PRIMARY COURSE TOPICS

You Will Learn How To

• Create Padstacks, Cell (footprint), and Part (PDB) definitions, and build intelligence into components
• Start a PCB Layout by integrating with a schematic design
• Define Board Geometry
• Place parts, swap pins & gates, and back annotate
• Verify the Layout with on-line and batch Design Rule Checking
• Utilize Constraint Manager to define layout and routing constraints
• Route, using both manual/interactive and automatic tools
• Add test points
• Generate Plane data
• Finalize the Silkscreen
• Generate Gerber Data
• Generate Drill Data
• Dimension and Document the Layout

Hands-On Labs

Throughout this course, extensive hands-on lab exercises provide you with practical experience using Xpedition PCB software. Hands-on lab topics include:

• Creating Padstacks, Cells, and Parts
• PCB Editor Overview
• Starting a PCB Layout
• Defining Board Geometry
• Component Explorer
• Creating Planning Groups
• Placing Parts and Planning Groups
• Defining Constraints in Constraint Manager
• Verifying the Layout
• Net Explorer
• Interactive Routing
• Sketch and Hug Routing
• Tuning
• Adding test points
• Generating Planes
• Finalizing the Silkscreen
• Generating Gerber Data
• Generating Drill Data
• Dimensioning the design
• Creating Drawings