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1. What are the changes of V2.5 from the previous version? |
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Here are some of the major changes:
a. The way commands are executed has been changed. You have to select an object or objects
first to issue most of the commands.
b. Some of the commands are gone. Get, Put, Clone and etc.
c. Drawing a rectangle has been changed. You have to click the first point and drag to the
second point to finish the rectangle.
d. The commands are no longer stacked.
e. The default mode for clicking the mouse button has been changed from editing mode to
selecting mode. There is no more accidental editing.
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| 2. What is .lay file? |
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lay file is a file which contains the grid size and several initial options of a project.
If you do not have .lay file for the project, it will warn you when you open the project.
When you close the project, the .lay file will be automatically generated.
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3. Why do I get an invalid command when I open a design from a
previous
version with V2.5? |
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Some of the commands in .lay file are no longer available in V2.5. It is just a warning
and it will not happen again.
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| 4. Are the customized short-cut keys saved? |
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The short cut keys you modified will be saved at $MYCAD\data\mychip\shortcut.key when you
quit LayEd. The shortcut key format is different from the previous version. Previous
shortcut keys has been translated to V21bind.key. Since a lot of commands can be directly
manipulated, most keys are unbinded.
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| 5. What are the commands that I can type in the command bar? |
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All the commands you can type in the command bar are shown in customize keyboard dialog
box. All lower case commands are maintained for backward compatibility. Any command start
with uppercase is for new command name for V2.5.
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| 6. How can I save my customized toolbar? |
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The customized toolbar is saved in the registry. If you want to move the toolbar
configuration from one computer to another, use regedit for Windows 95. Find
HKEY_USERS/Software/Seodu. Use export registry file command to save it and import registry
file to restore it.
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| 7. Can I lock the x-axis while using window stretch? |
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Use Control->Options, Window options section. Click HV:Horizonal/Vertical option.
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| 8. How can I change the grid size? |
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Choose Control->Options. Change X scale and Y scale.
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| 9. I want to keep drawing polygon not getting out of drawing mode. |
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You don't have to click the first point at the end to close the polygon. Double-click at
the last point and it will close the polygon automatically and also remain in polygon
mode. To end polygon mode, press ESC or click right mouse button.
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| 10. How can I draw a rectangle and a square ? |
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To draw a rectangle, click one point for the upper left corner and drag to the second
point for the lower right corner and then release mouse button. To draw a square, press
SHIFT key while drawing.
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| 11. How can I draw a circle ? |
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To draw a circle, press SHIFT key while drawing an ellipse. To make a circle smoother,
increase the circle size (Choose Control->Options/Circle Size.) and decrease the grid
sizes.
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| 12. How can I make only the metal1 layer visible? |
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Invoke the command bar by choosing Control->Command bar or SHIFT-F3. Type valyer off
all. Type vlayer metal1 on. To restore all the layers in the layer pane, type vlayer on
all. Type
SHIFT-F3 to hide command bar.
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| 13. How can I change the layer of the object? |
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Select an object and press Q to bring up Attribute dialog box. Change the layer by
selecting from the drop down list.
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| 14. How can I hide the origin point of LABEL(TEXT)? |
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Choose Control->Options. Click Objects tab from the Options dialog box. Select Label
from Types list and select Origin from Items list. Click the Visible check box off. Click
OK to close options dialog box.
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| 15. How can I draw only horizontal, vertical and 45 angle edges? |
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Choose Create->Snap Mode->Octagonal 1-seg.
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| 16. I cannot find Text... |
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Text has been changed to Label. Choose Create->Label to put the text.
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| 17. I cannot find Structure Reference and Array Reference... |
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Structure Reference and Array Reference has been merged in one command, Instance. Choose
Create->Instance to use structure and array reference.
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| 18. I cannot find Edit-In-Place... |
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Only Edit-In-Place by position is available. There is no separate zoom commands for
Edit-In- Place. Select a sub cell and choose Edit->Others->Edit-In-Place. You can
see the title bar of the working window is changing to "Cell name(Sub cell
name)". To return to the original cell level, Choose Edit->Others->End
Edit-In-Place.
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| 19. I cannot find Explode and Explode Path... |
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Explode and Explode Path has been changed to Flatten and Flatten Path, respectively.
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| 20. I cannot find Get, Put and select. |
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There is no longer two different commands, Get and Select from the user's
viewpoint. Click an edge of any items to select.
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| 21. How to draw a rectangle with command bar? |
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Toggle on command bar by CTRL-V. Type rectangle 100 100 0 0. It will draw a rectangle with
width 100 and height 100 at lower left corner at 0, 0 coordinate. However, the current
version (V2.5) does not support all drawing commands like ellipse, path and etc.
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22. How to move an object to horizontal or vertical direction only
rather
than any angled direction? |
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Select Control->Options. Click HV in Window options.
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| 23. How to print out the specific area? |
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Select View->Zoom In to specify the area and then Print.
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