Graphic Editor functions

Overview

Functional Icons

Main Dropdown Menu

Overview

In Graphic Editor Functions, we will go over common hotkeys and Functional Icons on the right side of the interface, then introduce dropdown menu File 、 Edit 、 Actions 、 Options and respective submenus

Hotkeys

Basic Hotkeys

Ctrl+Z: Undo
Ctrl+Shift+Z: Redo
Rectangle select + Ctrl+A: Zoom in the selected area
Home: Return to full view of the layer layout
↑↓←→: move display screen
Page Up/Page Down：Zoom in / out
Mouse Up/Mouse Down：Zoom in / out
Mouse roller click：Cancel selection

Edit Hotkeys

Ctrl+B：Delete selected feature (If no feature was selected, this hotkey would delete the entire layer layout)
Alt+C：Copy selected feature (If no feature was selected, this hotkey would copy the entire layer layout)
Ctrl+X：Move selected feature (If no feature was selected, this hotkey would move the entire layer layout)
Ctrl+V：Paste

Display Hotkeys

Ctrl+W：Switch between Normal mode, Outline display mode and Skeleton display mode
Ctrl+J: Display panels (Panelization Step Required )
Ctrl+N: Display negative features

Snap Mode

Snap Mode is used to help mouse pinpoint accurate layout location, it is commonly used in editing.

Matrix Viewer

Matrix Viewer：

Arrange layer order and structure
Assign layer type and functions
Add, delete or rename layers

Ctrl + B：Delete selected layer
Ctrl + X：Cut selected layer, left click to paste
Ctrl + C：Copy selected layer, left click to paste
Ctrl + I：Insert a layer on top of the selected layer
Ctrl + D：Duplicate selected layer and paste it below

Function Icons

Function Icons are be separated into four groups:

Display function icons
View function icons
Edit function icons
Select function icons

Display function icons

Function icons in this group controls screen display

Pan Up

Command：pan_up

：Pan Up。

Move screen upwards

Pan down

Command：pan_down

：Pan down。

Move screen downwards

Pan left

Command：pan_left

：Pan left。

Move screen to the left

Pan right

Command：pan_right

：Pan right。

Move screen to the right

Previous zoom

Command：zoom_back

：Previous zoom。

Move to the previous screen

Zoom home

Command：zoom_home

：Zoom home。

Move to layer overview

Pan to coordinate

Command：pan_center

：Pan to coordinate。

Move screen to the coordinate location

Snake through step

：Snake through step。

Zoom in

Command：zoom_in

：Zoom in。

Zoom in on the current screen

Zoom out

Command：zoom_out

：Zoom out。

Zoom out on the current screen

Specify zoom factor

Command：zoom_factor

：Specify zoom factor。

Use ratio to control Zoom in and out
Input value on left ratio to zoom in, right ratio to zoom out

Feature selection filter

Command：filter_set

：Feature selection filter。

Feature selection filter is used to select features with filter options

How to use Text Filter
1. Input text in Text Filter
2. Click " Selection "。
3. Text feature will be highlighted in screen

Editor controls

Command：set_group

：Editor controls。

Display control options can be changed here, default setting is shown below

Command：display_sr

Command：display_chain

Command：display_profile

Command：display_datum

Command：display_width

Controls snapping

Command：snap_mode

Command：snap_features

：Controls snapping。

Online Netlist

Command：online net set

Command：online page close

Command：online page show

：Online Netlist。

Online Netlist

Online DRC

Command：online drc clrref

Command：online drc run

Command：online drc set

Command：online drc setref

Command：online page close

Command：online page show

：Online DRC。

Developing

View Function Icons

Function Icons in this group controls layout views

Area zoom

Command：zoom_area

：Area zoom

Zoom in the selected area

Open a popview

Command：zoom pv open

：Open a popview

Open a popview window to zoom in the selected area
- example：

Measure distance

：Measure distance

This is a support tools for measuring distance in the graphic editor
Measure Mode:

Between Points：Measure distance between two points
Between Contours：Measure the shortest distance between two contour feature edge
Between Nets：Measure the shortest distance from one circuit nets to another
Between Center：Measure distance between two feature center points
Between Skeleton：Measure the shortest distance between two features, from skeleton to skeleton
- example of Between Skeleton ：
Annular Ring：Measure annular ring distance

How to Use

For demonstration, measure distance from feature edge to edge as shown below
Click ，Select Snap Mode: Edge
Click ，Select Measure Mode: Between Points

Measure distance is best used with Snapping Control function for accuracy

Example

A small square will appear when mouse reached snap point

Feature highlight

Command：filter_highlight

：Feature highlight

Click to highlight features, also works for non work layer features

Edit Function Icons

Function Icons in this group is used for feature editing

Add feature

：Click to open Add Feature interface

Command：add line
Command：add

polyline crv
Command：add polyline end
Command：add polyline strt
Command：add polyline xy
Command：add slot

Command：add_pad

Command：add surf end
Command：add surf hole end
Command：add

surf hole strt
Command：add surf poly crv
Command：add surf poly end
Command：add surf poly seg
Command：add surf poly strt
Command：add surf strt

