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The Bartels AutoEngineer® - Next Version - Release Notes - * Preliminary Information * provide detailed information about new features, enhancements, changes and bug-fixing introduced with the next Bartels AutoEngineer version. Forward compatibility from earlier versions to the latest Bartels AutoEngineer version is always ensured, but not backward compatibility.
Note
The next Bartels AutoEngineer version is currently under development. This documentation is preliminary and may be subject to change or extension without prior notice. Suggestions on how to improve the Bartels AutoEngineer and/or the Bartels User Language by introducing new or improving existing functions are highly appreciated.
| 1 | General |
 | 1.1 | Installation |
| 1.2 | User Interface and General Functions |
| 2 | Schematic Editor |
| 2.1 | General |
| 2.2 | Symbols, Labels |
| 2.3 | Connections |
| 2.4 | Graphics |
| 2.5 | Text, Attributes |
| 3 | Packager |
| 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 |
| 5 | Autorouter |
| 6 | CAM Processor |
| 7 | CAM View |
| 7.1 | General |
| 7.2 | Data Import |
| 8 | Utilities |
| 9 | Bartels User Language |
| 9.1 | General |
| 9.2 | System Functions |
| 9.3 | 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
AUTORAISE_STD bae.ini parameter setting for automatic BAE window activation upon mouse hovering over the BAE window has been modified for the BAE
Windows versions to restrict BAE module window and BAE dialog box activation to BAE windows/dialogs which are not overlapping with other BAE windows/dialogs.
The
SETTINGMPOS_STD parameter for controlling whether
should be the first entry in the context menu or whether it should be placed further down in the rule assignment function block has been added to
bae.ini.
The button for picking coordinates using, e.g., the p key and the button for inserting coordinates from the clipboard (e.g., for manual sign changes to carry out positioning symmetric to other elements) have been added to the coordinate input dialog box of the context menu.
The
sbaedmp_new.ulp ULP program for exporting schematic data from
Eagle project files which have been created with newer
Eagle versions and cannot be processed with
sbaedmp.ulp without error messages has been added to the
eagleulp direcrtory of the BAE CD-ROM.
The function has been added to the button of the symbol database. compares part number specific symbol database base settings with symbol attribute value settings and creates a report with the differences. This feature can be used to find project-specific attribute values which have been manually modified without adapting the part number.
The mode is now the default button in the symbol database search mask. The default search action is carried out when pressing the return key, thus allowing for symbol database searches to be started through a keyboard interaction rather than a mouse button click.
If a symbol/entry in the symbol database search result list is highlighted, then the button now jumps to the sub-selection of the selected symbol (with the selected symbol also selected) rather than to the last selection.
The p key dialog function for copying symbol attributes as text to the clipboard is now also available in the / / submenu and in the right mouse button symbol context menu.
The
/ / / function for transfering an attribute value to a different attribute and optionally removing the old attribute has been implemented. This functions is useful when changing from
$rpname attributes usage to
$rbname attributes usage, or if different attribute names such as
$val and
$wert need to be unified when merging projects from different sources.
The configuration for automatically loading the saved element has been modified to load any generated logical part definition for editing with the function.
The function for attaching a copy of a mouse-selectable text with all positioning attributes to the mouse-cursor for editing and placement has been added to the right mouse button context menu for texts. This feature can be used for, e.g., placing copies of already positioned/rotated texts on symbol macros.
The parameter with the mode for suppressing the display of attribute name texts for unset attributes has been added to the / dialog.
The layout element data report which can be called by pressing the 1 key has been extended to include part coordinates and rotation angles in the part lists on layout level.
The warnings for parts with part package deviations from the net list are now displayed beside the part side information rather than as a replacement for the part side information.
The property dialog of the p key for busses and paired traces has been modified to support the modification of parameters such as the number pf parallel traces, traces distance and corner rounding mode.
The / / functions sometimes returned incomplete via placements at the inside of areas and closed polygons. This problem has been fixed.
The
VIAMACPATT_GED parameter
for setting a padstack name pattern to be used on default for filtering padstack selection lists for the placement and definition of vias has been added to
bae.ini. The default setting for the
VIAMACPATT_GED parameter is
* for including all library file padstacks in the padstack selection lists.
The c key functions for rounding trace corners can now be applied to trace bundle anchor lines.
The function for attaching a copy of a mouse-selectable text with all positioning attributes to the mouse-cursor for editing and placement has been added to the right mouse button context menu for texts. This feature can be used for, e.g., placing copies of already positioned/rotated and lyer-assigned texts on part macros.
The parameter with the mode for suppressing the display of attribute name texts for unset attributes has been added to the / dialog.
The / / function has been modified to support batches with file names including variables which were queried with the batch step.
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 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.
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
(more than 10 Mbytes; some 330,000 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.
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