Dear Cadence PCB Design Community,
I am trying to make a symbol out of the visible features on a complete board design (a plug-on daughter-board) so I can use it as a symbol in another board design. I have been successful before but not now. In earlier versions, I would edit the board, make the features I want visible and then export a subdrawing. In 16.6, I am unable to find the menu selection that invokes this process. As a workaround I did the following:
1. Edit the board as before, showing the features I want, such as connectors, mounting holes and certain component features.
2. Export as a DXF.
3. Import the DXF in a new symbol drawing and save as a mechanical symbol.
4. Export as a subdrawing in the symbol edit mode of Allegro.
I am confused. The 16.6 menus in board mode seem to be different from the menus in symbol mode. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance,
Allan