Command：add_arc

Command：add_text

Delete feature

Command：delete_feat

：Delete feature icon

Move feature

Command：move_feat

：Move feature icon

Copy feature

Command：copy_feat

：Copy feature icon

Change line angle

Command：stretch_feat

：Change line angle icon

Stretch line

Command：stretch_feat

：Stretch line icon

Mirror feature

Command：mirror_feat

：Mirror feature icon

Rotate feature

Command：rotate_feat

：Rotate feature icon

Invert feature

Command：invert_feat

：Invert feature icon

Change feature polarity

Break line

Command：break_feat

：Break line icon

Rout dimension editor

Command：dimens show edit

：Rout dimension editor

To be continuded

Contour editor

Command：split edge
Command：remove

vertex
Command：move corner
Command：change edge
Command：move hole
Command：remove hole

To be continuded

：Contour editor

Pull line

Command：pull_feat

：Pull line

The Pull line icon is used to change a straight line into angled line with a corner
How to use:
- Click on a line
- Drag mouse with the result preview to adjust position
- Use coordinate to locate accurate postion if needed
- Use Snapping Control to locate accurate position if needed
- Double click to complete

Move junction

Command： move_junction

：Move junction

The Move junction icon is used to move corner between two lines
How to use:
- Click on a corner
- Drag mouse with the result preview to adjust position
- Use coordinate to locate accurate postion if needed
- Use Snapping Control to locate accurate position if needed
- Double click to complete

Move triplet (fixed angle)

Command： move_triplet

The Move triplet is used to adjust the middle line position in three connecting lines

：Move triplet (fixed angle)

How to use: Move triplet (fixed angle)

Click to select the middle line in three connecting lines
Drag mouse with the result preview to adjust middle line position with fixed angle
Use coordinate to locate accurate postion if needed
Use Snapping Control to locate accurate position if needed
Double click to complete

How to use: Move triplet (fixed length)

Click to select the middle line in three connecting lines
Drag mouse with the result preview to adjust middle line position with fixed length
Use coordinate to locate accurate postion if needed
Use Snapping Control to locate accurate position if needed
Double click to complete

Reroute trace (fix points)

Command：rerout_trace

：Reroute trace(fix points)

Reroute straight line into lines with one or more corners

How to use: Reroute trace(Fix points)

Click to select first point on a line, this point with be marked with a crossed white circle
Click to select second point
Drag mouse to adjust reroute position with the result preview
Use coordinate to locate accurate postion if needed
Use Snapping Control to locate accurate position if needed
Double click to complete

How to use: Reroute trace(Fix length)

Click to select first point on a line, this point with be marked with a crossed white circle
Click to select second point
Drag mouse to adjust reroute position with the result preview
Use coordinate to locate accurate postion if needed
Use Snapping Control to locate accurate position if needed
Double click to complete

How to use: Reroute trace(Fix direction)

Click to select a point on a line, this point with be marked with a crossed white circle
Drag mouse to adjust reroute position from selected point to the adjacent lines
Use Snapping Control to locate accurate position if needed
Double click to complete

Select Function Icons

Function icons in this group is used to select features

Feature Selection

Command：sel single feat

：Feature selection

How to use:
- Click to select a feature
- Double click to select features of the same size
- Mouse middle click to cancel selection

Rectangle Selection

Command：filter area end

：Rectangle selection

Select features in the rectangle area
How to use:
1. Click a point on screen for a starting point
2. Drag mouse to adjust rectangle frame
3. Click again to select features in the rectangle selection area
4. Hold shift to select multiple times
5. Hold Ctrl to to select features on the rectangle frame

Polygon Selection

Command：filter area end

：Polygon selection

Select feature in the polygon area
How to use:

Standard method

  1. Click a point on screen for a starting point
  2. Drag mouse to adjust selection frame position
  3. Click again to confirm 
  4. Repeat the steps above to form a polygon selection area
  5. Double click to select features within the selection area
  6. Hold shift to select multiple times
  7. Hold Ctrl to to select features on the polygon frame

Line Selection

  1. Click a point on screen for a starting point
  2. Drag mouse to adjust line length
  3. Double click to select features touched by the line

Select by net

Command：sel net feat

：Selector by net

Click to select all features belongs to the same net within the layer

Main Dropdown Menu

In this section, we will go over the dropdown menus in graphic editor main screen: File 、 Edit 、 Change 、 Action 、 Options and their sub menus

File

In the File dropdown menu, sub menus such as Save、Script、Close is availalbe

Save

Command：save_job

Save current job progress

Save as

Save current job progress to job manager in a new name

Script

Purpose

Use automated script to run ezCAM

Scenario

automated script can be used for reaptitive procedures

Prequisite

Written script needs to be placed in assigned directory

Parameters

Record ：Record commands
Run ：Run script
Binding ：bind hotkeys
Debug ：Run Debug

Record

Command：script_record

Purpose

Record commands as scripts

Scenario

Recorded commands can be used as scripts to repeat the same procedure

Buttons

：Start recording
：Stop recording
：Play recorded command
：Pause
：Delete recording
：Recorded content
：Dispplay Current Status: Recording or Pause
：Open directory
：Save recording
：Close window

