. field.
In addition to that, the net element query function now also appends slash-separated net type information to the net names of queried net elements.
The parameter for optionally setting the text size for displaying distances between error elements at the top left of distance violation marker rectangles has been added to the / dialog. The default value for this parameter is 0.0 for suppressing the distance text display.
The and filter functions for optionally excluding DRC errors between fixed elements and DRC errors on part macro level from the DRC error listing have been added to the / / dialog. This allows for tolerated errors to be excluded from the error listing by fixing the elements which are causing the errors.
Current element distances and element-specific clearance parameters are now displayed with clearance errors. With this information it is easy to check whether standard DRC settings or a special minimum clearance parameter (e.g., from extended DRC settings) is causing an error.
The / / function has been modified to optionally support the export of traces and copper structures from the part and/or solder side. Please note that special copper structures such as trace arcs can cause long loading times in certain VRML viewers.
The option for transparent PCB output has been added to allow for the simultaneous WRL/VRML display of parts placed on both part and solder side.
The system has been modified to support the assignment of
wrlmodscale and
wrlmodhoff double rule system attributes to model reference texts in order to set model scaling factors and placement height offsets. This allows for more arbitrary constructions such as the definition of models which are placed on levels different from the board level.
The name of the part macro has been added to the tooltip display which appears when hovering over a part. A plus sign is appended to the part macro name if alternative packages are defined for the part.
A plus sign is now displayed at the end of macro names in the part name selection dialog of the if a net list part is defined with alternative macros.
New options for applying part name changes to group-selected parts only have been added to the / / / function. This allows for different part name schemes to be used on different layout part groups.
The
/ / / function for the substitution of name patterns (e.g.,
_1 with
_2) at arbitrary positions in layout part names has been added. Buttons are provided to extend the name pattern substitution to texts and/or to restrict the substitution to the currently selected group.
The confirmation prompt of the / / function has been replaced by a selection box with the names of the constructive parts to allow for parts to be selected by mouse click or through the specification of part name patterns. On default, all constructive parts are selected for deletion.
The and functions have been modified to accept 0.0 text size settings for fading out name and/or attribute texts.
Using the p key dialog for changing properties of fixed parts sometimes cleared name, attibute and/or pin position modifications of the processed part. This problem has been fixed.
If applied to layout parts consisting of multiple SCM symbols, the / / now automatically zooms to the SCM symbol which corresponds to the selected layout pin. A symbol selection menu is displayed if the selected layout pin can not be assigned to a schematic symbol.
The part list output of the / / / function has been modified to include total part type counts in the part type section headers (e.g., the total number of resistors in a project).
The
PLPNUPPER_LAY and
PLPMUPPER_LAY parameters for forcing uppercase part names and/or part macro names when creating part list outputs with the
/ / function have been added to the
bae.ini file.
The / / / function has been modified to start meanders after trace corners always at the side opposite to the previous segment to prevent meander structures from crossing each other.
The and options have been added to allow for trace length adjustments to be be applied to either the selected trace or the overall net trace length.
The highlight of the currently edited trace and/or net has been extended to the net which is assigned to the edited net through the
$pairid net attribute (differential pair) and the traces of the secondary net are displayed with a hatch pattern unless a color and/or display pattern assigment is already activated for that net.
The fill options of the
mode have been extended to display a trace segment parallel to the currently edited trace segment if trace pair distance
($pairsig net attribute) and
p signal type
($pairsig net attribute) parameters are assigned to the edited net. Distance violations caused by the neighbouring trace segment are displayed in dark grey if DRC display is activated to provide a real-time clearance check for the parallel trace. The
context menu function and/or the
r key can be used to toggle the neighbouring trace display to the opposite side.
