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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 | Part Processing |
| 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 |
| 6 | CAM Processor |
| 6.1 | General |
| 6.2 | Control Plot |
| 6.3 | Gerber Photo Plot |
| 7 | CAM View |
| 7.1 | General |
| 7.2 | Data Import |
| 7.3 | Gerber Data |
| 8 | Utilities |
| 9 | Bartels User Language |
| 9.1 | General |
| 9.2 | User Language Compiler |
| 9.3 | User Language Interpreter |
| 9.4 | Index Variable Types |
| 9.5 | System Functions |
| 9.6 | 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 option for opening the tree view menu in its own window has been added to the function which can be activated through / or by clicking the BAE logo in the toolbar.
The , and functions for moving, deleting and group-selecting multiple elements converted selection coordinates to input grid coordinates prior to element selections, thus sometimes causing unintentional element selections. This behaviour has been changed. The selection of existing elements is now carried out in gridless mode, and the input grid is only considered when selecting a new position for an element.
The (Edit) button for activating an input loop for editing polygons and traces has been added to the toolbar. The activates the display of corner point and segment center point grippers. A corner is inserted when picking a segment between grippers. I.e., the provides access to the , and function. The input angle lock is automatically released during button input loops.
Clicking the or toolbar buttons with the right mouse button activates the new menu with the and input mode options for subsequent move and/or edit operations. is the default input mode for selecting elements and placement positions via mouse click. selects elements via mouse click and releases them at the new position when the mouse button is released (unless the center or right mouse button for activating the display or context menu is clicked inbetween, in which case the left mouse button must be clicked to select the new placement position).
The (Information) button for activating the / has been added to the toolbars.
An option for assigning element classes to menu entries has been added to the
bae.ini addmenuitem command for adding menu entries. The system automatically deactivates menu entries if the currently loaded element type is not in the list of valid menu entry element types.
Dialog popup windows for warning messages and simple user prompts are now opened at the current mouse position rather than at the center of the primary monitor screen to simplify user interactions when working with more than one monitor.
Arrow and arrow down control for paging through the last 50 system messages have been added to the status message area at the bottom of the BAE window.
The BAE module startup sequences have been modified to load parameters from the file
baebase.ini after loading
bae.ini parameters and before loading
baeuser.ini parameters. This allows for the configuration of company-specific parameter settings in addition to user-specific settings in multi-user installations.
bae.ini can be used to load (or at least keep a documentation of) default parameters settings.
baebase.ini can be used to load company-specific parameter settings.
baeuser.ini can be used to load user-specific parameter settings. A non-default.
baebase.ini file and path name can be specified through the
BAE_BASEINI environment variable.
The toolbar and middle mouse button functions for selecting a specific input grid have been modified to switch automatically to grid-based input mode if grid-free input mode is selected.
The maximum number of project variants has been increased from 30 to 99.
Screen redraws in Windows versions with Desktop Window Manager (DWM) have been modified to be carried out in buffered mode. This increases the graphic display performance on Windows Vista and Windows 7 systems significantly.
The / functions of the Schematic Editor and the Layout Editor have been modified to display a dialog with listings of copied and/or missing source library elements. This feature provides more control over library update procedures as it displays specific information such as a listing of project library elements which are not defined in the central library.
The
newattr "$val" = "!unique!";
command which prohibits resistors with different values to be packed into the same layout package has been added to the
ra_dil*pp and
ra_sil*pp resistor array definitions in
passiv.def.
The toolbar tooltips for symbol and zoom windows have been modified to display any available symbol and window view information.
The element property dialog which can be activated through the p key has been modified to display read-only name texts such as pin text names in a read-only input field rather than through a label. This allows for such name texts to be copied to the clipboard.
The system issued an error message when selecting a placement position outside the current element boundaries with dynamic boundaries not being activated. This behaviour has been changed to allow for dynamic boundaries to be activated through user prompt in such cases.
The
sbaedmp.ulp User Language program for exporting schematic plans from
Eagle which is included in the
eagleulp directory of the BAE CD has been modified to support the specification of a scaling factor in the header. Changing the scaling factor from
1.0 to
1.0/1.27 reduces the schematic sheet accordingly, but places symbol pins in a millimetre grid which is usually a more convenient pin placement grid for interactive changes in the
Bartels AutoEngineer.
The and input fields for specifying filter strings for selecting or deselecting error messages to be displayed have been added to the / dialog. The message filter is activated by pressing the button. buttons are provided with the filter input fields for specifying a filter pattern which filters the type of the currently selected error list entry. This feature can be used to search for specific errors such as missing definitions without having to look through dependent errors such as missing pin assignments.
