{"id":3062,"date":"2014-08-07T13:54:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T20:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mentor.com\/jimmartens\/?p=3062"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:21:53","slug":"beyond-the-vault-pads-archive-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/2014\/08\/07\/beyond-the-vault-pads-archive-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the vault: PADS Archive Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The days of manually backing-up PCB design data or running a script that bundles-up a targeted set of design files and generating a time-stamped zip file are long gone. Proper archives are essential to both back-up and manage all of your design data.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s PCB teams require a powerful design-driven storage methodology that not only promotes effective data backups, but also increases productivity by efficiently creating, indexing, and restoring your design archives within a vault.\u00a0 PADS Design Archive\u00a0provides the all features you need and more!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Click on this short video to learn more !<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/rCgwWJBlLeE?CMPID=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3063\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2014\/08\/Untitled-1-520x294.gif\" alt=\"Untitled-1\" width=\"520\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Key benefits of using Design Archive within the PADS flow are:<br \/>\n\u2022 Quickly create, index, and store all of your designs data including libraries, reports, CAM data, or any files that you want within a secure vault.<br \/>\n\u2022 Enables you to create design branches for testing what-if design scenarios such as changing constraints, running simulation analyses, and analyzing different placement and routing strategies.<br \/>\n\u2022 Allows you to quickly search, compare and cross-probe between schematic and layout files<br \/>\n\u2022 Facilitates design reviews with mark-up tools for both red-lining and attaching sticky notes.<br \/>\n\u2022 Clone designs to create design templates for new PCBs.<br \/>\n\u2022 Generate Netlist, Line length, Placement and Design summary reports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can learn more about archive management with PADS Design Archive by attending our upcoming webinar entitled: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pads.com\/events\/beyond-the-vault--introducing-pads-archive-management?cmpid=9049%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beyond the Vault: Introducing PADS Archive Management<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading !\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 John<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/johnmcmillan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3057\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2014\/08\/linkedin.png\" alt=\"linkedin\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnMc_Mentor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2532\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2014\/02\/twitter-2.jpg\" alt=\"twitter\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The days of manually backing-up PCB design data or running 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