Chapter 3
Setting Up a Design
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Using the Board Wizard
Complete the following steps to use the
Board Wizard
:
1.
Choose
Tools»Board Wizard
. The
Board Wizard... Board
Technology
dialog box appears.
2.
Enable the
Change the layer technology
option. Choose the board
technology and click
Next
. Refer to the
section for more information about board technology.
The next step of the wizard depends on which type of technology you
chose.
3.
If you chose
Multi-layers constructed with double sided board
(layer pairs
)
, define the lamination settings for the board:
•
Select
Top Layer
and
Bottom Layer
as desired.
•
Set the number of layer pairs you intend to use by entering the
value or using the up/down arrows in the
Layer Pairs
field. There
should be at least one layered pair to act as a core.
•
Select the
Blind Vias
or
Buried Vias
checkboxes to use these in
your design.
•
As you make changes to the layer settings, the information
window shows the acceptable layer combinations for blind and
buried vias. In this window, select the layer combinations you
want to allow in your design.
•
Click
Next
.
If you chose
Multi-layers constructed with double sided boards
and single layer stack-ups
, define the lamination settings for the
board as follows:
•
Select
Top Layer
and
Bottom Layer
as desired.
•
Set the number of layer pairs you intend to use by entering the
value or using the up/down arrows in the
Layer Pairs
field. There
should be at least one layered pair to act as a core.
•
Set the number of
Single Layer Build-ups
for both the top and
bottom. There should be at least one layered pair to act as a core.
•
Select the
Blind Vias
,
Buried Vias
, or
Micro Vias
checkboxes to
use these in your design.
•
As you make changes to the layer settings, the information
window shows the acceptable layer combinations for blind and
buried vias or microvias. In this window, select the layer
combinations you want to allow in your design.
•
Click
Next
.