How to use

* Click the Start recording icon to record the commands

Run

Command：script_run

Purpose

Run scripts

Scenario

Run written scripts for automated process

Prequisite

Written scripts saved in directory

Parameters

：Directory path for script
- ：Enter Script name
- ：Enter parameters
- ：Display current job and step running the script
：Enter to search within the script
：Clean up script log
：Run script in debug mode
：Openn script as text file
：Script log
：Run script and close window
：Run script
：Close window

How to use

Find script in directory and click OK to run

Binding

Command：script bind show

Command：script_ bind _show

Purpose

Set up hotkey for script

Scenario

Hotkey can be bind to scripts for convenience

Parameters

：Enter desired hotkey
：Enter direcotry path for the script
：Enter script name
：Display scripts and the binded hotkeys
：Add hotkeys
：Change hotkeys
：Delete hotkeys
：Save settings
：Close window

How to use

Assign a hotkey at Key Symbol
Select directory path and script, click Add and Save
The script now is bind to the assigned hotkey

Debug

Command：script_ debug _show

Purpose

Provide script hightlight, editing, set breakpoint, view variables and environmental variable

Scenario

Debug mode is used for script user to fix errors

Prequisite

Current supported script: C-Shell，Python，Perl，VB，Pascal，XML，Text

Parameters

File ：
- New ：Open a new script editing file
- Open ：Open a exisiting script
- Save ：Save script
- Reload ：Reload script
- Close ：Close window
Edit ：
- Cut : Cut script
- Copy ：Copy script
- Paste ：Paste copied/cut script
- Search ：Enter text to search within the script
View ：
- Search ：Enter text to search within the script
- Show Debugging Tools ：Debugging Tools display can be turned on or off here
- Show Messages ：Debug Logs display can be turned on or off here
：Close script
：Click to run script. Under single execution mode, script will run till the next break point
：Stop running script
：Step Over icon is used for single execution
- Run > Add/Remove Breakpoint ：Set breakpoint for scripts
- Run > Clear Breakpoints ：Remove breakpoint for script
  - Breakpoint can also be added by clicking the circle icon on the left of the script
  - When script runs to the breakpoint, script will stop and display current variables and environmental variables
Available Lines ：The circle icon shows this script line is valid
Tips：In Debug mode, move mouse cursor on variables to display variable value, as shown in fig.1

Fig.1

：Syntax check button
：Stdout button
：Stderr button
Help ：Open ezCAM user manual

How to use

In debug mode, breakpoints can be added to debug script errors and variables will be displayed

Print

Command：print

Purpose

Output layer layout into PDF files
Print out layer layout

Layers

Layer Names：Select layer to be printed, multiple layers can be selected
Mirror：Select layer to be printed in mirror image

Print Layers：
- Separately：Output layers to different page
- Together：Output layers to the same page

Margins

Margins can be set for four sides of the page:

Top Margin
Right Margin
Bottom Margin
Left Margin
Use relative margins ：Consider value in Factor of area width to set margins on all sides
Factor of area width： Input value for Use relative margins

Options

Black Mode：Output in black and white colors
Draw Profile：Check to show profile
Actual Size：Output file according to actual layout size
Width Mode：Choose output method
- Width On：Output layer layout normally

Outline： Output layer layout in outlines

Skeleton：Output layer layout in skeletons

Area Mode：Select output area range
- Global：output all
- Selected Area：output selected area
  - How to use：
    1. Click Select Area button
    2. Select an area in the graphic editor screen to be printed

Paper

Orientation：Set output printing directions
- Portrait：print in portrait mode
- Landscape：print in landscape mode
- Auto Mode：Auto detect printing mode
Size：Choose the size of the paper
Width：Display selected paper width
Height：Display selected paper height

Output

Destination：Choose to output in paper or PDF file

+ File Name：Choose name and path for the output file + Print：Click print button to output

Output PDF Demonstration

Click Layer Name , select a layer to output
Click File Name , choose file path and name for the output file, click Save
Click button to open output file

Print Demonstration

1 . Click Layer Names , select a layer to print

2 . In the Destination field, click Printer to set up printer

3 . Click Print button to print

Close

Close Graphic Editor window

Edit

The Edit dropdown menu has the following sub menus: Undo/Redo 、 Delete 、 Move 、 Copy 、 Resize 、 Transform 、 Connections 、 Buffer 、 Reshape 、 Polarity 、 Create 、 Change 、 Attributes 、 Arrange

Undo/Redo

In the Undo/Redo sub menu, there are three options: Undo, Redo, Undo/Redo list

Undo

Command：undo

Undo
- Undo previous action (hotkey Ctrl + Z)。

Redo

Redo
- Repeat previous action (hotkey Shift + Ctrl + Z)

Undo/Redo list

Purpose

Check editing history log for undo and redo, and can be used to return to specific action

Scenario

Undo/redo list can be used as editing log, you can choose to undo or redo to any point in one editing session

Limitations

Log starts recording after job is opened
Some actions cannot be undoed, such as delete Layer, rename Step etc....
Undo All
- Undo all actions and return to the state when job is being opened
Redo All
- Redo all actions and return to job's latest editing change

How to use

Open interface, click on the Undo/Redo/Undo All/Redo All button to apply, or click any entry in the log to go to the logged action

