Flat Schematic Generation

A flat schematic is created when only the symbols are exported from PADS I/O Designer. The following generation methods are available:

• Export > All Symbols

Generates all symbols without an underlying schematic.

• Export > Current Symbol Only

Generates a single symbol without an underlying schematic.

The symbols can then be placed in the schematic where desired. Turn on the Add Nets and Add Net Name option so the placed symbols are fully wired. For this PADS Designer feature to work correctly, the symbol pin label must be the name of the wire. This is a ‘custom’ symbol for this implementation of the component.

Symbols can be added to the independent library in the following steps:

1. Export symbols as described above.

2. From PADS Designer, export local symbols to the independent library as ASCII files.

Note
	The PADS I/O Designer tool requires read/write access to library partitions in the central library. If the PADS I/O Designer tool displays an error message regarding library object partition access, use system tools to modify the central library directory permissions and library object partitions to allow full access. See Configuring Library Permissions.

After pin changes in PADS I/O Designer, only the symbols need to be updated in PADS Designer. Note: This assumes that the symbols are not changed (that is, a signal is added or deleted from symbols).

Once symbols have been exported, they are available in the local symbols partition, ready to be placed into the schematic. See "Placing Symbols in an PADS Designer Schematic".