Starting PADS I/O Designer from Windows

The PADS I/O Designer start method varies with the version of Windows you are running.

The following table shows the start methods for the different Windows versions.

Table 2-2. PADS I/O Designer Windows Start Methods

Windows 7 and earlier	Start > All Programs > <release> > Design Entry > PADS I/O Designer <release>.
Windows 8	From the Windows 8 Apps view, under <release>, click PADS I/O Designer <release>.

To invoke PADS I/O Designer, select Start > All Programs > <release> > Design Entry > PADS Designer <release>.

When PADS I/O Designer displays the Startup dialog, you can choose to do one of the following:

You can set preferences for GUI (graphical user interface) startup, see GUI Startup Preferences for more information.

Caution
	You may see the following warning message while loading databases created with versions of PADS I/O Designer prior to IOD7.1: # Some signals cannot be matched with nets on the layout: # signal_name1, signal_name2, signal_name3 . . . # Flow synchronization may be needed. If you do see this message, you should synchronize your flow using the Synchronization Wizard.