Delete

Command：sel_delete

Purpose

Delete selected feature (hotkey Ctrl + B)。

Limitations

If no features was selected, delete all features

How to use

Select a feature to be deleted
Select Edit -> Delete or use the hotkey Ctrl+B

Move

The Move dropdown menu includes move function for different types of move targets
The sub menu are as follows： Same Layer 、 Other Layer 、 Stretch Parallel Lines 、 Orthogonal Stretch 、 Move Triplets(fixed angle) 、 Move Triplets(fixed length) 、 Move S&R to Panel 。

Move_Same Layer

Command：sel_move

Purpose

Move selected feature in the same layer

How to use

Select a feature to move
Select Edit＞Move＞Same Layer or use the hotkey Ctrl+X
Use mouse to choose move location
Click to complete the move

Other Layer

Command：sel move other

Purpose

Move selected features to another Layer。

Parameters

Target Layer
- Enter target Layer as move destination
Invert
- Yes：change polarity
- No：keep the same polarity
Mirror
- None：no change to the moved feature
- Horizontally：Feature moved in horizontal mirror image
- Vertically：Feature moved in vertical mirror image
X Offset
- Set offset value on x axis
Y Offset
- Set offset value on y axis
Resize By
- Set resize value
Rotation
- Set rotation value in counter clockwise direction
Anchor
- Set datum point for Mirror and Rotation function, Click the Center button to set Anchor to the center of the feature

How to use

Select a feature to move
Set target Layer。
Input additional setting for moved feature: Invert, Mirror, X Offset, Y Offset, Resize By, Rotation, Anchor
Click Apply button to complete the move

Stretch Parallel Lines

Command：sel_stretch

Scenario

Change the line length for a set of parallel lines

Limitations

All lines must be parallel
Cannot be applied on arc features

How to use

Hold Shift and click to select multiple parallel lines
Click again and drag mouse to adjust line length
Use coordinate to locate accurate postion if needed
Use Snapping Control to locate accurate position if needed
Double click to complete

Orthogonal Stretch

Command：sel orthogonal stretch

Purpose

This function is used to move selected features in vertical or horizontal direction

Limitations

Only works with features selected with rectangle selection
Does not work on surface features

How to use

Use Rectangle selection to select features to be moved
Select Orthogonal Stretch from the Move dropdown menu, click and move either in vertical or horizontal direction
Double click to complete

Move Triplet (fixed angle)

Command：move_triplets

Purpose

Move selected lines in fixed angle

Limitations

Selected line is required to be in between two other lines

How to use

Select a line feature to move
Edit > Move > Move Triplet(fixed angle) or use hotkey Alt+D
Adjust moved line with mouse
Double click to complete

Move Triplet(fix length)

Command：move_triplets

Purpose

Move selected lines in fixed length

How to use

Select a line feature to move
Edit > Move > Move Triplet(fix length) or use hotkey Alt+J
Adjust moved line with mouse
Double click to complete

Move S&R to Panel

Command：sel move repeat

Purpose

Move the selected features in the current step to coresponding layers in panelization step

Limitations

Target panelization step must include current step

Parameters

Dest Step
- Destination Step。
X Repeats
- -1：Minus one set of panels when copying panels in x axis
- 0：Copy all panels
- 1：Add one set of panels when copying panels in x axis
Y Repeats
- -1：Minus one set of panels when copying panels in y axis
- 0：Copy all panels
- 1：Add one set of panels when copying panels in 7 axis
Delete Orig
- Yes：Delete selected feature after move
- No：Keep selected feature after move

How to use

Select features to move
Set up Dest Step, X Repeats, Y Repeats, and Delete Orig fields
Click Apply to complete

Feature to Nested Step

to be continued.

Copy

Same Layer

Command：sel_copy

Purpose

Copy seletc feature to another location in the same layer

How to use

Select Edit>Copy>Same Layer or use hotkey Alt+C
Click to select a location for copied features
Double click to complete

Other Layer

Command：sel copy other

Purpose

Copy selected feature to another layer

Parameters

Destination
- Layer Name：Enter target layer name for copied features
- Affected Layers：Set affected layers as target layer for copied features
Invert
- Yes：change polarity
- No：keep the same polarity
Mirror
- None：no change to the moved feature
- Horizontally：Feature moved in horizontal mirror image
- Vertically：Feature moved in vertical mirror image
X Offset
- Set offset value on x axis
Y Offset
- Set offset value on y axis
Resize By
- Set resize value
Rotation
- Set rotation value in counter clockwise direction
Anchor
- Set datum point for Mirror and Rotation function, Click the Center button to set Anchor to the center of the feature

How to use

Select features to copy
Set copy Destination
Set up copied features: Invert, Mirror, X Offset, Y Offset, Resize By, Rotation and Anchor
Click Apply to complete copy

Step & Repeat

Command：sel copy repeat

Purpose

Copy feature into arrays

Parameters

NX：Number of features on x axis
NY：Number of features on y axis
DX：Spacing on x axis
DY：Spacing on y axis

How to use

Select a feature
Input spacing and feature number for x and y axis
Click OK to apply

