Tip of The Month for ACCEL EDA

September 22, 2000

By James O. Jackson
Copyright 2000 - Oztronics

Below is a list of the ECO Keywords that P-CAD 2000 Version 15 supports.

Please Note: You may not see this list published elsewhere.

KeyWord
Brief Description
Example
REFDESCHANGE
Change a reference designator (U1 to U5) RefdesChange "U1" "U5"
PINSWAP
Allows pin swapping PinSwap "U01-1" "U01-7"
GATESWAP
Allows gate swapping GateSwap "U2:C" "U2:A"
NETADD
Add a new net (VIDEO_CONTROL) NetAdd "VIDEO_CONTROL"
NETDELETE
Delete an existing net NetDelete "NET00001"
NETMERGE
Merge two nets (A14 and A13 to A13) NetMerge "A14" "A13"
NETRENAME
Rename a net (D0 to DATA0) NetRename "D0" "DATA0"
NETSPLIT
Split a net (A13 to A13 and EXTRADDR) NetSplit "A13" "EXTRADDR" "U1-AE37" "U1-AE31"
NETCLASSADD
Add a new net class NetClassAdd "NETS1"
NETCLASSRENAME
Rename a net class NetClassRename "NETS1" "NETS1A"
NETCLASSDELETE
Delete a net class NetClassDelete "NETS1A"
NETCLASSNETADD
Add a net to a net class NetClassNetAdd "NETS1" "NET00000"
NETCLASSNETDELETE
Delete a net from a net class NetClassNetDelete "NETS1" "NET00005"
NETCLASSATTRADD
Add an attribute to a net class NetClassAttrAdd "NETS1" "MaxVias" "3" "{Expression}" "{Unit}" "{Comment}"
NETCLASSATTRMODIFY
Modify a net class attribute NetClassAttrModify "NETS1" "MaxVias" "5" "{Expression}" "{Unit}" "{Comment}"
NETCLASSATTRDELETE
Delete a net class attribute NetClassAttrDelete "NETS1" "MaxVias"
NETATTRADD
Add an attribute to a net (attach WIDTH=10 to D5) NetAttrAdd "D5" "Width" "10" "{Expression}" "{Unit}" "{Comment}"
NETATTRMODIFY
Modify a net attribute (WIDTH=10 to WIDTH=20) NetAttrModify "D5" "Width" "20" "{Expression}" "{Unit}" "{Comment}"
NETATTRDELETE
Delete a net attribute NetAttrDelete "NET00015" "Width"
NETNODEADD
Add a net node (attach U15-3 to A3) NetNodeAdd "NET00001" "U1-AE7"
NETNODEDELETE
Delete a net node NetNodeDelete "NET00001" "U1-AE35"
CLASSTOCLASSADD
Add a class-to-class definition ClassToClassAdd "NETS1" "NETS2"
CLASSTOCLASSDELETE
Delete a class-to-class definition ClassToClassDelete "NETS1" "NETS2"
CLASSTOCLASSATTRADD
Add a class-to-class attribute ClassToClassAttrAdd "NETS1" "NETS2" "Width" "25" "{Expression}" "{Unit}" "{Comment}"
CLASSTOCLASSATTRMODIFY
Modify a class-to-class attribute ClassToClassAttrModify "NETS1" "NETS3" "Width" "12" "{Expression}" "{Unit}" "{Comment}"
CLASSTOCLASSATTRDELETE
Delete a class-to-class attribute ClassToClassAttrDelete "NETS1" "NETS3" "Width"
COMPADD
Add a component (add 74HC00 at U22) CompAdd "INDUCTOR" "L1" "220uH"
COMPDELETE
Delete a component CompDelete "U1"
COMPREPLACE
Replaces one component with another component CompReplace "R1" "1206-20K" "1206-17.4K"
COMPATTRADD
Add a component attribute (R2 Value=10K) CompAttrAdd "R2" "Value" "10K" "{Expression}" "{Unit}" "{Comment}"
COMPATTRMODIFY
Modify a component attribute (R3=10K to R3=22K) CompAttrModify "R3" "Value" "22K" "{Expression}" "{Unit}" "{Comment}"
COMPATTRDELETE
Delete a component attribute CompAttrDelete "Part Number"
DESIGNATTRADD
Add an Attribute to the Design DesignAttrAdd "Part Number" "1234567890" "" "string" ""
DESIGNATTRMODIFY
Modify an Attribute in the Design DesignAttrModify "Part Number" "123456744" "{Expression}" "{Unit}" "{Comment}"
DESIGNATTRDELETE
Delete an Attribute from the Design DesignAttrDelete "SilkscreenClearance"
PARTATTRADD
Add an Attribute to a Part PartAttrAdd "R2" "Value" "10K" "{Expression}" "{Unit}" "{Comment}"
PARTATTRMODIFY
Modify an Attribute within a Part PartAttrModify "R2" "Value" "12K" "{Expression}" "{Unit}" "{Comment}"
PARTATTRDELETE
Delete an Attribute from a Part PartAttrDelete "U1" "ComponentHeight"

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