Some interactive symbol functions such as which allowed for unintentional label picks have have been modified to to block label picks.
Some interactive label functions which allowed for unintentional symbol picks have been modified to block symbol picks.
A scrollable info field for displaying symbol attributes and symbol pins with part pin names, marker names and net names has been added to the symbol element property dialog which can be activated through the p key.
Referenced symbol macro names are now saved as part attribute entries when saving schematic plans. This enables the / / function to display and/or find project symbol macros which are placed elsewhere on the project SCM plan.
The
button for loading the layout net list which was created with the last
Packager run has been added to the dialog of the
function. Loading the layout net list adds the
newattr attribute assignments from the logical library to the
selection. The layout net list loaded through
is kept in main memory. I.e., it is not necessary to load the layout net list again in subsequent
calls of the same
Schematic Editor session.
The selection boxes and the search mask of the function have been turned into modal dialogs. This allows for other procedures such as creating connections to be carried out between symbol placements with without having to reactivate the function.
The
control element has been added to the
button of the
dialog.
allows for the selection of a symbol naming mode different from the default
bae.ini setting. A single mouse click on a symbol preview list element switches the
display to the next free symbol name corresponding to the name pattern of the selected symbol, thus displaying the new automatically created symbol name prior to the placement of the symbol.
The cross-hair cursor was not displayed for SCM symbols with plot invisibility settings for which no layout part was placed yet if both the Schematic Editor and the Layout Editor were open simultaneously in BAE HighEnd. This problem has been fixed.
The facility of the and functions from the / submenu which can also be activated through the e key has been modified to support automatic import and placement of text rows, pin name rows and label name rows. A row processing mode can be selected prior to placement and the row placement coordinates are specified by selecting the first and second row element positions.
The
parameter for
limiting the display of SCM sheet names behind net names to less than 200 characters in the net name selection dialog of the
/ function has been added to
bae.ini. This allows for multi-column net name selection dialogs to be displayed in projects where certain nets are on multiple SCM sheets.
The
parameter for
prompting the
/ / / function to place pin names from symbol pin name column of the input file as symbol texts and use the assigned layout pin names to name the SCM symbol pins has been added to
bae.ini.
The and batch steps have been added to the / / function to allow for the processing of text fields with specific attribute texts which are placed at the symbol origins.
The functions for placing symbols and/or groups from other DDB files have been modified to copy the logical library definitions for the copied symbols from the source file if these definitions are not yet in the project file. This simplifies the transfer of schematic groups with symbol macros which are not defined in any of the standard libraries.
Moving bus segments with connected bus taps sometimes caused incorrect contact area highlights at some of the connected bus taps. This problem has been fixed.
The function has been modified to support the selection of texts from lower hierarchy levels when setting the bus tap name. This allows for symbol texts describing pin functions rather than non-descriptive logical pin names to be selected for naming bus taps.
When working with multiple Schematic Editor and Layout Editor windows, the Schematic Editor net highlight menus were not correctly re-activated after highlighting unnamed nets and changing to a different SCM plan within the same project (a new Layout Editor net highlight request was required to update the Schematic Editor menus). This problem has been fixed.
The functions from the
/ / submenu have been modified to use a comma instead of a dot in front of the decimals of measuring texts depending on the
setting from
bae.ini.
The
and
measurement functions have been modified to draw an arrow from the measurement origin to the measurement text. The measurement arrow can be activated and its appearance can be configured through the right mouse button context menu and through new
bae.ini parameters.
The measurement object pick facility of the function has been modified to allow for selections through both text and graphic elements of the measurement object. Previously, a measurement object had to be selected by clicking one of its graphic elements.
With activated, the / / submenu functions created polygons with enlarged or missing antialias segments in the bottom left and/or top right corner of the polygon. This problem has been fixed.
Control elements for text height, text angle, text mirroring, text alignment and text frame mode specifications have been added to the text input dialog of the function and the toolbar buttons to allow for those text properties to be specified prior to placement.
The and context menu functions have been modified to keep the old text position rather than requiring a new text positioning if a zero text size is specified for fading out the text.
The / function has been modified to allow for texts to be vertically centered. This is especially useful when applying the function for placing pin documentation texts.
Pen width and rule assignments to a single multiline text element are now automatically transferred to all other texts elements of that multiline text.
Rule assignments to multiline texts could get lost when editing these texts. This problem has been fixed.
