ECAD Management

ADMINISTRATOR

Global options in NPI affect how users interact with FactoryLogix features and functions and control all aspects of the system. Global option settings combined with user roles and permissions allow different types of access to all areas of the FactoryLogix system. Administrators access FactoryLogix global options in the Settings area of the NPI client application.

Note:

Only a member of the Administrator group can configure default values for global options.

In the ECAD Management category, you configure the default global option settings for editing Gerber files, ECAD display behavior, and ECAD import options.

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Category	Sub-category	Description
ECAD Management	Gerber Editing	Gerber Footprint Matching Tolerance - Specifies the tolerance value to use (in thousandths of an inch) when matching user selections to existing footprints when digitizing Gerber data. Automatically Generate Footprint Names - When set to True, generates names automatically for newly-created footprints. Pads Consolidation Mode - Specifies the methodology to use when consolidating pads in Gerber: Grouping - Photoplot chunks are grouped automatically—there are no visual changes, but there may be possible performance loss once digitization is completed. Rectangle - Photoplot chunks that would normally be grouped are converted into a single flash. The photoplot will change visually, but performance will be improved.
ECAD Management	ECAD Display	Specifies the colors to use for the layers and other aspects of imported ECAD files. You can select new colors from the drop-down palette. The colors you select will be the default colors for all new ECAD files you import into FactoryLogix: Default Background Color Default Top Install Layer Color Default Top Glue Layer Color Default Top Silkscreen Layer Color Default Top Paste Layer Color Default Top Mask Layer Color Default Top Solder Layer Color Default Bottom Solder Layer Color Default Bottom Mask Layer Color Default Bottom Paste Layer Color Default Bottom Silkscreen Layer Color Default Bottom Glue Layer Color Default Bottom Install Layer Color Not Populated Color Default Pin One Color Default Selection Tool Color - Specifies the color of the pointer/selection tool when working with ECAD files. ECAD Display Units - Specifies the ECAD display units to use: Metric, English, or ECAD Units.
ECAD Management	ECAD Import Options	Update Footprints from Library when Importing ECAD -When set to True, replaces ECAD footprints with Library footprints automatically (matched by name when importing ECAD data).