Quadcept : Transferring Design Changes/Comparing Different Revisions

Annotation (Transferring Design Changes)

With Quadcept, it is possible to transfer differences due to design changes in schematic/PCB data.
The following will explain Forward Annotation and Backward Annotation for when transferring design changes.

To execute Annotation, it is necessary to match "References" between a schematic and PCB, or to match "Component IDs".
* To perform Annotation (transfer/compare differences) for a “Reference”, it is necessary to match "Object IDs", which is the standard.
* "Component IDs" are the unique ID for each component.

<Forward Annotation>

Design changes to schematics Transfer Differences => => Reflected to PCB


<Back Annotation>

Design changes to PCB Transfer Differences => => Reflected to schematic

 


Executing Forward Annotation

The following will explain how to transfer design change contents from the schematic side to PCB data.

(1)  Open the updated file (the file you want to be reflected).
=> For Forward Annotation, open PCB data.
(2)  [Project]
Select => [Annotation]

=> The Select target screen will open.
(3)  Select a Source for Annotation (Target Project and File), and click "OK"
=> To select a schematic, select "Circuit". All schematics in the Project will be targeted.
 

* When multiple Projects are registered, it is possible to select other projects by switching the Target Project.

(4)  The Annotation screen will open showing the contents of the differences. Confirm the contents, and then click "Annotation".
=> The contents with the Apply checkbox "ON" will be reflected to the PCB data.
  * With Forward Annotation, updates other than for Net (Add Component and Edit Attribute, etc. ) are performed first, and then updates for the Net (Edit Net Name, Add Net Connection, etc. ) are performed.


* For more information about content details, see here.
(5)  Contents of the differences between the schematic and PCB will be reflected to the PCB side.

When a component is newly added, the conditions are the settings in "Align Footprint".
Components that are newly added by forward annotation have a "NEW" icon, which makes them easy to identify.

 


Executing Back Annotation

The following will explain how to transfer design change contents from the PCB side to the schematic.

(1)  Open the updated file (the file you want to be reflected).
=> For Back Annotation, open schematic data.
(2)  [Project]
Select => [Annotation]

=> The Select target screen will open.
(3)  Select a Source for Annotation (Target Project and File), and click "OK"
  * When multiple Projects are registered, it is possible to select other projects by switching the Target Project.
(4)  The Annotation screen will open showing the contents of the differences. Confirm the contents, and then click "Annotation".
=> The contents with the Apply checkbox "ON" will be reflected to the schematic data.
  * For more information about content details, see here.

*Please note that  "Change Net Connection", "Add Net Connection" and "Delete Net Connection" are not reflected to schematics by back-annotation.
(5)  The contents of the differences between the schematic and PCB will be reflected to the schematic side.