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Mech parts in Orcad Design Entry
Does anyone know how to add mechanical parts to a schematic symbol so that they appear in the bom?I am thinking of connectors with associated screws etc. At the moment we create a bom and then manually...
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how do I know the via is from which layer to which layer
Open the Gerber, how to check the via is from which layer to which layer? Thanks,Especially some beried /blind visa.
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Specific holes for different layers
Newbie here, I'd like to have a thin board (~0.6 mm) with 2 FR4 layers and gold on top. I'd like to have a large rectangular region where the only top FR4 layer is removed. In the middle of that...
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Global relief settings
Good afternoon, Under the Design Parameter Editor / Edit global dynamic shape parameters / Thermal reilef connects, I select the button for 'Use thermal width oversize of:' and set it to "0" so...
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cdn_sfl401as.dll was not found while launching Orcad V16.3
Has anyone else seen this error? We installed Orcad V16.3, including the hotfix, yesterday, and it was working just fine. I came in today and tried to launchOrcad Capture CIS, I get the following...
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Inverted text inserted into a shape
Is there a way to write a text inside a shape in a inverted way i.e. like doing voids corresponding to the text letters inside the shape ?
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How to connect vias to specific layers
I have a design which has 7 layers. The top layer has only short stubs. There are two layers for traces but they are sensitive signals and there is a solid ground plane above and below these two...
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Component_change.il
Hello,Anyone out there are using the Component_changes.il, I tried to use it and it didn't work. I looked inside the file and its was written by Peter to work with Allegro 11 and later got modied to...
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Importing Complete Designs as Subdrawings
All,I am looking to be able to save a complete design as a sub drawing and reimport it into either the same drawing or merge two or more seperate drawings to make a mixed panel. On these designs I will...
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Rats nest / uconnected pins on symbol update.
Hello all,I'm working with allegro 16.6 and am exporting a an already routed PCB design as IDF to solidworks folks.It turns out one of the symbols in the pcb design was missing height information. I...
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Setting DRC spacing constraints for Dynamic Shape and Static Shapes
Dear All,In my layout there is spacing violation for Dynamic shapes and Static shapes.Some Dynamic shapes are too close to Static shape ( the minimum is needed to be 8 mil).But my DRC is NOT catching...
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Export 3D image (JPG)
I have a design that I have mapped all my step files and viewed the board in the 3D viewer. Everything looks good. When I click File>Export Image, Allegro exports a blank JPG file. It creates a...
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Allegro PCB Designer: 1 Unrouted net with 0 unconnected pins?
Hi, I have a problem with a small design I'm working on. Under Display->Status I have 1 unrouted net with two unrouted connections, but when I check the unconnected pins report it shows 0 (see...
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SKILL script to create symbol origin marker
Anybody have a SKILL script that will make a small circle with crosshairs, at the symbol origin on PACKAGE GEOMETRY/BODY_CENTER, that will run from inside the symbol editor?
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Zoom In to A particular co-ordinate in Allegro 16.2 by Command
Dear All,I want to ZOOM IN to a partiicular co-ordinate in Allegro using command.Could anybody please tell what is the command and how it can be achieved Kind Regards,
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Netlist error
I created my connector footprint by using the "CONN RCPT 46X2" model from the library then I renamed it as 123456.dra and put it in my project folder. When I created the Netlist and the error was...
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PCB design for battery connector?
Hi EverybodyI have a project for which I need to use a battery connector as pictured bellow. The problem is that I can't solder any electric wires directly to the battery connector. I believe the...
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How to add a company logo or a marking seregraphy with "Allegro PCB Design"
Hi,how to add a company logo, a picture, or a marking seregraphy in PCB board with "Allegro PCB Design",see exemple in attached image: Best regards, Haithem.
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Error During Export of ODB++Inside
Hello All,When trying to export the ODB++ with C:\Valor\ODB++Inside, I get the error:Windows platform*********** ERROR 18Nov2013.164607.861 6244 8.1(55) Windows VistaCadence Interface - File...
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OrCAD Capture "Update Cache" not working?
I'm working on a design in OrCAD Capture 16.5. When making a netlist, I got errors because one of the part instances used an invalid footprint name (had a space in it).I went into the part library and...
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