Multi Layer Copy

Purpose

Copy multiple layers to current job

Parameters

：Select source job to copy
：Select source step to copy
：Select source layer to copy
：Enter prefix and suffix for copied layers
：Display copied layer list
：Enter Destination layer for copied layer
：Choose layer copy mode:
- Replace Mode: Replace target layer features with copied layer features
- Append Mode: Add copied layer features to the target layer
：Choose Yes to change polarity for copied layers, no to keep original polarity
：Choose Yes to copy notes from the current job
：Apply and close window
：Apply only
：Close window

Resize

Global

Command：sel_resize

Global: Resize all features in the layer

Size：Enter positive value to enlarge, negative value to shrink
Surface Corner：Change surface corner shapes after resize
- Origin：Keep the same shape after resize
- Round：Change to round corners after resize
- Chamfer：Change to chamfer shaped corners after resize

How to use

Surface

Command：sel resize surface

Surface: Resize surface features in the layer

Resize island by：Enter value to resize islands
Resize hole by：Enter value to resize holes on surface, higher the value, smaller the holes
Corner：Change surface corner shapes after resize
- Origin：Keep the same shape after resize
- Round：Change to round corners after resize
- Chamfer：Change to chamfer shaped corners after resize

Resize >　Thermal, Donut

Command：therm don resize

Thermal, Donut: Resize thermal and donut pads

Size：Enter positive value to enlarge, negative value to shrink

Contourize & Resize

Command：sel cont resize

Contourize & Resize: change surface drawn with line features into surface feature, then resize

Resize island by：Enter value to resize islands
Resize hole by：Enter value to resize holes on surface, higher the value, smaller the holes
Corner：Change surface corner shapes after resize
- Origin：Keep the same shape after resize
- Round：Change to round corners after resize
- Chamfer：Change to chamfer shaped corners after resize
Contourize：
- Tolerance：Input tolerance for changing line features into surface features
- Separate to island：Choose to mark islands after contourize

By Factor

Command：sel resize factor

By Factor: Resize by scale factor

Factor：Enter scale factor to resize features

Polyline

Command：sel resize poly

Polyline: Resize multiple connected lines

Size：Enter resize value for polyline features

Transform

Command：sel_transform

This functions is used to rotate, mirror, move or reshape selected features

Mode

Anchor：Use defined Anchor point as datum point
Axis：Use feature center as datum point

Duplicate

Yes：Transform will create a new feature based on selected feature
No：Transform will change selected feature

Rotate

Rotate feature clockwise with Anchor as center point, input angle value range up to two decimal place

Note：Text features will also be rotated

Mirror X

Create mirror image of the selected feature with Anchor as center point.

Mirror Y

Create mirror image of the selected feature with Anchor as center point.

Scale

Resize selected features on based on input value on x and y axis, using Anchor as center point.

Scale 針對不同的 Features 型態有不同的邏輯:

Pad：Change x, y 。
Line：Change x1, y1, x2, y2 。
Arc：Change xs, ys, xe, ye, xc, yc 。
Text：Change x, y 。
Surface：Change all corner cooridinates

Offset

Input x and y axis value to move selected features

Center

Click on the Center button to automatically place an anchor point in the center of a feature or group of selected features.

Anchor

Set up Anchor point for the Transform
:Move screen to Anchor point
: Use mouse to set Anchor point
Anchor coordinate on X and Y axis will be displayed

Connection

To be continuded

Buffer

Purpose

Basic editing functions for features is under Buffer submenu

Cut

Command：sel buffer cut

Copy selected feature to buffer clipboard，and delete selected feature

Copy

Command：sel buffer copy

Copy selected feature to buffer clipboard

Paste

Command：sel buffer paste

Paste feature from buffer clipboard to target location

Clear

Command：sel buffer clear

Clear buffer clipboard

View

Command：(To be continued)

View buffer clipboard

Options

Command：sel buffer option

Set Buffer parameters
- Performance
- Mode
  - Merge Layers：Merge features in buffer clipboard when pasting to layers
  - Match by Name：Features copied from a layer can only be pasted to a layer with the same name
- Fixed Datum Point：Use datum point for the current layer
- Transformation：Set paste options
- Rotation：Paste rotated feature in 0, 90, 180 or 270 degrees
- Mirror：Paste in mirror image
- Invert Polarity：Paste in different polarity

Reshape

Change Symbol

Command：sel change sym

Change symbol for selected feature

How to use

Enter Symbol or click button to open Select Symbol interface，input shape and size for the symbol, click [OK] or [Apply] back to previous window
Select a feature ，click [OK] or [Apply] to change it's symbol 。
Use the arrow button to get the symbol for selected feature

Break

Command：sel_break

Break selected feature (such as Special Symbol, Text) into basic features，attribute will remain the same after break

Break to Islands, Holes

Command：sel break isl_hole

Purpose

Break selected surface feature into islands and holes, and create two new layers for each

Scenario

Use this function to edit island and holes separately

Parameters

Islands Layer：Enter layer name for islands after breaking the surface, input exisiing layer name will replace it
Holes Layer：Enter layer name for holes after breaking the surface, input exisiing layer name will replace it

How to use

Select a surface
Open Break to Islands, Holes interface and set up parameters
Click [Apply] or [OK] to proceed

Arc to Line

Command：arc2lines

Purpose

Break arc feature into line features

Parameters

Tolerance：Set the shortest distance from arc center to arc

Curve to Segments

Command：curves2segs

Purpose

Break arc on surface features into line features

Parameters

Tolerance：Set the shortest distance from arc center to arc

Line to Pad

Command：sel_line2pad

Purpose

Change pad drawn with line feature into pad feature

Limitations

Only works on pads drawn with line features

How to use

Select line features to be changed to pad
Edit -> Reshape -> Line to Pad。

Countour to Pad

Command：sel_cont2pad

Purpose

Identify selected surface, change it into standard pads or pads with existing special symbols, if the shape of the surface does not belong to any exisiting symbols, create a new pad symbol with construct prefix, then create a new layer for the original surface before the change.

