Testprep...how to control distance from testvia to component pad.

 Hi steveO,

 what version are you using?

Whats are your parameters?

Can you share an exemple so i can have a look to it?

Jean-Charles 

JC,

we are using V16.2. I have set the Parameters to not allow testpoints under comp's. I've said to use the placebound shape as the component representation. testprep is not seeing this for some reason. I'll be coming back to this job soon and will look at it again and try to give an update. If you can think of something else that needs to be set or added, let me know. Thanks. steveO.

steveO said:

Tomoo, I've since got Testprep to abide by the parameters and spacings set in CM. There is one thing though and that is why i can place a tp via within the placebound shape of a comp and yet i have stated in the parameters never to do that and use the placebound shape as the comp. representation. Any thoughts here?

Regarding the test pads and "allow under component", this is a license issue. You need at least a performance option for this.

With this license the required constrains can be set under "Setup->constraint->modes".  For example you see there "Testpoint pad to comp. spacing"

 Just an idea:

Place boudary are made of shape.

Sometimes, it is created as "rectangle": i see many times behavior is different between real shapes and rectangle entity. Check if your place boundary is really a shape and not a rectangle.

Jean-Charles 

Thanks for the info regarding constraints mode. i never looked there. But i would think that if you set the parameters not to go under a comp, then it would abide by that. And yes, JC, they are all shapes and not rectangles. I'll try these seetings. Thanks.