The / submenu functions have been modified to and/or only those elements which are not yet selected and/or deselected, respectively. This simplifies the selection and/or deselection of multiple overlapping elements as they can simply be picked through repeated clicks at the same pick point.
The c shortcut key for temporarily releasing the angle lock has been added to the function. The previous angle lock mode is restored upon completion of the function.
During operations, the distance to the selected start point is now displayed together with the current group coordinates in the status line while moving groups.
The / function has been renamed to and activates a dialog with group parameter settings which allows for the to be selected and the new parameter to be set. provides an option for automatically releasing the angle lock during operations.
The option for loading groups and placing them at the origin of the currently loaded element has been added to the right mouse button context menu of the file element favourites toolbar functions/buttons for opening/loading elements.
With special
!not_set! attribute value selections, the
/ / / function selected all symbols with attribute text assignments for the selected attribute rather than selecting only the symbols without such attribute text assignments. This problem has been fixed.
The
option for adding notes with symbol attributes to the PDF output has been added to the
function. Symbol attribute notes are displayed as bright dashed frame in the output. When hovering over this frame, a window appears which displays the part name, the symbol and layout part macros and attribute assignments/values. Symbol attribute notes are not included when printing and/or plotting the PDF file. The attribute display sequence is controlled through the
bae.ini parameters for the
function. The
option can be used to include attribute name comments in the symbol attribute notes.
The layout netlist created during the last
Packager run is considered when creating symbol attribute note outputs to ensure that part attributes which are created using the
newattr command in logical library definitions are included in the symbol attribute notes.
The message output screen of the Packager is now erased whenver the screen is full of error and/or warning messages and subsequent messages are listed from the top of the erased screen rather than scrolling the screen with every new message added at the end of the list. This increases the performance of Packager runs with many messages significantly. The facility for scrolling through the complete message list is reactivated when the Packager run is completed.
The Packager has been modified to refrain from immediate termination when encountering errors which can be temporarily ignored by either not processing the error element or by using appropriate default values. All error messages are listed at the end of the Packager run and no layout net list is created in that case. This is helpful at the beginning of a project which still contains many errors, as it reduces the number of switches between Schematic Editor and Packager which are necessary for finding and fixing any errors.
The feature for removing part pins from the net list by assigning
n.c. net names triggered the generation of test point parts for these non-existent nets. This problem has been fixed.
Using the
$rlext attribute for selecting alternative definitions triggered incompatible definition error messages when packing variant symbols into layout parts due to
$vgrp attribute settings. This problem has been fixed. The
$rlext attribute can now be used together with the
$vgrp attibute provided that identical
$rlext values are set for the grouped/packed variant symbols.
The toolbar tooltips for zoom windows have been modified to display any available window view information.
The element property dialog which can be activated through the p key has been modified to display read-only name texts such as pin text names in a read-only input field rather than through a label. This allows for such name texts to be copied to the clipboard.
The system issued an error message when selecting a placement position outside the current element boundaries with dynamic boundaries not being activated. This behaviour has been changed to allow for dynamic boundaries to be activated through user prompt in such cases.
The
parameter for automatically setting the last active schematic plan variant when loading a layout has been added to
bae.ini. This eliminates the need for manually activating the correct layout variant when switching to the
Layout Editor or
CAM Processor after changing the variant in the Schematic Editor.
A drill diameter listing with padstack and part/layout references has been added to the output of the / / function. This makes it easier to locate tool table drill diameters on the layout.
The / , / and / menus have been turned into submenus with repetitive input loops to prevent the menu texts of the BAE menu from turning into multi-line texts when working in small client windows.
A scrollable info field for displaying part attributes and part pins with logical pin names, padstack macro names and net names has been added to the part element property dialog which can be activated through the p key.
The
option for exporting all parts regardless of any
$noplc placement status attribute assignments has been added to the
/ / functions.
The
parameter for adding a field for the part placement side to the output of the
function has been added to
bae.ini. The
$pdfpside keyword can be used in part list output templates for the
to activate placement side outputs.
When applying the / / / function to a part without prior check exclude part assignment, the system now provides a DRC part/error name suggestion for easy confirmation.
The / / function has been modified to eliminate acute trace angles if only the two adjacent trace segements are joined through this operation. Previously, such angles (no matter whether acute or not) were not processed as they were considered to be deliberate corner modifications.
The trace length reports and highlight and zoom functions created by the , , and functions from the / / / submenu are now displayed in a modal dialog to allow for systematic processing of the displayed nets without having to reactivate the trace length report after modifying a trace.
