PADS is the leading platform for creating high quality electronic products. With PADS PCB design tools, you can create anything you can dream of, from the very simple to the very complex.


Long a part of Mentor PCB, PADS benefits from continuous development and global distribution.
Key Product Benefits
• Schematic Design
• Online PADS AMS Cloud
Circuit Modeling • PCB Layout
• Component Selection and Validation
• Custom Land Creation in accordance with IPC requirements.
• Integrated constraint management
• High speed constraints and routing
• Signal integrity analysis with crosstalk using HyperLynx®
• Thermal and analog simulation
• Central library
What's New in PADS Std and Std Plus VX.2.10 (September 2021)
PADS Designer:
Improved Settings Display
• The Settings> Settings and Display Control options have been reorganized and redundant settings have been removed.
Improved Properties Window
• When multiple symbols are selected and their property values ​​have different visibility states, the visibility flag shows a filled square as an indicator.
improved search box
• Eliminate duplicate strings of parametric component data by combining identical strings.
Central Library
Improved Library Migration Wizard
• Added migration from CADStar, OrCAD, PCAD and Eagle libraries directly to a new or existing central library.
AMS OVERVIEWS:
Editing Properties with Multiple Symbols
• The Model Properties dialog box now supports editing properties for
multiple symbols at the same time.
Installation Scheme Wizard Updates
• Configuring the schema for simulation has become more intuitive with the changes in the Schematic Configuration Wizard.
Support for VHDL-AMS language functions
• Support for: records, arrays of records, interrupt lists.
SimDB Mapping File Updates
• Apply mapping information to the entire project, selected schematic sheets, or selected components.
Simulator updates
• Support for global terminals when using noinclib and save / restart for digital and array signals.
SPICE
Model Support • The ASM-HEMT SPICE model is now part of the PADS AMS Model Library.
SI Module Netlisting Support
• New "Use SI Units for Model Parameter Values" checkbox in the
Netlist Header Setup Dialog Box to select SI units for property values.


Year / Release Date : 2021/08/18
Version : 2.10
Developer : Siemens Digital Industries Software
Developer site : eda.sw.siemens.com/en-US/pcb/pads/standard-plus/
Bit depth : 32bit
Interface language : Multilingual (Russian is present)
Tablet : is present
System requirements : Windows:
Processor: Dual-core Intel or AMD processor minimum.
Memory: 8GB recommended
Swap Space: 2x the amount of RAM