{"id":7570,"date":"2020-04-21T13:56:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T20:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mentor.com\/jimmartens\/?p=7570"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:35:15","slug":"test-point-placement-enhancement-in-pads-professional-vx-2-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/2020\/04\/21\/test-point-placement-enhancement-in-pads-professional-vx-2-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Test Point Placement Enhancement in PADS\u00ae Professional VX.2.7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new release of PADS Professional VX.2.7 is now available for download. This release is enhanced with many new features that improve product usability and efficiency. It includes key updates, enhancements and ideas submitted from our user community. Packed with new features across the design flow, PADS Professionals VX.2.7 release empowers engineers and designers to create modern electronics products even faster!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Layout <\/strong><strong>Highlight: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Placing Test Points:<\/strong> PADS Professional VX.2.7 has added a new methodology to interactively place test points. Users will now see highlighted nets that do not have enough test points and can right click \u2013 fit highlighted to directly view those nets. This net required two test points and once the requirement is satisfied, the previously highlighted net will be un-highlighted, indicating test point placement on that net is complete. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pads.com\/multimedia\/player\/pads-padsprofessional-placing-test-points-demo-e59603c8-4676-4256-be70-eb1f8281a011?CMPID-9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to watch video.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pads.com\/multimedia\/player\/pads-padsprofessional-placing-test-points-demo-e59603c8-4676-4256-be70-eb1f8281a011?CMPID-9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7573\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/04\/tp-capture-520x291.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>If you would like a preview of all of the what\u2019s new videos, please feel free to check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pads.com\/new-in-pads\/padsvx-2-7?CMPID=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What&#8217;s New in PADS Professional VX.2.7.<\/a> webpage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new release of PADS Professional VX.2.7 is now available for download. 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