Some PCB board and trace thickness combinations caused value range overflows in the exponential functions of the impedance calculation formulas, thus resulting in non-sensical impedance and/or thickness values. This problem has been fixed through the use of modified internal iteration start values.
The / / has been modified to avoid via positions which might intersect with elements of the fill area net. This prevents the system from placing any vias on the pins of the target net.
The / / function has been modified to allow not only trace picks but also the selection of polygons to be shielded. The option for placing the vias either to the left or inside or to the right or outside the selected trace or polygon element has been added.
and buttons for loading and saving net visibility selections have been added to the / dialog.
The
option for processing the nets of a mouse-clickable part has been added to the attribute-controlled net selection which can be activated through the
$ entry. This simplifies certain tasks such as the highlighting of all nets connected to a specific part.
The short circuit pins listed at the top of the / / is now sorted by short circuit level names and net names, and the short circuits are numbered. This makes it easier to find conflicting pins and/or nets on PCB boards with multiple short circuits.
The Autorouter routing functions have been made available in the Layout Editor submenu / . When starting an autorouter function, Layout Editor switches into autorouting modus which can subsequently be deactivated using the function. Activating the autorouting mode automatically deactivates all other layout modification menu and context menu functions. Activating a User Language function or a layout modification through a shoprtcut keykey call terminates the autorouting mode with a corresponding warning.
The Layout Editor provides the (default function), (Initial routing with channel width 0) and functions instead of the Autorouter function. In autorouter mode, the / function only removes unfixed traces of the selected net without terminating the autorouter mode. I.e., / can be used interactively to provide alternative routing solutions during rip-up autorouting procedures. The , , and / functions are also available through the right mouse button context menus for traces and part pins. Please note that these functions trigger automatic calls if autorouter mode is not active, thus potentially removing unfixed traces which violate current autorouting parameter settings.
Please note that the Layout Editor automatically performs an online design rule check when saving routing results. This means that Layout Editor autorouting procedures could take longer than in the Autorouter if is activated.
The
Layout Editor loads and considers the
Autorouter control and strategy parameter settings from the
section in
bae.ini.
The function of the x key has been extended to allow for the selection of virtual crosspoints (crosspoints of lengthened/extended pick polygon and/or trace segments), thus providing additional drawing options.
The functions from the
/ / submenu have been modified to use a comma instead of a dot in front of the decimals of measuring texts depending on the
setting from
bae.ini.
The
and
measurement functions have been modified to draw an arrow from the measurement origin to the measurement text. The measurement arrow can be activated and its appearance can be configured through the right mouse button context menu and through new
bae.ini parameters.
The measurement object pick facility of the function has been modified to allow for selections through both text and graphic elements of the measurement object. Previously, a measurement object had to be selected by clicking one its graphic elements.
With activated, the / / submenu functions created polygons with enlarged or missing antialias segments in the bottom left and/or top right corner of the polygon. This problem has been fixed.
Control elements for text height, text angle, text mirroring, text alignment and text frame mode specifications have been added to the text input dialog of the function and the toolbar button to allow for those text properties to be specified prior to placement.
The and context menu functions have been modified to keep the old text position rather than requiring a new text positioning if a zero text size is specified for fading out the text.
The / function has been modified to allow for texts to be vertically centered.
Pen width and rule assignments to a single multiline text element are now automatically transferred to all other texts elements of that multiline text.
Rule assignments to multiline texts could get lost when editing these texts. This problem has been fixed.
The and functions from the / menu have been converted into submenus with the and options for processing either single mouse-selectable texts or all group-selected texts, respectively.
The function has been modified to prioritize text-specific pen width assignments over default pen width settings.
The function has been modified to transfer pen width assignments from the processed texts to the generated documentary lines.
The / / / function for creating a drill plan with drill diameter legend on a selectable documentary layer has been added to the Layout Editor. The drill diameter legend is created as multiline text which can be edited with the text functions.
The / submenu functions have been modified to and/or only those elements which are not yet selected and/or deselected, respectively. This simplifies the selection and/or deselection of multiple overlapping elements as they can simply be picked through repeated clicks without having to change the pick preference layer.
The / / / function selected only one trace per layer when a part pin was clicked. This behaviour has been changed. / / / now selects all traces of the same layer which are starting on the clicked part pin.
The c shortcut key for temporarily releasing the angle lock has been added to the function. The previous angle lock mode is restored upon completion of the function.