Process：

Scenario

To change multiple surface into pads（ Substitute is another option for such tasks）。

Parameters

Tolerance：Enter tolerance value when identifying surface features
Min Size：Set minimum width and length for surface features
Max Size：Set maximum width and length for surface features
Ignore
- Asymmetric：Check to ignore asymmetrical surface features
- Holes：Check to ignore surface feature with holes
- NonStandard：Check to ignore surface with non standard pad shape
- Rotate：Check to ignore surface with rotated shape of standard symbol
Suffix：input suffix for the created layer

example：if original name is mylayer ，Suffix is ++ ，created layer name will be mylayer++

How to use

Select a surface feature
Open Contour to Pad interface，set up parameters
Click Apply or OK to proceed

Pad to Line

Command：sel_pad2line

Purpose

Change pad feature into line feature

How to use

Select a pad feature (if no pad feature were selected, change all pads into lines)
Edit -> Reshape -> Pad to Line。

Pad to Outline

Command：sel_pad2outline

Purpose

Use this function to obtain outlines of a pad

Parameters

Symbol used here must be a known existing symbol

How to use

Select a pad (if no pad feature were selected, change all pads into lines)
Enter symbol for the outline
Click Apply or OK to proceed

Contourize

Command：sel_contourize

Purpose

Change selected feature into surface based on the feature shape (polarity will be )

If selected feature includes both positive and negative features, negative feature area will be removed from the created contour, if selected feature only includes negative features, all negative features will be combined into a single contour

Parameters

Tolerance：Tolerance value for surface outline before and after contourize
Separate to Islands
- Yes：Islands created by Contourize will be regarded as individual feature
- No：Islands created by Contourize will still be regarded as part of the contour
Force fixing self-intersection：
Max Size
- Set the size for allowed holes on the contour, holes with size lower than entered value will be removed
Mode
- X or Y：Hole size are determined by either x or y axis
- X and Y：Hole size are determined by x and y axis
- Area：Hole size are determined by hole length times width

Clean Holes

Command：sel clean holes

Purpose

Remove holes on surface features

Parameters

Max Size
- Set the size for allowed holes on the surface, holes with size lower than entered value will be removed
Mode
- X or Y：Hole size are determined by either x or y axis
- X and Y：Hole size are determined by x and y axis
- Area：Hole size are determined by hole length times width

Clean Surfaces

Command：sel clean surface

Purpose

Remove unwanted surface features

Parameters

Tolerance： Set detection tolerance for below parameters
Max Size：Set the size for surface and holes to be removed
Mode：
- X or Y：size are determined by either x or y axis
- X and Y：size are determined by x and y axis
- Area：size are determined by hole length times width

Fill

Command：sel_fill

Change surface feature into the same shape filled with line or pad features

Limitations

Only support changing surface feature into line or pad currently

Type

Set fill mode, there are three options: Solid, Pattern and Standard

Type：
- Solid Type：
- Surface：Remain as surface features
- Filled：Fill surface shape with line features
- Use Arc：Use arc feature to match contour outline
- Min Brush：Set minimum line width
Type：Pattern

Symbol：Enter symbol name for filling pattern
Dx 、Dy：Symbol spacing on X and Y axis
Break partial
- Yes：Allow partial symbol shape when filling up contour
- No：symbol must be whole when filling up contour
Cut primitive
- Yes：Filled feature are trimmed to match surface shape
- No：Does not trimm filled feature to match surface shape
Origin point
- Limit ：Use surface as origin point
- Datum：Use datum point as origin point
Outline
- No ： Does not add outline
- Yes ：Add outline
  - Outline Width ：Set outline width
  - Outline Invert
  - Yes ： Outline polarity will be the opposite of surface feature
  - No ： Outline polarity will be the same as surface feature
Type：Standard

Standard Type ：
- Lines ： Fill with line features
- Cross Hatches ： Fill with cross hatches
Angle ： Set line angle
Line Width ： Set line width
Step Distance ： Spacing for lines
Indentation
- odd ： Indentation on odd numbered lines
- even ：Indentation on even numbered lines
Cut primitive
- Yes：Filled feature are trimmed to match surface shape
- No：Does not trimm filled feature to match surface shape
Outline
- No ： Does not add outline
- Yes ：Add outline
  - Outline Width ：Set outline width
  - Outline Invert
  - Yes ： Outline polarity will be the opposite of surface feature
  - No ： Outline polarity will be the same as surface feature