The
function for generating a report for all nets grouped by the
$pairdist net attribute has been added to the
menu.
lists total net lengths and
$pairdist (parallel distance) compliant net lengths.
also allows for the selection of a documentary layer for graphically displaying pair distance and/or parallelity violations. The
trcpairgap group name with layer number extension is assigned to the differential pair DRC graphics to allow for subsequent layer queries and/or DRC graphic selection and/or deletion.
Some of the functions from the / menu, when applied to traces with arcs, could cause arc directions to toggle depending on pick point selections. This problem has been fixed.
Applying the / / to very long trace segments could cause segment pick failures and/or the lengthening of neighbouring segments instead of splitting the selected segment. These problems have been fixed.
The function of the x key has been modified to support trace segment picks thus supporting snaps to intersection points between two trace segments and/or between a trace segment and a polygon segment.
The via element queries of the / function and the info query with the Ctrl key pressed have been extended to display via fill net names for vias without net connection.
The
routwidth (minimum net trace width),
$maxnetlen (maximum net trace length) and
$maxviacnt (maximum net via count) net attributes which were already considered by the
Autorouter are now also considered by the
and
reports from the
/ / / submenu and the
/ / function of the
Layout Editor. Violations of these DRC parameters are listed at the beginning of the net reports.
The query tolerance of the / / function has been increased to improve grid query matching.
Moving trace segments displayed one of the adjacent segments with incorrect color and/or pattern if the option is activated. This problem has been fixed.
The neighbour segment processing mode is now displayed with the prompt string which is displayed in the info/status line during interactive segment move operations.
The option with mode has been added to the / dialog. allows for trace segments to be moved without inserting new segments at open ends of the segment, thus simplifiying the manual routing of partially completed (antenna) traces.
The menu option for placing fixed vias has been added to the and functions from the / submenu.
The function has been modified to keep vias on trace segment ends not only for power layer nets but also for nets which have fill areas on the current layout.
The DRC distance display for traces has been modified to display distance lines when placing vias with / / .
When editing trace segments with DRC distance display activated, elements of the currently edited net were erroneously considered to be obstacles. This problem has been fixed.
A button for setting net coloring and/or hatching has been added to the net name display in the element attribute dialog which can be activated through the p key.
The
NETASSIBOX_GED parameter for specifying a delimiter other than the default space character between pin counts and net names in the net selection control of the
dialog has been added to the
bae.ini file. This allows for net names to be more easily distinguished from pin counts.
The control element for activating a mode which automatically changes the mouse input focus from the dialog window to the Layout Editor window has been added. This allows for immediately using Layout Editor edit hotkeys after processing a function.
The
(width) and
(single-column or multi-column list) parameters for configuring the layout of the listbox control for displaying visible and/or invisible nets in the
and
functions of the
/ dialog have been added to the
bae.ini file.
A submenu with several options has been added to the and buttons of the / . The option allows for the repeated selection of single parts. The options allow for net visibility assignments to the currently defined part set. The options allow for net visibility assignments to group-selected parts. Both and provide the sub-options (net visibility assignment restricted to parts with at least one selected pin), (net visibility assignment restricted to parts with all but one pin selected), and (net visibility assignment restricted to parts with all pins selected). These options provide a convenient feature for the generation of net visibility data sets for the Autorouter in order to include or exclude certain part groups in the routing process.
The
LAYSTKEXT_LAY parameter for setting a project file name extension for the
of the
/ / (and thus eliminating the output file name prompt) has been added to the
bae.ini file.
The trace length display facilities of the manual routing functions and the functions from the / / / submenu have been modified to calculate and add length increases caused by layer changes through vias if a layer stack definition is activated.
The / / / function is not selecting activated power layer structures to the current group anymore to prevent from unintentionally modifying invisible power layer elements in subsequent operations.
The function has been added to the menu and the areas context menu which can be activated through the right mouse button.
Due to rounding errors, the / sometimes created corner arcs in the wrong direction when generating vertical rectangles with rounded corners. This problem has been fixed.
