CAM Compare Menus and Tools in PADS Environment

CAM Compare menus and tools are used to control the comparison.

Edit Menu Options

Options on the Edit menu are used to highlight, move, measure, or rotate features.

Edit Menu Tool	Option	Explanation
	Highlight Features	Highlighting features. Use the Shift key for additive highlighting.
	Clear Highlighted	Clear the highlighting.
	Move Layer	Move the layer.
	Rotate Layer	Rotate the layer.
	Measure	Measure between two features.

View Menu Options

Options on the View menu are used to adjust your view in the graphic pane.

View Menu Tool	Option	Explanation
	Zoom Mode > Auto Zoom	Zoom automatically while browsing the results.
	Zoom Mode > Pan Only	Pan only.
	Zoom Mode > No Zoom	Do not zoom or pan.
	Zoom In Zoom Out	Zoom in to view a small area of the board in detail, or zoom out to view a larger area of the board.
	Zoom by Area	Zoom to the area within a rectangle you drag.
	Zoom Home	Zoom to display the entire board.
	Previous Zoom	Return to the zoom factor that was in effect before the most recent zoom action.
	Pan Left, Pan Right Pan Up, Pan Down	Pan in the indicated direction.
	View properties	Open the Feature Information dialog box or the Component Properties dialog box. See “Viewing Information about Components or Features”.
	Feature Filter	Open the Feature Filter dialog box. See “Features Filter”.
	Color Settings	Define colors that display items in the graphic area. See “Setting Display Colors”.

Results Menu Options

Options on the Results menu are used to navigate through the results of the comparison.

Results Menu Tool	Option	Explanation
	Show First Result Show Previous Result Show Next Result Show Last Result	Navigate to results. Click Show Next Result at any time to perform the remaining stages of the comparison process.
	Show all	Show all results of the selected category.

Results Menu Tool

Option

Explanation

Show First Result

Show Previous Result

Show Next Result

Show Last Result

Navigate to results. Click Show Next Result at any time to perform the remaining stages of the comparison process.

Show all

Show all results of the selected category.

Tools Menu Options

Options on the Tools menu are used to perform the comparison and to access other functionality.

Tools Menu Tool	Option	Explanation
	Deselect all layers Select all layers	Clear or select all layers.
	Matrix	Open the product model matrix—a representation of product model layers where the rows are the layers of the step and the columns contain additional information. See “Job Matrix User Guide”.
	Snap (Ctrl-S)	You can control how features snap to positions on the grid or to other features. You can control whether the grid is displayed, and in what form. See “Setting Snap Options, Grid Options, and Graphic Origin” in Valor NPI Graphic Station User Guide.
	Import reference CAM files	See step 2 in “Performing CAM Compare”.
	Open a reference ODB++ Job	Import a similar ODB++ product model for comparison. See step 2 in “Performing Product Model Compare”.
	Match layers	If you are performing a CAM compare, see step 3 in “Performing CAM Compare”. Note: For a product model comparison this is not done.
	Register layers	If you are performing a CAM compare, see step 4 in “Performing CAM Compare”. Note: For a product model comparison this is not done.
	Compare layers	If you are performing a CAM compare, see step 5 in “Performing CAM Compare”. If you are performing a product model compare, see step 4 in “Performing Product Model Compare”.
	Show SIPs	If this tool is enabled after you run a comparison, it means that CAM Compare has found self-intersecting polygons in the design. To display the SIPs, click this tool.
	Clear CAM layers	You can clear the data that has been read in, so that you can read in different data.
	Netlist Analyzer	Compare netlists. See “Comparing the Netlists”.
	IPC356 Compare	Restriction: This option is available only if your site has the appropriate license.
	EDA Sync Mode	Set synchronization mode to one of these: Manual — Synchronization will be performed when you click EDA Synchronize Now! or press Ctrl + J. Automatic — Synchronization will be performed automatically when the view in one of the applications changes. Off — Synchronization will not be performed.
	EDA Synchronize Now!	If you have set up synchronization with an EDA tool, and EDA Sync Mode = Manual, click this tool or press Ctrl + J to perform synchronization.