PADS users will soon be able to use PartQuest with xDX Designer and PADS Layout! The integration of PADS and PartQuest will be available with the PADS VX.1 release, currently scheduled for April 2015.
PartQuest is a new website (partquest.com) by Mentor Graphics that is tightly integrated with DigiKey’s full catalog of parts. You will be able to search, research, and purchase the parts needed for your new design. In addition, over 360,000 of these parts have been populated with schematic symbols and PCB footprints, which will be downloaded directly into your xDX Designer and PADS Layout libraries for immediate use in your design, minimizing library development time. (by the way – you don’t have to purchase the part before you download the library data!)
PartQuest with PADS initially supports PADS net list projects with and without the use of xDX Databook, our component management system. If xDX Databook is in use, the
parametric part information will be downloaded for use.
Partquest.com is live now, so feel free to browse the site and learn more about it. There are a couple of videos posted which will provide an overview. And as always, be sure to tell us what you think of PartQuest in this forum!
Jim