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Logic & Layout Renumber
Renumber tool allows you to quickly renumber schematic parts. It can be done A.) by page, adding an offset (pagenumber * 100 or 1000 etc.) to numeric value of the each RefDes. B.) linear, C.) by selection, if multiple parts selected, left to right. Download link.

Included in PowerAccess free functionality.

3D Viewer
The utility translates the layout file into VRML and shows the 3D view. You can change the viewpoint and see the Layout from different angles. Also the transparency of board and parts can be adjusted.

It uses the Geometry.Height attribute. The user can define the primary layer (usually 27, assembly drawing) for extrusion. If a decal has no lines in primary layer the lines are extruded from all layers.

You can also have more control over the 3D view by using additional attribute to define a number of layers with starting and ending height. This allows you to see if components fit if placed on top of each other.

The VRML file can also be taken to a full 3D package such as Solid Works, for example. Load.

Obsolete with PADS 9.0.

Logic Part Generator
Use Excel to define the Parttype and Gates in one Excel sheet. The biggest advantage is that you can use copy/paste from a data sheet or fpga report as a source for pin numbers and names and avoid typing errors. It is also easy to modify the definition, just use cut and paste to move pins from one gate to another.

The tool reads the definition from the spreadsheet, checks it, loads to the desired library and adds to current Logic session.  Can shrink part creation time for big parts from days to hours, even minutes. Download link.

Included in PowerAccess free functions

Placement Reuse Toolkit
This tool is using attributes to perform placement.

The simplest application is to annotate placement from Layout to Logic. If the schematic is used as a source for copy/paste in a new project, the attributes are included. The original placement can be restored in the new layout.

If the project contains channels, mark the first channel with the tool before copy/pasting the others. After pasting the other channels mark them as well. In the Layout the placement of the first channel can be reproduced in other channels with a given x-y offset or angle (if you want to place the channels in polar coordinates). Download link.

Align And Distribute & Circle to Hole
This function can help in placing parts in arrays. Collect the members in the desired array and place the ones in the ends. The tool will check the number of selected parts and place the parts with even distances. It can also sort the parts by RefDes.

Circle to Hole
When board geometry is imported via DXF, the mounting holes appear often as circles. This tool finds the 2D circles from the desired layer and creates required decal, parttype and part data to build a drilled hole for each circle automatically.

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Trace Temperature Calculator
The tool implements the known formulas that are available in the internet to more usable form. It reads the geometry from an open Layout session and calculates the temperature rise in each selected segment using given current. Or the current can be read from net attributes, so the tool can be used like DRC. However, as the formulas check the segments individually, the best application is to find trace segments that are left too narrow by mistake. Download link.