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How to print a block and white copy of the schematic?

Masood1973

 Hi,

 I am a new user of Cadence. I tryed to make a hardcopy of my schematic but with the Plot command, it was colored and so the final print was not readable. Is there anybody who can help me to prepare a black and white copy of my schematic?

 

Thanks,

  • Hi Masood,

    Are you using Capture (Design Entry CIS) or Concept / DE-HDL (Design Entry HDL)?

     In Capture, with the schematic page in focus, go to File > Print and on the Print form there is a "Print all colors in black" checkbox.

    In DEHDL, go to File > Plot Setup to open the Design Entry HDL Options form. The Plot Method group, in the middle of the form, has a "Black and White" radio button that should work for you.

     

    Finally, your printer may be able to translate colors into B&W, so you may want to check out the printer's options.

     

    Is that what you're looking for?

  • Hi,

    Thank you very much for your attention to my problem.
    Actually I am using Cadence-->Virtuoso schematic. In the Design menu, there is a plot section inside which I was not able to find any option to print black and white. Also the problem will not be solved by setting the printer because I need to prepare a picture of my circuit and paste it in another word file. Do you have any experience in this regard?

    Thanks,
    Masood

  • If you want good resolution when importing into Word, try the following:

    First, set up a HPGL ( HP Graphics Language, a vector format )  plotter in your .cdsplotinit:

    HPGL|Hewlett-Packard 7596A: \
            :manufacturer=Hewlett-Packard: \
            :type=hp7596: \
            :resolution#1016: \
     :black#1:red#2:green#3:yellow#4:blue#5:white#1:cyan#7:magenta#8: \
            :maximumPages#1: \
            :pen=1,(0,0,0),20,3.0: \
            :pen=2,(0,0,0),20,3.0: \
            :pen=3,(0,0,0),20,3.0: \
            :pen=4,(0,0,0),20,3.0: \
            :pen=5,(0,0,0),20,3.0: \
            :pen=6,(0,0,0),20,3.0: \
            :paperSize="A" 8000 6000: \

    Next, download and install plot2emf from:

    http://www.informatics-consulting.ch/software/plot2emf.htm

    Now plot your schematic to a file with HPGL plotter selected, and give it a file extenation of "  .hgl "

    The plot2emf software will convert the .hgl file into .emf, and immediately put it on the clipboard for import into alamost any Windows application. You can set the colors and line widths. So, if you want black and white just set all pen colors to black in the plot2emf software. Alternatively, you could map all colors in the plotter setup above to pen 1, and the default in plot2emf is black for pen 1 so you are done. However, you will not be able to do color plots with that setup.

    This also works for plots from the waveform viewer AWD. However, beware that plots with thousands of points result in huge .hgl files - you are better off with a screen capture ( using gimp ) instead.

    Since .emf is a vector format, there is no loss of resolution. The Cadence solution of using EPS with TIFF previewer will result in larger Word files with poor resolution, since the vector format is converted to raster.

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