Nine Dot Connects Webinar Listing Webinars - Table of Contents Altium Designer Related ............................................................................................ 5 To Route or Auto Route, that is the Question .................................................................................................................................... 5 Navigating Altium Designer ................................................................................................................................................................. 5 A Tour of Altium Libraries .................................................................................................................................................................... 5 ECAD-MCAD Co-Design with SOLIDWORKS PCB Connector ............................................................................................................ 6 Improving the Altium ECAD / MCAD Connectivity Experience ......................................................................................................... 6 3D in Altium Designer........................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Concord Pro, NEXUS, Vault? ................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Creating Footprints ............................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Creating Symbols .................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Database Library Management ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 DbLink Demystified .............................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Design Reuse in Altium Designer ........................................................................................................................................................ 8 DRC Revisited Part 1 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 8 DRC Revisited Part 2 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Design Rule Checker ............................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Draftsman (and Blueprint) ................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Electronic Design Process .................................................................................................................................................................... 9 High Speed Design Rules ................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Mechanical Layers – Revisited ........................................................................................................................................................... 10 How to Tame your Mechanical Layers .............................................................................................................................................. 10 Multi-board Design in AD18 ............................................................................................................................................................... 10 Outjob & Documentation Automation ............................................................................................................................................. 10 PCB Translation - "Invisible Insanity" ................................................................................................................................................ 11 Query Language .................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Schematic Preferences - Part 1.......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Schematic Preferences - Part 2.......................................................................................................................................................... 12 Scripting in Altium Designer .............................................................................................................................................................. 12 High Speed Design (Signal Integrity) in Altium Designer ................................................................................................................ 13 SOS about Library Scrubbing ............................................................................................................................................................. 13 SOLIDWORKS PCB, Altium Designer, and the Big Picture ............................................................................................................... 14 General Inquires: [email protected] (214) 699-7719 Page | 1 Nine Dot Connects Webinar Listing Altium SPICE ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Subversion (aka SVN) .......................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Test Points - Before Layout and Way Beyond Manufacturing ........................................................................................................ 15 A View of Variants ............................................................................................................................................................................... 15 xSignals and Length Tuning ............................................................................................................................................................... 15 Cabling & Wire Harness ........................................................................................... 16 Cable Design 101 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Wire/Cable Harness Design & Zuken E3 ........................................................................................................................................... 16 Design for Manufacturing ........................................................................................ 17 6 Key Considerations When Starting a New PCB Design ................................................................................................................ 17 Mechanical Layers – Revisited ........................................................................................................................................................... 17 How to Tame your Mechanical Layers .............................................................................................................................................. 17 Fab and Assembly Documentation ................................................................................................................................................... 18 DFM Part 1 (Post-Layout Considerations) ........................................................................................................................................ 18 DFM Part 2 (Pre-Layout Considerations) .......................................................................................................................................... 18 DFM Part 3 (Library Considerations) ................................................................................................................................................. 19 DFM Part 4 (Stackup Considerations) ............................................................................................................................................... 19 Beyond the Design & Layout of Your PCB ........................................................................................................................................ 20 Test Points - Before Layout and Way Beyond Manufacturing ........................................................................................................ 20 High Speed Design ...................................................................................................... 20 The accidental antenna and how to make one................................................................................................................................ 20 Mastering the Matching of the Lines ...............................................................................................................................................