In previous releases, the wire bonding toolset was primarily contained within the “Wire bond Select” command. This allows access to all of the common wire bonding functionality, based on what you’ve selected in the canvas when you press the right mouse button. The goal in the Allegro Package Design (APD) 16.6 release is to provide an application mode specifically for wire bonding.
Rather than running the Route > Wire Bond > Select command to perform common bonding operations, you can now change to the wire bond application mode. This allows the designer to move seamlessly between running a bonding command and any other support command, such as show element, route connect, or even symbol editing. The context-sensitive RMB menu shows the available commands. Once one is selected, you perform whatever actions are necessary to complete that command, after which control returns to the wire bond select idle state.
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Menu Access
The wire bond application mode is available from the menu in the same location as all other available application modes.
Setup > Application Modes > Wire Bond Edit:
Also, with the Wire Bond application mode, you can enter the app mode from the RMB > Application Mode list:
Or the application mode popup in the bottom status bar of the main canvas:
Command-Line Access
The command line to launch the application mode is“wbedit”.
GUI's
At this point, you pre-select the item(s) on which to operate. The RMB menu shows the available commands, and picking one allows you to complete that operation. In addition, if you wish to act on only a single item, there is no need to click to select it first. RMB on the item will automatically select that item and give the appropriate context-sensitive menu. While there are no changes to the individual commands, once an action has been selected inside the application mode, the images below show the standard RMB menus when each particular item type is selected.
With Component(s) selected these commands are available with the RMB:
With Pin(s) selected these commands are available with the RMB:
With Bond Finger(s) selected these commands are available with the RMB:
With Bond Wire(s) selected these commands are available with the RMB:
With Guide Path(s) selected these commands are available with the RMB:
With Power and Ground Ring(s) selected these commands are available with the RMB:
Quick Utilities menu with global settings and profile definitions:
Please share your experiences with this capability.
Jerry “GenPart” Grzenia