Is anybody using the IDX format? We have used IDF for years, but are starting to transition to IDX. We did testing using 16.6, and after a few bumps were smoothed out, we thought we had the process down. The projects we started to use it with happened to be 17.2 designs, but that shouldn't have been a problem. What we found was that 17.2 is unable to import MCAD acceptances of changes made by ECAD, so the propose-accept loop of the IDX process cannot be completed.
- We started with a baseline in Creo, saved to IDX and imported the holes, outline, areas into Allegro.
- Components were added in Allegro and exported as an incremental IDX. These changes were "additions".
- The IDX is opened in Creo, the changes accepted, and the accepted status saved in the IDX.
- Importing the IDX back into Allegro is supposed to mark the transactions as accepted in the BRD, but Allegro states "No change to process. The following are up to date: 1. MCAD's proposed transactions. 2. ECAD's approved or rejected transactions."
- So, if another change is made to any of those components that were already accepted into Creo (but not recorded as accepted in Allegro), the new change is exported as an "addition" again, and Creo can't import because the component already exists!
Has anyone else experienced this? Have a work around? We opened a case with Cadence, and they've submitted it as a bug report, but don't know how quickly a resolution would be found.