The matrix origin for group element matrix placements is now set to the first group placement coordinate rather than the element origin to provide better visual guidance for group matrix placement operations.
The , and functions for labelling coordinates have been added to the / / submenu. Coordinate labels are created by placing a text which displays the coordinates of the first selected position. The and functions restrict the text placement to the X and/or Y position of the labelled coordinate.
Clicking the right mouse button during the selection of the coordinate label point activates a measurement line which will be drawn from the coordinate label point to the label text. It is also possible to set a measurement origin different from the element origin. The selected measurement origin stays active until a new element is loaded.
New
bae.ini parameters for setting default values for label text size, measuring line display and coordinate units suffix have been added to
bae.ini.
The functions for editing polygons have been modified to include the polygon type and the polygon layer in the polygon-specific info text which is displayed in the status line to provide better polygon editing guidance, even prior to placing the first polygon point.
When drawing arcs, the current arc angle is now displayed as text at the graphic cursor, thus assisting in correctly setting specific angles such as 90 degrees even if a very fine input grid is selected.
The polygon property dialog which can be activated through the p key has been modified to display arc center points with arc angle span in addition to the arc type and the arc radius, the latter of which is now displayed in a separate dialog box line.
In special cases, the / / / failed to connect all connectable group-selected lines. This problem has been fixed. A status message indicating the number of generated polylines is now also displayed.
The and options have been added to the / function. The visibility of areas marked with these options changes independently from the selection in / . This is useful for specific items such as drill plan drawings which have to be mirrored with their parts regardless of any soldering process selection.
The
function has been modified to support multiple areas when importing polygons defined with the
HATCH DXF command.
The / / function sometimes skipped areas touching the upper edge of the bitmap. This problem has been fixed.
New options for center-aligning texts horizontally or vertically have been added to the text properties dialog which can be activated by pressing the p during text placement operations. These options are useful when creating measurement graphics consisting of lines and texts.
The function for placing texts from the Windows clipboard has been added to the / menu. The automatically recognizes and creates multiline texts.
The / function which can also be activated through the Ctrl-V key automatically checks whether the clipboard contains a BAE group or a text and activates the appropriate placement operation.
Some of the functions from the / / submenu carried out redundant drawing operations. This problem has been fixed, thus improving the performance of group selection functions.
The function with the and option for selecting or deselecting of traces connected to group-selected part pins has been added to the / / submenus. These features simplify certain tasks such as the deletion of parts with connected traces.
The / / submenu has been turned into a single function which queries the trace width and previous submenu functions through a common dialog box. The option for trace width modifications with DRC has been added to split long segments which can not be modified throughout their whole length into partial segments at input grid lengths. This ensures that long segments can be partially enlarged where this is possible according to DRC settings.
The / / function has been converted to a submenu with the (previous function), (reset attribute text position on a documentary layer only), (reset part name positions only) and (reset pin text positions only) functions.
The / / / function for selecting parts by net list attributes has been modified to support not only base variant attribute selections but also currently active variant attribute selections.
The button for selecting RGB values from the BAE color table has been added to the color input dialog of the / / / function for assigning PDF output colors to elements. Upon completion, the function reports the number of processed elements together with the assigned RGB value in the status line.
The and functions have been modified to assign new unique element group ids to new multiline texts and distance labels to ensure that these elements can subsequently be edited as separate entities.
The copper fill algorithm sometimes created fill areas without rounded corners which caused distance violations to the remaining tip of the corner. This problem has been fixed.
The algorithm for heat-trap position checks has been modified to ensure that heat-traps are only placed at narrow positions where these narrow positions are completely filled.
The application of the
lay_pad_directconnect and
lay_pad_heattrap rules for selecting heat trap connection types independently from the current copper fill parameter settings has been extended from pads on padstack level to pins and vias and/or parts and vias on part and/or layout level. This allows for individual heat trap connection type settings without the need for specific padstack definitions. Heat trap connection rules from higher hierarchy levels have priority over rules from lower hierarchy levels.
