TARGET 3001! Help

Our manual is an internet WIKI with more than 850 articles. A printed book tends to get outdated too quick and one PDF file overall would be too huge. There is a "Miniproject tutorial" in PDF format available (8 pages). An overview on important WIKI articles please find below.

Overview on all Wiki-articles.

General information

• Scope of performance
• Project type
• Licence
• Installation
• Begin a new project
• Grid
• Coordinates, Snap Point
• Scale and Zoom
• Measuring and dimensioning
• Find and Select
• o for options: Set things upfront
• e for edit: Change things afterwards
• Settings / Options
• Quickdraw: Watch all solids like wire mesh.


• Video tutorials
• A small example project
• Pose a question
  

Draw a schematic

• General information on schematic
• Drawing frame
• Schematic page
• Get a symbol into the schematic
  • Component missing
  • Connection pins
  • Pin functions
  • Supply pins (Rests of components)
  • Reference Symbols (like "Ground", "VCC", etc.)
  • How to modify an existing symbol
  • Delete a symbol from the schematic
• Wire symbols
  • Draw signal
  • Signal name
  • Signalsegments / Bending mode
  • Power supplies
  • Find_and_select signal and Rename_signal
  • Bus
  • Lead a signal to a further schematic page
  • Delete a signal

Create a layout

• General information on layout
• Layout without schematic
  • Outline
  • Import a package to the layout
  • Draw airwires
  • Place tracks
  • Single sided layout
  • Double_sided_layout
  • Multilayer
• Layout with schematic
  • Use the package proposal
  • Deviate from the package proposal
  • Displace a package/Rotate/Mirror
  • Handle cross/Select
  • Component properties
  • Place a track/Segments/Bending modes
  • Groundplane
  • Check project
• Autorouter

Simulation

• What you should know about simulation
• Simulation in Target
• Simulation Tutorial
• Simulation - moving pictures

Generate production data

• Production data
• Print the layout
• Gerberdata
• Order a board (calculator included)
• Engraving insulation channels
• Design and produce a front panel

Component

• Component
• Component database
• Component creation
• Component portal COMPONIVERSE®
• Get Samacsys® parts to TARGET
• Get Ultra Librarian® parts to TARGET