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DesignWorks 4.3
Posted by
AdminDW
on
Friday, July 09, 2004 (EST)
DesignWorks Professional for Windows version 4.3 now available.
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DesignWorks Professional 4.3 for Windows
Now Available!
The primary focus in this release is to enhance and upgrade the DesignWorks Digital Simulator Option, but there have also been some small enhancements and fine tuning to other parts of the program, listed below.
Digital Simulator Enhancements
Support for high-level-language modeling using a subset of VHDL
All delay time values are specified in real time units with femtosecond precision
All signal values can be displayed simultaneously on the schematic
New Model Wizard command simplifies creating and attaching simulation models using structural schematics or VHDL.
Many enhancements to the timing diagram display to support VHDL enumerated types, etc.
Schematic Editing Enhancements
Extended pin numbers to 8 chars and names to 32
Print & Print Setup in circuit popup menu
Popup menus for text and picture objects
Double-click on text to open for editing
added custom command items in popup menus
Apply grid to auto-positioned signal names
Save to Lib added "use rotated image" option
added Scope option to Make Unique
Edit Symbol now displays option to edit rotated symbol
show temporary fields in Define Attribute Fields
allow "temporary" setting to be toggled in Define Attribute Fields
added separate text font settings for attribute fields
new font background and frame options
added new message box for read only circuits
Change signal auto-naming to use name table
Allow drag and drop from preview window
Fine tune placement of signal names
INI File & General Operation
Added: -hide command line option
Added: Variable substitution in directory names in INI
Added: File path variables %my documents% %program files% %windows% %desktop%
Show nested example folders in Examples command
Symbol Editor & Libraries
Take library read-only status into account in library dialogs
library part name filter accepts *, ?, # pattern chars
added Select All command in pin list popup
add check for bus internal pin order before saving
extract pins automatically when subcct attached
Export
Added $ISDIRTY $ISSAVED
Added: accept arguments for -exp command line option
Added: accept arguments in $RUNSCRIPT
Added: $GETENV command
Better yet, version 4.3 is a free upgrade for all registered version 4 users.
How to get the new version:
Please go to DesignWorks 4.3 to download the complete 4.3 installer.
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