Importing Symbols from PADS Designer

PADS I/O Designer imports symbols from the PADS Designer design. When importing symbols that were not generated from PADS I/O Designer, the symbol files are searched for the following port attributes:

Pin Label: sets the Port Label property in PADS I/O Designer

# attribute: sets the Pin Name property in PADS I/O Designer if the value matches Pin Name in the selected device

PINTYPE attribute: sets the Pin Type property in PADS I/O Designer

If some of the pin names in the imported symbol do not match pins in the currently selected device, PADS I/O Designer displays a warning. If more than 50% of all pins do not match, PADS I/O Designer informs you that the device does not match the symbol. If the imported symbol has been generated from PADS I/O Designer, the following information is read from PADS Designer symbol files:

Port Label	Pin Type
Signal Name	Port Type
Pin Number	Port Shape
Pin Function	Length
PCB Signal Name	Attributes

To import symbol from PADS Designer, follow these steps:

Choose Import > Symbols from Board from the main menu.

Choose the .prj file that points to the PADS Designer project that you want to import symbols from.

Choose the desired symbols from the list, select whether they are PCB symbols and if so, to which functional symbol each of them should belong. If you don’t want a particular symbol to belong to any of the existing functional symbols, put the symbol under the top-level entry.

To complete the import operation, click Import.