Top 10 Tech Tips of 2023

2024 is here! We have so many new Tech Tips planned for this year, and we thought we should share which Tech Tips from 2023 our readers found the most helpful.

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10. Tech Tip: Optimizing Your PCB Design with Contour Routing in Design Force 2023

By Brian Gilman

CR-8000 Design Force 2023’s enhanced contour routing feature allows for improved PCB design, enabling precision routing along board contours to optimize layout and design processes.

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9. Tech Tip: Streamline Circuit Board Design with AI-Assisted Routing in Design Force

By Brian Gilman

Learn more about AI-assisted routing in Design Force, highlighting tools like Mimic Routing and Active 45, which automate and enhance the PCB design process.

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8. Tech Tip: Design Force Recommended Commands Using AI

By Brian Gilman

Discover the innovation behind the CR-8000 Design Force: Commands Using AI. This feature showcases the next generation of user interface navigation, simplifying and streamlining design processes.

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7. Zuken Halloween Tricks and Treats – Banish Your Design Demons

By Sandy Jones

Our support engineers have whipped up a set of bewitching Zuken pointers and goodies to ward off those pesky design demons from your design workflow, leaving ample time to sculpt jack-o’-lanterns and hunt down phantoms.

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6. Tech-Tip: Add and Editing User Property in the Constraints Browser

By Takashi Ichikawa

Learn to add and edit user properties in Design Force’s Constraints Browser, guiding you through opening the browser, customizing configurations, and adjusting settings for efficient property management in design projects.

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5. Tech Tip: E3.cutout and Excluding Devices

By Mike Majewski

E3.series users can use E3.cutout to create drill hole templates for panel devices. This feature simplifies electrical panel design by enabling precise template generation and allowing the exclusion of unnecessary drill holes for specific devices.

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4. Tech Tip: Enhancing Database Cable Assemblies

By Laura Mirto

E3.series 2022 introduces enhancements to database cable assemblies, enabling predefined connections and sub-circuit assignments to components, streamlining the design process and reducing errors.

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3. Tech Tip: Mastering the E3.series Harness Builder Splices Tab

By Taras Wallace

Learn how to use the Splices tab in E3.series Harness Builder for auto-sizing heat shrink and enhancing electrical harness design in formboard drawing.

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2. Tech Tip: Generating Shield Vias (Via Fence) with the Ability to Specify the Starting Point of the First Via

By Jeff Perry

CR-8000 Design Force 2022 introduces a feature for specifying the starting point of via shielding patterns in PCB designs, enhancing precision and reducing pattern gaps.

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1. Tech Tip: Creating Off Sheet Connections in E3.series

By Mike Petersen

Learn to create off-sheet connections in E3.series for clearer and more organized schematic designs across multiple sheets.

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