Introduction
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Welcome to TARGET 3001! PCB layout CAD software. This film will show you how easy it is to design a schematic and a PCB layout.
Start a new project "Double sided with schematic" and zoom into the schematic a bit with the mouse wheel. Click the "Import Component" icon in the toolbar. The component browser opens and allows to search for the name of the diode -say- "1 N 4148". The device will be listed in green and displays its drawing elements.
Import the symbol to the schematic and drop it by mouseclick as often as wanted. Release it from the cursor with [Escape] or press both mouse buttons at the same time. By clicking an icon in the sidebar, such as connectors, the component database opens showing individually preassigned components. We choose a two-pin connector which immediately is fixed to the cursor tip.
Clicking a resistor or capacitor symbol opens the parametric search, because focus here is technical parameters rather than names. We'd like a resistance of "four point seven kilo-ohms" so we enter 4k7. We select a package 0207 from the list and place the resistor to the circuit.
In order to wire the pins we choose the bending mode: "first horizontally". The spacebar toggles btween bending modes. "Snap on" boxes help hitting the connection correctly. The size of this little boxes depends on the grid which can be set using the icon "View".
A ground symbol can be dragged and dropped from the sidebar. We wire it towards the existing signal so we get asked to give it a name. GND by default - which we accept.
Sometimes you don't want to move the whole symbol but only a part of it, maybe the cmponent name. By default TARGET highlights the entire drawing. Open the context menu with the right mousekey and untick the entry in question. Now every drawing element can be moved and edited separately.
We turn now to the layout view. We get asked to determine a board outline. For our little project 50 millimeters width and 30 millimeters height is OK. Use the auto placer to bring the the packages into the layout. They are by default placed above the outline. Now drag and drop them to their desired position. Clicking the right mouse button allows to rotate them before placement.
In the "draw track" mode press functional key [F8] in order to switch on the cross hairs. Again we can toggle the bending modes using the space bar.
During the placement of the tracks a via can be placed using the "full stop" key. It switches over to the opposite side of the board so that you can place signal tracks there. Pressing the full stop again, another via is placed and you are back on the layer you started from. Double clicking any drawing element allows individual setting. In the 3D view, we examine the plausibility of the construction and by this means we get a good impression how our board will look like after it is finished.
Create production data in menu "File/Input-Output Formats". Thats all for the moment. If you have questions: www target three double o one dot com.
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