Gary Smith: gdsmith@lanl.gov, 7-2819
Frank Maestas: fmaestas@lanl.gov 7-1013
1) Find out if the DMGR fonts are available on your local machine. For
installation instructions, see bottom of the page.
xset -q if the mgcfonts appear somewhere in the font path, you're OK.
If not, add the DMGR fonts to your current session:
xset +fp /home/hubert/fonts/mgcfonts.dir/ on phenix2
xset +fp /usr1/mvdonl/fonts/mgcfonts.dir/ on mvdonl
xset +fp /home/phoncs/hubert/mgcfonts.dir/ on phoncs21 [or do source ~/hubert/startup]
xset fp rehash add this to the font path list
xset -q look again for font path; should show new fonts
2) ssh maxwell.lanl.gov Log in to NIS-4
dmgr This command brings up Design Manager
If it doesn't come up, it is probably because fonts
are missing, or the DISPLAY is not set or allowed, or the
number of users is exceeded.
path to net/nis4x/data/pcb/phenix The leftmost 'page' is called 'Tools',
the one next to is shows the path, which starts out
as your home directory /net/nis4x/home/<your-name>.
Using the big arrows below this page, go up two
levels to /net/nis4x/ and then by clicking on the
folders, down to data -> pcb -> phenix
View -> by [name/icon] On the top menu bar, using the View menu, you
can get the listing in the Phenix window by name
double-click on the in the $LANL_PHENIX panel. mvd-1 is the power-comm board,
board you want dcim_2paste is the most recent dcim folder
left-click on pcb This highlights the pcb line
right-click on pcb A drop-down menu appears.
Go to 'open', and click on the arrow next to 'open'. From the drop-down menu that appears,
choose 'A: proto-layout'
high speed? OK [recently, after choosing the high-speed option, Proto-layout did
not come up, 'cannot obtain a license...'. Choosing the non-highspeed
option brought it up OK]
draw '?' with center key That is, with the middle button pressed, paint a large question mark
over the drawing.
mouse button: Left Middle Right
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Select Stroke Menu
+<SHIFT> Unselect Zoom out Repeat Menu
+<CTRL> Move Zoom in Extended menu
zoom in = stroke NW to SE
zoom out = stroke SE to NW
unzoom x2 = SW to NE
stroke 'L' = layers brings up a list of board and component layers
name-1 top layer (silkscreen, surface pads etc)
name-2 bottom layer
view - change style solid color
outline
How to find a net:
On top menu bar: View -> Design Data -> .../nets -> OK
this brings up an ascii window with the net list. Then from the top menu bar
Search -> Search -> fill in component name -> OK
this places the cursor by the first occurrence of the component (difficult to spot).
The line lists all the components it is connected to. Write down the net name.
Show a net:
On RH panel: CHANGE REF -> SELECT FILTER -> (brings up Setup Select filters window)
-> nets -> OK
Now if you click on a pin, the whole net attached to that point lights up.
Set the color of a net:
On RH panel: CHANGE REF -> DISPLAY CONTROLS -> Display Attributes -> brings up the
Set Display Attributes window -> click Net Highlight, and select the net name fron
the list and give it a color. -> OK -> OK
Now go back to the drawing and click on a point on the net to highlight it.
Capture a screen shot:
Fire up the GIMP (Gnome-> Programs -> Graphics -> the Gimp)
-> File -> Acquire -> Screen Shot (without decorations) -> OK
(make sure the Gimp menu is out of the way, or set delay to a few seconds
and move things around) -> click on the window you want.
The acquired image appears in a Gimp window -> right-click in the window
save as.....
Hilite (on RHSide)
Display control -> visible pin
set display attributes -> make pin# white
select or pin/trace -> name appears in bottom window
scroll the drawing : click center key or move to window edge
view -> schematic sheet -> root schematic sheet
select component stroke 'sqrt' (down, up, right) brings up component
properties
click -> highlights, click again
Printing:
file -> print -> export graphics ->
click on EPSI, click on 'select format'
If you want to print to D-size, click 'scale', and fill in
34.0 and 24.0 inches
click 'color'
click OK
Now you have a file <<;name>>.epsi, and you can convert it to pdf:
distill - pagesize 34 24 in <name>.epsi
this produces a pdf file
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hp1055 is the big printer at NIS
Place by ref (RHSide)
-> window(?), type name
view schematic of gates -> locates component on schematic
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maxwell.lanl.gov managed by Frank Maestas 7-1013 fmaestas@lanl.gov
help - proto view layout manual
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How to install the DMGR fonts: (from Frank Maestas Feb 27)
1) I have placed a tar file called pcfontsnew.tar in your home
directory on maxwell.
2) Migrate the fonts tar file to the X-Server -- the remote
system from which you wish to run the Mentor Software. Place these
files in a new directory and note the directory's name.
hubert/fonts/mgcfonts.dir/mgcfonts.dir/ on phenix2,
phenix21/home/hubert/fonts/mgcfonts.dir/
Untar locally: tar -xvf pcfontsnew.tar
skip this ->[ 3) Using the X server's font conversion tools, most likely the
utilities "bdftopcf" and "mkfontdir" convert (bdftopcf) the BDF files
to appropriately formatted font files and create (mkfontdir) the font
index.
bdftopcf: use command file ZZ_CONVERT.COM. ] <- end skip
3b) mkfontdir produces file fonts.dir]
4) Add the directory containing these newly converted font files to
the Font PAth. To display the current font path, use the command
xset -q
To add a directory to the beginning of the font path, use the command
xset +fp /the/absolute/path/to/the/new/fonts/
Notice the directory path ends with a slash (/).
[xset +fp /home/hubert/fonts/mgcfonts.dir/ on phenix2
xset +fp /usr1/hubert/mvd/dmgr/mgcfonts.dir/ on p2hp4]
5) After the directory has been added to the font path, run
xset fp rehash
to cause the X-server to recreate the font path database then run
Last update 13 May 2003 - HvH
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