Type Z, B to view Zoom Board.
Type V, W, P, P to view Workspace panels PCB.
HOW TO MANAGE LAYER SET
- Select board layer sets – new set
- Build a net set from current selections or pick from list. L or OL to bring up
- It does not save the Show/Hide status, click SHIFT-D to bring it up.
- Use SHIFT-S to toggle to single layer mode.
- Use N,S,A to show all design nets, use N,H,A to Hide all nets.
- Also use this to see nets on component N,S,O or net N,S,N.
SHOW STACK MANAGE
Type D,K to set up all the values in the Layer Stack Manager.
HOW TO DELETE ONE OR MORE LONG TRACES QUICKLY
- Type E,S,P for Edit Select connected copper.
- Hit the Delete key.
- Use the shift key to select more than one net.
- Sometimes it will be faster to place a fill over an area to delete traces and then select the copper and delete. The find similar objects, PCB Inspector can also be useful for this.
HOW TO MOVE STUFF FROM ONE LAYER TO ANOTHER
- Edit Paste Special is used to move things from one layer to the next.
- Select and copy, go to the new layer you want it on and paste special, paste on current layer.
- Another way is to use the PCB inspector to change the layer, but be careful you only have selected what you want.
EDIT MOVE POLYGONS
- Edit > Move > Polygon Vertices.
- Use EMG for short cut.
HOW TO GET THE TOTAL MATCH NET LENGHTS ON XNETS IN A FEW SECONDS
- Create a net class that includes all nets in the extended class “D0,D0-1,D0-2…D15,D15-1,D15-2”.
- Shift click on top and bottom net in panel to select all the nets. CTRL- C to put in buffer.
- Open an Excel worksheet– CTRL-V to Paste in.
- In new column add the Xnet’s “=Sum(D12,D14)” to get the total length of each Xnet. Drag formula down by picking the lower right corner of cell.
- In new column get delta from target length “=$F$12-F12” Drag down. Add or subtract length as needed in design.
- To recalculate just grab the netclass again and paste at the * in the spreadsheet, you’ll instantly see the new delta’s.