Creating a New Project

Projects can be created within PADS I/O Designer and then opened with the appropriate tool in your design flow and used as normal.

Note
	For the procedure on creating a new project in Cadence OrCAD®, see "Creating a Project in Cadence OrCAD® Flow".

To create a new project:

1. Open the Project Window by selecting View > Windows > Project, or click the button on the view toolbar.

2. Do one of the following:

• Select File > New Project.

• Right-click in the Project Window and select New Project.

The New Project dialog is displayed.

3. In the Project Name field, enter a name for the project. PADS I/O Designer automatically suggests a project folder with the same name in the Project Location field. If this is acceptable, skip the next step.

4. In the Project Location field, enter the path to the location to which the project should be saved (or click Browse to navigate there) and enter a name for the project.

A project file (.prj) will be saved in that location.

5. Click OK to display the New Board dialog.

6. In the Board Name field, enter a name for the board.

7. Click OK.

An empty project is created in the Project Window. You can now add boards to the project, and then add PADS I/O Designer databases to each board.

• See "Adding a Board to a Project"

• See "Adding Databases to a Board"

Creating a Project in Cadence OrCAD® Flow

To create an PADS I/O Designer project in the Cadence OrCAD® EDIF flow:

1. Open the Project Window by selecting View > Windows > Project, or click the button on the view toolbar.

2. Do one of the following:

• Select File > New Project.

• Right-click in the Project Window and select New Project.

The Choose a filename to save project dialog is display. Select location of .prj file.

3. Click Save to display the New Board dialog.

4. In the Board Name field, enter a name for the board.

5. Click OK