Decompose

Command：sel_decompose

Decompose surface features

Design to Rout

Command：sel_design2rout

Connect selected line and arc feature

Scenario

Connecting and align line and arc feature
Rerrange line and arc

Substitute

Command：sel_substitute

Substitue selected feature with assigned symbol

Mode：Substitute

Replace selected feature with assigned symbol

： Enter symbol name

：Use arrow button to get symbol for selected feature

Tolerance

Set allowed tolerance value

X Y coordinate

Set new coordinate location for the subsitute feature

：Zoom in on the coordinate position
：Set coordinate as datum
：Display selected feature center coordinate

Consider right angle rotate：

Mode：Select

Choose a feature, select all features of the same size

Tolerance

Set allowed tolerance value

X Y coordinate

Set new coordinate location for the subsitute feature

：Zoom in on the coordinate position
：Set coordinate as datum
：Display selected feature center coordinate

Cutting Data

Command：sel cut data

Purpose

Detect selected line in the chosen layer, change line drawn polygon into surface feature, depend on the polarity, create island and holes on the surface

Scenario

After DXF file input，surface are ususally drawn with line features, use Cutting Data here to adjust layout

Limitations

Only works with line and arc features with round symbols
Only detects enclosed polygon
Does not work on connecting line and arc with different width

Parameters

Maximum Detected Gap Size
- Detect the distance range gap between line and arc ends
Maximum Repaired Gap Size
- If line and arc gap distance is lower than entered value, treat it as connected
Smoothing Tolerance
- Set the tolerance to smooth surface edge
Ignore Width
- Option to determine surface outline
- Yes： Surface outline is decided by line and arc shape
- No： Surface outline is decided by line and arc shape, and line width
Ignore hole
- Option to handle holes in polygon
- None： Hole will be treated as hole on surface
- All： Remove holes
- Included： Hole will be treated as islands
Polarity
- Start positive
- For multiple polylines with different polarity, set the first polyline to positive

Configuration： cut_data_contourize

For Cutting Data results，choose to keep island separate or as a whole

Configuration： cut_data_resize

Option for surface corners when Cutting Data's Ignore Width is set to No

Yes： Change to angled surface corner
No： Keep round surface corner

Configuration： cut_data_simplify

Simplify surface nodes in Cutting Data results

Surface to Outline

Command：sel_surf2outline

Purpose

Change surface feature into outline

Select a surface
Select Reshape > Surface to Outline to open Surface to Outline Setting interface
Set outline width
Click OK or Apply to proceed

Line Width

Input outline width

Change Arc Direction

Command：sel change arc_dir

Keep arc end points in the same location, only change direction of the arc

Break Arc

Purpose

Break arc feature into smaller arc segment with assigned angles

Arc Angle limit

Set angle limit for arc feature, arc with angle higher than entered value will be ignored

Spacing Angle

Set angle for smaller arc segments after break arc

Combine Arc

Combine arc segment into a whole arc

Line to Stamp Holes

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Cut Surface

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Feature Stretch

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Create Boundary Area

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Curve Optimization

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Polarity

Purpose

Change polarity for selected feature

How to use

Positive ( Command：sel_polarity )
- Change selected feature to positive
Invert ( Command：sel polarity invert )
- Chang selected feature to opposite polarity
Negative ( Command：sel_polarity )
- Change selected feature to negative

Create

Create Step

Command：sel create step

Purpose

Create a new step

Parameters

Step
- Enter name for the new step
Auto delete
- Check to delete selected features
Datum
- Set datum point for the new step

How to use

Enter name for the new step
Click OK to complete

Symbol

Command：sel create sym

Purpose

Save customized symbol

Parameters

Symbol
- Enter name for the symbol
Pat. Fill DX
- Set Pattern Fill spacing on X axis
Pat. Fill DY
- Set Pattern Fill spacing on Y axis
Auto Delete
- Yes：Delete selected feature after creating the new symbol
- No：Keep the selected feature
Datum
- Set datum point for the new symbol, click the Center button to set feature center point as datum

How to use

Select one or more features
Enter symbol name and datum point
Click Apply to complete

Create Profile

Command：sel create profile

Purpose

Create Profile frame based on the selected feature

How to use

Select a enclosed outline, preferably use Select Layer Net to select
Edit>Create>Profile

Change

Change Text

Command：sel change text

Purpose

Replace a set of texts with another texts

How to use

Change > Change Text to open Change Text Popup
Select text to be changed
Enter new text size in X size and Y size field
Enter new text width in Line width field
Set polarity and mirroring
Enter new text in the Text field
Click OK to complete
A warning message will appear if no text was selected: ：(this operation will be performed on all features. continue?)