The / function has been renamed to and activates a dialog with group parameter settings which allows for the to be selected and the new and parameters to be set. provides an option for automatically releasing the angle lock during operations. provides the option which restricts the , , and functions from the / submenu and the rectangle selection through the Shift and Ctrl keys to the currently visible elements within the selected polygon and/or rectangle. This prevents from unintentionally selecting and/or deselecting invisible group elements.
The option for loading groups and placing them at the origin of the currently loaded element has been added to the right mouse button context menu of the file element favourites toolbar functions/buttons for opening/loading elements.
The copper fill functions have been modified to apply extended consistency checks on generated copper fill areas. These checks recognize and eliminate zig-zag structures which may have been created due to limited mathematical precision and might cause connectivity problems such as short-circuits (with subsequent elimination of otherwise valid fill areas), as well as other DRC and CAM output problems.
The / / function has been modified to list the copper fill areas of the currently loaded layout in the descending fill priority order in which they will be processed by the function. This provides additional information about the effects of fill priority settings and/or fill priority requirements for nested fill areas.
Part-related router error messages such as have been modified to trigger an automatic to the element boundaries of the affected part.
The / / function has been modified to substitute dots in output names with underscores to relaibly separate part from pin names.
The option for including part and pin information notes with PDF outputs has been added to the function. Notes are displayed as bright dashed frame in the output. When hovering over such frames, a window appears which displays the part and/or pin information. Annotation frames are not included when printing and/or plotting the PDF file. Annotations can optionally be restricted to parts which have pads only on the part or solder side, respectively.
The option has been added to the layer level names control element for PDF layer outputs in batch definitions. can be used to control whether a layer level should be visible or invisible in the PDF initial view.
The dialog for managing display grids on output pages has been added to the output page batch definition facilities of the function. allows for the definition of arbitrary point and/or line grids. It is possible to configure the grids for print output inclusion or exclusion and to assign grid output layer level names to allow for grid display control in PDF viewers.
The and options for activating page and/or layer output confirmation prompts with default settings have been added to the output file parameters of the batch definitions to allow for the definition of batches with on-the-fly output page and/or output layer selections.
The
function has been modified to support multi-level directory generation, thus allowing for the specification of output directories such as
output/gerber.
Power layer isolation clearance consistency checks for drill padstacks with keepout areas have been added to the power layout output functions. These checks test whether diameters of circular keepout areas on drill holes exceed the drill hole area (including the power layer isolation distances specified through / ) and whether there is no corresponding circular isolation area (power plane) drawn on the power layer of the padstack. Warning messages are issued for padstacks violating drill hole clearances defined through keepout areas on signal layers.
The / / function for loading multiple drill and/or Gerber data files has been modified to trigger only a single call at the end of the complete load batch rather than calls after each file has been loaded. This increases the performance significantly if more than one file is loaded.
The
/ function for creating layouts from the currently loaded Gerber and drilling data has been turned into a submenu with the
and
functions.
is the default setting for direct layout generation.
tries to convert parallel line hatching into fully filled polygons prior to the layout generation to reduce the amount of converted data (and increase the performance of subsequent operations).
also tries to convert interpolated arcs into true arcs. The
optimizations are carried out in main memory to allow for immediate inspection in
CAM View. With default color settings, the display for converted lines changes from dark grey to blue for
G36/G37 areas.
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.
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.
The
-t option for suppressing warning messages related to the compilation of include files has been added to the
User Language Compiler.
-t0 is the default option for including warning messages related to the compilation of both top level source files and included source files.
-t1 suppresses warning messages related to the compilation of include files, thus simplifying the analysis of warning messages when working with standard include files containing functions and variables which are not used by every program.
This section describes the news and changes introduced to the User Language Interpreter. See Bartels User Language Programmer's Guide - Chapter 3 for detailed information on how to operate the User Language Interpreter.
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.
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.
Support for additional parameter queries/settings has been added to the bae_getintpar, bae_setintpar, scm_getintpar, scm_setintpar, scm_getdblpar, scm_setdblpar, scm_getstrpar, scm_setstrpar, ged_getintpar, ged_setintpar, ged_getdblpar, ged_setdblpar, cv_getintpar, cv_setintpar, cv_getdblpar and cv_setdblpar functions.
The DDB file name and layout net list name parameters of the
cap_layconload function have been modified to allow for optional name queries to be activated through
? name specifications.
The pick element type parameter of the scm_pickelem function has been extended to support the pick of named symbol and/or label referenzes.
Support for an additional net checking mode has been added to the ged_drcpath, ged_drcpoly and ged_drcvia functions.
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 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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