The fill area hatching functions sometimes left hatch trace gaps when processing structures which were positioned parallel to the hatching direction. This problem has been fixed. The hatching functions have been modified to avoid possible gaps by slightly shifting the hatch lines.
For hatching angles between 90 and 135 degrees and/or 270 and 315 degrees, the fill area sometimes wasn't completely filled with hatch lines and/or the hatching was carried out with a lower than specified hatch line distance. These problems have been fixed.
A new warning message with confirmation prompt has been introduced for parts which are placed with a part macro different from the netlist part macro assignment as the Autorouter won't be able to connect such parts.
The error message was prone to trigger program crashes or internal errors 1250. This problem has been fixed.
The
Routing Matrix Size entry for displaying the routing matrix memory requirement for the autorouting process with the current parameter settings has been added to the report which is displayed through the
1 key and the
toolbar button. This feature can be used prior to the start of the
Autorouter to examine whether the host computer is sufficiently equipped for an
Autorouter run. The routing matrix memory calculation considers additional requirements for net type routing areas and special keepout areas for traces and vias. Please note that the memory requirements for the layout itself and for the traces and vias to be routed add to the overall memory requirements for the autorouting process. I.e., the routing matrix memory requirement is only an indication for the minimum overall autorouting memory requirements.
The / / function from the Layout Editor has been made available in the Autorouter.
The Autorouter has been modified to allow for the routing of partially placed layouts. Previously, the Autorouter simply aborted if not all net list parts were placed on the layout. Now, the Autorouter issues a confirmation prompt for partial placement routing in such cases. This feature allows for the staged placement and autorouting of a board.
The Autorouter startup performance and the optimizer pattern search performance for nets with many pins has been significantly improved. The performance boost is most significant in projects with large numbers of power supply pins which are not connected through power layers.
The optimizer pattern search did not recognize horizontal obstacles properly when processing wide traces. This problem has been fixed. Consequently, the quality of the optimizer output has been improved.
In special cases, the gridless router created a small "hook" when connecting offgrid pins to the next trace segment. This problem has been fixed.
The operation for loading net visibility assignments to be used for routing net group selections has been added to the / function. This allows for the setup of batches for automatically routing different net groups in a specific sequence.
Please note that the option of the operation always causes the system to consider all nets visible, even if a net visibility definition with that same name exists.
The
option for activating the advanced DRC for layer-specific minimum distances has been added to the
/ dialog in
BAE HighEnd. The
option is only available with gridless routing activated and considers
net-specific DRC blocks, element-specific DRC blocks, layer-specific net type clearance settings from the net group DRC and via pad clearance parameters set through the
lay_via_trcdist layout rule.
Please note that the clearance parameters from DRC block 0 are applied to nets without clearance settings if the mode is activated. In that case, the parameter setting is only used for the base grid configuration, and it is recommended to set the this parameter to the smallest clearance setting used on the current layout.
The function for setting advanced DRC parameters has been added to the menu of the BAE HighEnd Autorouter.
A new option for exporting copper areas using Hyperlynx Format 2.34 polygon commands has been added to the / / function.
PDF batch definitions have been modified to support colon-enclosed output sort order number prefixes for layer level names. This allows for output layers to be sorted independently from layer level names (e.g., to display layers in Acrobat Reader according to the actual PCB layer stack). The sort order prefixes are not included in any layer level name output.
The part list output templates have been modified to allow for the definition of divider lines between between part names with different attribute value combinations through
$pdfplsep texts. The first
$pdfplsep text accepts a divider line length in millimetres before the part index (e.g.,
$pdfplsep:200.66:1:). The divider line is drawn in the direction of the text placement angle and with the plot pen width of the text. The text height is irrelevant for divider line outputs. The part list template
partlist_cntnames_sep with divider line definitions has been added to the
PDFPAGE layout library.