Pad To Slots

Command：sel_pad2slots

Purpose

Change selected pad into slot

Parameters

Symbol
- Enter Symbol name for the slot
Length
- Enter slot length
Center shift
- Set distance between slot and pad center point
Angle (deg)
- Enter slot rotation angles
Dcode
- Enter D-code number

How to use

Select pad to be changed to slot
Edit ＞Change ＞ Pad to slots
Set up parameters
Click Apply or OK to complete

Feature to Outline

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Feature to Drill Pattern

Command：sel_feat2drill

Purpose

Use drill pattern to match selected feature shape

Parameters

Target Layer
- Select output target layer, Choose Append to add result to the target layer or Overwrite to replace layer content
Drill Size
- Enter drill size value
Drill Type
- Select drill type
Pitch
- Set spacing between drill holes
Outline only
- Only applies to feature outline

How to use

Select a feature, set up parameter settings, output results to target Layer

Add Teardrop

Command：add_teardrop

Purpose

Add teardrop for pad and line features

Parameters

Teardrop Type：
- Triangular：Use line feature to create teardrop
- Filleted：Use arc feature to create teardrop
TD Line Width：
- Set line width for teardrop, Check Use line size to use selected line width
Max angle(deg)：
- Set the angle for teardrop starting point, pad center and teardrop end point
Side：
- Left：Add teardrop to the left side
- Right：Add teardrop to the right side
- Both：Add teardrop to both sides
Add short TD：
- Choose Yes to add short teardrops
Delete old lines：
- Yes：Delete line feature's overlapping area with added teardrop
- No：Keep line feature the same

Bus Editor

Command：bus create triplet

Command：bus move triplet

Line to Dotted Line

Command：(todo)

Change line feature to dotted line segments

Line Length

Set dotted line length

Line Spacing

Set dotted line spacing

Break Arc

Choose to break arc feature or not

Offset polyline

Attributes

Edit feature attributes

Change

Click ，move mouse over a feature, click again to select it

Click 「 Edit 」> 「 Attribute 」，select 「 Change 」。

Select「 Add 」，select 「 Attribute 」。

Find attribute to add from the attribute list below

Select an attribute from the list，In the Parameters field，select additional detail for the attribute, then click 「 Add 」 to proceed，and click Close to return to the previous screen

Click 「 OK 」 to add attribute to the selected feature

Delete

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Arrange

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Bring to front

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Send to back

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Actions

Checklists

Command：clear_highlight

Checklist Rules Mananger

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Script Action

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Script Action is used to set names for scripts and arrange scritps in a Checklist
Adding scripts to the Checklist helps with DFM and analysis functions

Create Region

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Netlist Analyzer

Net Tracer

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Convert Netlist to Layer

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Clear Selected and Highlight

Command：clear_highlight

Clear all selection and highlight

Reverse Selection

Command：sel_reverse

Change all selected features to be unselected, all unselected feature to be selected

Reference Selection

Command：sel ref feat

Select features in the work layer based on feature interaction with reference layer features

Reference Use

Filter：Use filter for reference
Selected：Use selected feature as reference

Reference Mode

Select interaction options with the reference layer features:

Touch
Disjoint
Covered
Includes
Multi-Covered

Pads as

Select method to reference pads in reference layer

Shape: reference to pad shape
Limits: reference to pad size

Reference layer

Select a reference layer from the layer list

Reference feature

When using Reference Use:Filter, select features to be referenced

Include symbols

When using Reference Use:Filter, select symbols to be included

Exclude symbols

When using Reference Use:Filter, select symbols to be excluded

All Selection

Command：sel all feat

Select all features in the layer
hotkey: Shift + Control + A。

Select Drawn

Command：sel_drawn

Detect and select line drawn surface

Component Search

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Special Symbol Manager

Purpose

Manage special symbols saved in the job, a list of all special symbols will be displayed in this interface

Scenario

Copy symbols in the Library to be used at other job
Delete special symbols saved in the job

Parameters

Action
- Copy to Library：Add Specail Symbol to Library
- Delete：delete selected specail symbol

How to use

Open Special Symbol Manager
Select a special symbol, choose to copy to Library or delete
Click Apply to proceed

Notes

Purpose

Editing and view note in the layer

How to use

Select a note in the layer
Move note ( Command：note_move )
- Click the move note function icon
- Click to select a note
- Click a location to move
Delete note 。( Command：note_delete )
- Click the delete note function icon
- Click to select a note
- Click again to delete
Copy note 。( Command：note_copy )
- Click the copy note function icon
- Click to select a note
- Click a location to add copied note
Add note 。( Command：note_add )
- Click the add note function icon
- Click a location to add note
Select the note above on the list
Select the next note on the list
Delete selected note
Delete all notes ( Command：note delete all )
Layer name 。
Filter note by user
Filter note by note content
Filter note by time, input start of the time range in DD/MM/YYYY format
Filter note by time, input end of the time range DD/MM/YYYY format
note list
note content
note content input
- After editing content, click Update to complete

Graphic Snapshot

Command：disp_snapshot

Purpose

Output current display screen as image file

Limitations

Supported format: jpeg, png

Parameters

Image File : set output path, default file format is .png, if file extension is .jpg then the output file will be .jpg

Options

Selection

Command：sel_options

Attributes

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Graphic Control

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Snap

Click to open Snap Popup interface

Measure

The Measure Distance tool is used to measure precise distance in the layout design
Choose Measure Mode
Between Points：Measure distance between two points
Between Contours：Measure the shortest distance between two contour feature edge
Between Nets：Measure the shortest distance from one circuit nets to another
Between Center：Measure distance between two feature center points
Between Skeleton：Measure the shortest distance between two features, from skeleton to skeleton
- example: 。
Annular Ring：Measure annular ring distance
Measure with Snapping Control
- Measure edge to edge between two surface features