The Rule Stack dialog allows you to select a rule stack from the current Rule library in eCADSTAR Schematic Editor or eCADSTAR PCB Editor. When launched from Constraint Browser for eCADSTAR Schematic Editor, additional fields are shown, which are described below. You can filter the items listed in the dialog by adding an alphanumeric value in the Filter box. In Constraint Browser for eCADSTAR Schematic Editor, you can also filter them first by the number of the layers, and then specify whether to show rule stacks from the design or from the current library.
Launch this dialog from the Constraint
Browser: Signals section, Signals tab or Constraint
Browser: Signals section, Classes/Groups tab by pointing the cursor
in the following columns and clicking the displayed 
button. The name of the dialog is dependent on the column from which it
is launched.
- Track Width Stack. The displayed dialog is named Track width stack.
- Differential Pair Rule Stack. The displayed dialog is named Differential pair rule stack.
- Same Net Design Rule Stack. The displayed dialog is named Same net design rule stack in eCADSTAR Schematic Editor, or Design rule stack in eCADSTAR PCB Editor.
- Hole/Area Design Rule Stack. The displayed dialog is named Hole/Area design rule stack.
- Voltage Difference Clearance Table Stack. The displayed dialog is named Vdiff table stack.
When Launched from Constraint Browser for eCADSTAR Schematic Editor
The following fields are displayed when you launch this dialog from Constraint Browser for eCADSTAR Schematic Editor.
| Item |
|
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Design rule | Allows you to filter the results displayed in the Rule stack box. You can filter them first by the number of the layers, and then specify whether to show either rule stacks already in the design or those from the current library. | |
| Number of layers | Rule stacks are listed in the Design rule box that are defined in the library for the specified number of layers. To list all rule stacks defined in the library, select All. | |
| Design rule | Lists the layer stacks defined in the library that have the number of layers selected in the Number of layers box. You can select Values in design to show rule stacks that are already used in the open design, or select one of the listed rule stacks. The results are displayed in the Rule stack box. | |
| Filter | Allows you to filter the rule stacks that are displayed in the Rule stack box by entering an alphanumeric value. This value is not case-sensitive. | |
| Rule stack box | Displays the rule stacks that meet the requirements specified in the Design rule section and Filter box. To select a rule stack, double-click it. Alternatively, click it and then click OK. It is added to the Constraint Browser column from which this dialog is launched. | |
| OK | The rule stack that you select in the Rule stack box is added to the Constraint Browser column from which this dialog is launched. The Rule Stack dialog is closed. | |
| Cancel | Closes the Rule Stack dialog without adding a rule stack to Constraint Browser. |
When Launched from Constraint Browser for eCADSTAR PCB Editor
The following fields are displayed when you launch this dialog from Constraint Browser for eCADSTAR PCB Editor.
| Item |
Description |
|---|---|
| Filter | Allows you to filter the rule stacks that are displayed in the Rule stack box by entering an alphanumeric value. This value is not case-sensitive. |
| Rule stack box | Displays the rule stacks that meet the requirements specified in the Filter box. To select a rule stack, double-click it. Alternatively, click it and then click OK. It is added to the Constraint Browser column from which this dialog is launched. |
| OK | The rule stack that you select in the Rule stack box is added to the Constraint Browser column from which this dialog is launched. The Rule Stack dialog is closed. |
| Cancel | Closes the Rule Stack dialog without adding a rule stack to Constraint Browser. |