The part list templates have been modified to provide an option for forcing uppercase or lowercase output columns by appending
u or
l to the line index of the first attribute or name text of an output column
(e.g.,
$:1u: and
$plname:1u: for uppercase part names and part macro names).
In special cases, invalid character font references were generated on PDF part list output pages which could cause special characters such as umlauts to be displayed incorrectly. This problem has been fixed.
The option for drawing drill holes as circles with fixed diameters has been added to the batch parameters for drill outputs. This feature can be used for signal layer outputs to ensure that the total copper area of rest rings at manually drilled holes stays the same even if holes are drilled with a slight offset.
The
and
options have been added to the
layer parameter for batch output definitions. This allows for batch outputs to be controlled through the
$noplc attribute without the requirement of explicit rule assignments to part graphic and text elements as with the
and
options.
The function has been modified to allow for multiple steps per batch definition.
The batch output step for automatically changing to CAM View and loading generated Gerber and drill data files after batch output completion has been added to the function. If a batch definition contains both and batch steps, then the system changes to the Schematic Editor before changing to CAM View.
The command for adding CAM batch calls to CAM batch definitions has been added to the function. This simplifies CAM batch management as it allows for recurring batch command sequences to be kept and maintained in separate batch definition files. Please note that the and functions for importing and exporting batch definitions are only copying CAM batch references but not the definitions of the copied CAM batch references.
The
DXFOVRWRITE_LAY parameter for deactivating the overwrite confirmation prompt for existing DXF output files has been added to
bae.ini. This is useful for including
in output batches without user interactions.
The
option for selecting one of the six
CAM Processor mirror modes has been added to the
function. Automated DXF output call sequences must be extended accordingly (e.g.,
:sl0 needs to be inserted for
, etc.).
The
function has been modified to support part attributes set through
$?s:attributname part texts when processing layout attribute references.
The field definitions for names and attribute values have been modified to provide options for forcing uppercase or lowercase outputs by adding
UPPER or
LOWER after the
LEFT or
RIGHT commands.
The / functions in BAE Economy and BAE Light have been modified to omit the 5 millimetre element border expansion. This is to ensure that Gerber data created with BAE Economy or BAE Light can be re-imported using / without violating the PCB board size limitations of those systems.
Loading extended Gerber data with metric coordinate units led to incorrect aperture scaling and display when subsequently loading more data in the same CAM View session. This problem has been fixed.
The
listddb utility program has been modified to append the default
.ddb file name extension to the input file name only if the input file name does not yet have a file name extension. This allows for BAE system files with
.dat,
.fnt and
.vdb file name extensions to be processed without having to rename them first.
The
newattr and
netattr commands have been modified to trigger automatic ID attribute value generation by the
Packager through the assignment of
?id?,
?symid?extension and
?partid?extension values.
?id? creates consecutive ID values (id1,
id2 etc.). The
?symid?extension and
?partid?extension values append the specified extension with underscore to the schematic symbol name and/or layout part name
(?partid?diffpair1 results in
ic1_diffpair1, ic2_diffpair1, etc.).
Automatic ID generation is useful if a
newattr and/or
netattr command refers to multiple pins and/or nets, as this allows to create a reference between pins and/or nets as required for differential pair indication.
The
newattr command has been modified to accept
!unique! attribute value settings which prompt the
Packager to assign gates to layout parts with matching
!unique! attribute values only. The
swap commands adhere to such assignments and swap gates only between layout parts with matching
!unique! attribute values.
