Stats

  • Locked Locked
  • Replies 5
  • Subscribers 125
  • Views 3008
  • Members are here 0
This discussion has been locked.
You can no longer post new replies to this discussion. If you have a question you can start a new discussion

Gray/Grey schematic for easier viewing of highlighted nets

CADcasualty

Back in the days of Cadence 5 I could tap alt-G on the keyboard and my schematic would toggle into gray mode to more easily see and follow highlighted nets through the schematic hierarchy. For the life of me I can't figure out how to get access to that feature in IC 6 (6.1.8). Maybe it was a script the CAD guys had written in the company I worked for at the time. I did search the documentation before posting this but came up blank. 

  • Andrew Beckett

    That was never something that we provided - I guess you could write something to adjust the colours.

    However, have you taken a look at using Dimming for this? Options->Display in the schematic editor - then when you probe a net, the probe stays at full visibility, but the rest of the schematic is dimmed (and of course you can control the dimming intensity). You could define a bind key:

    hiGetCurrentWindow()->dimmingOn=!hiGetCurrentWindow()->dimmingOn

    to toggle it on or off.

    Andrew.

  • CADcasualty
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Thanks Andrew  - I had noticed that option and gave it a try before posting, however I wasn't pleased with the results. Perhaps it's because I'm on a white background, but at lower intensities it didn't make much of a difference and by the time the schematic was monochromatic enough I was left with way too overpowering black graphics against my white background. Is there a way to adjust the endgame color to be gray instead of pitch black?

  • CADcasualty
    in reply to CADcasualty

    Forgot to add - is there also a way (similar to the layout side of things) to make the highlighting bolder, and ideally also be in control of the color instead of accepting the next color in the list (y0-y9?)?

  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to CADcasualty

    Having tried it with a white background, dimming really doesn't work very well with a white background - it should be lightening the "background" shapes more as they are dimmed, not darkening. You should contact customer support.

    You can probe a specific colour (well, layer) from the navigator using Right Mouse->Probe over the net in the navigator.

    Andrew

Community Guidelines

The Cadence Design Communities support Cadence users and technologists interacting to exchange ideas, news, technical information, and best practices to solve problems and get the most from Cadence technology. The community is open to everyone, and to provide the most value, we require participants to follow our Community Guidelines that facilitate a quality exchange of ideas and information. By accessing, contributing, using or downloading any materials from the site, you agree to be bound by the full Community Guidelines.