The
!unique! setting can be used to control the packaging of gates with different attribute values without using
$rpname attributes. This is useful for certain part types such as resistor arrays:
part ra_so16r : so16r {
newattr "$val" = "!unique!";
pin (1-16);
swap (
(( 1,16)),(( 2,15)),(( 3,14)),(( 4,13)),
(( 5,12)),(( 6,11)),(( 7,10)),(( 8, 9))
);
}The following example illustrates the application of the
!unique! value in the definition of an opamp with power supply assignents through attribute values:
part op_lm324 : dil14 {
pin (/i,i,o);
net "$vplus" : (4);
net "$vminus" : (11);
newattr "$vplus" = "!unique!";
newattr "$vminus" = "!unique!";
xlat (/i, i, o)
to ( 2, 3, 1)
or ( 6, 5, 7)
or ( 9,10, 8)
or (13,12,14);
swap ((2,3,1),(6,5,7),(9,10,8),(13,12,14));
}The
PRINT command syntax has been modified to allow for uppercase and/or lowercase name and/or attribute value outputs by adding blank-separated
UPPER or
LOWER keywords after name or attribute specifications.
This section describes general changes to the User Language specification. See Bartels User Language Programmer's Guide - Chapter 2 for a detailed description of the User Language specification.
The internal User Language version has been changed. User Language programs compiled under earlier BAE versions won't execute in the User Language Interpreter environment of the new Bartels AutoEngineer version (error message ). This means that each User Language program compiled under earlier BAE Versions must be recompiled under the new BAE version to regain compatibility.
This section describes the news and changes introduced to the User Language Compiler. See Bartels User Language Programmer's Guide - Chapter 3 for detailed information on how to operate the User Language Compiler.
Function parameter changes were only returned to the caller if at least one variable modification was directly carried out in the called function. In such cases, any changes which were exclusively carried out in sub-functions which were called with such function parameters were ignored. This problem has been fixed.
This section lists new and changed User Language index variable types. See Bartels User Language Programmer's Guide - Appendix B for a detailed description of all index variable types.
The
CHKDIST (DRC minimum clearance distance) and
ERRDIST (current element clearance distance) attributes have been added to the
L_DRCERROR index variable type.
This section lists new and changed User Language system functions. See Bartels User Language Programmer's Guide - Appendix C for a detailed description of all system functions.
The following User Language system functions have been implemented:
| IP | System Function | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| STD | bae_setclipboard | Store text string to (Windows) clipboard |
| LAY | lay_planmidlaycnt | Get layout inside layer count |
| AR | ar_getdblpar | Get Autorouter double parameter |
| AR | ar_setdblpar | Set Autorouter double parameter |
The putenv ignored the first character of the variable name parameter. This bug has been fixed.
The strmatch function returned 0 regardless of the value of the second parameter if an empty string was passed as first parameter. This problem has been fixed.
The bae_inpoint and bae_inpointmenu have been modified to support a centered zoom window rubberband drawing mode.
Support for additional parameter queries/settings has been added to the bae_getintpar, bae_setintpar, bae_getstrpar, bae_setstrpar, scm_getintpar, scm_setintpar, scm_getdblpar, scm_setdblpar, scm_getstrpar, ged_getintpar, ged_setintpar, ged_getdblpar, ged_setdblpar, ar_getintpar and ar_setintpar functions.
The ged_elemmirrchg function has been extended to support mirror mode settings for fixed elements.
The ged_getpickmode and ged_setpickmode functions have been modified to support a new element pick mode for exclusive preference layer picks.
The ged_getsegmovmode and ged_setsegmovmode functions have been modified to support the new "Open End Points - Follow Segment" trace segment move modes.
The ged_storepoly function has been extended to support polygon mirror view modes for fixed polygons.
The ar_elemmirrchg function has been extended to support mirror mode settings for fixed elements.
BAE installs
more than 220 pre-compiled
User Language programs to the
ulcprog.vdb file of the BAE programs directory. Additionally, the
User Language source files
(close to 9 Mbytes; some 300,000 lines) are installed to a special directory
(baeulc). See
Bartels User Language Programmer's Guide - Chapter 4 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 User Language programs have been implemented:
| IP | Program Name | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| STD | renameel | Rename DDB File Elements |
The User Language programs already delivered with the previous BAE Version have been 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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