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Do the new Rigid-Flex features of 17.2 version of PCB Editor require a...
Hello all, I'm currently evaluating the new 17.2 version of PCB Editor, and I'm using the same Allegro licenses that I was using for the 16.6 version: Allegro PCB Designer, High Speed option and...
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RE: Do the new Rigid-Flex features of 17.2 version of PCB Editor require a...
Just adding... If it does require a new Allegro license option to use the Rigid-Flex features, which license option is it? I've been searching this information but I can't find any text or document...
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RE: Do the new Rigid-Flex features of 17.2 version of PCB Editor require a...
the menu file shows it doesn't require any special licenses: #ifdef _ALLEGRO_DESIGNER || _ORCAD_PROFESSIONAL POPUP "&Zones" BEGIN MENUITEM "&Create", "zone create" MENUITEM "&Manage", "zone...
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RE: Free Gerber AND Drill-data viewer?
I have been using gerbv for years, the only issue is it assumes the drill files are in 2.4 format, so you may need to modify the drill layer data format to get the correct scaling
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RE: Do the new Rigid-Flex features of 17.2 version of PCB Editor require a...
Thanks David, I'll check some possible installation issues here, and maybe a license updating. It's good to know that Allegro PCB Designer provides the feature. Thanks and Regards, Gustavo
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RE: Do the new Rigid-Flex features of 17.2 version of PCB Editor require a...
It looks like there is something wrong with your 17.2 menus. The Setup > Unused Pads Suppression option was eliminated in 17.2 as that functionality was moved into the Cross Section Editor. Try...
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RE: Do the new Rigid-Flex features of 17.2 version of PCB Editor require a...
Hi Mike, Yes. In fact, there's something wrong with my 17.2 menus. Regarding the old Setup > Unused Pads Suppression option, I found a similar topic reported some days ago. I just don't know why my...
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How to get instance mode
How do I get the mode of an instance in layout. I know the cell is editable but when I try instDb~>master~>mode or instDb~>master~>mode~>cellView I get "r". Paul
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RE: Do the new Rigid-Flex features of 17.2 version of PCB Editor require a...
In Allegro open Tools>Utilties>Keyboard Commands then enter 'zone*' in the Filter: entry box & push the 'tab' key, which should show 2 commands zone create zone manager
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RE: Do the new Rigid-Flex features of 17.2 version of PCB Editor require a...
Once Zones are created you should be able to get to the Zone Manager by typing zone manager on the Command line. Good luck getting to the bottom of the menu issues. You could try renaming your PCBENV...
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RE: Do the new Rigid-Flex features of 17.2 version of PCB Editor require a...
Thanks Mike, I'll try to get my env variables point to some other directories. My environment variables are all pointing to old files from 16.6 and older versions. I hope this fixes the problem. I'll...
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RE: Remove /* this is a comment line */ from a file
Thank you for the post. I will definitely comeback. Lean Belly Breakthrough
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how to plot waveforms after OceanXL script finished sweeping corners
Hello exports, we setup corner sweeping tests from ADE-XL and saved as OceanXL script. It works well except the script doesn't bring up the result waveforms we want to see. what kind command or script...
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RE: How to get instance mode
Hi Andrew, Thanks for the clarification. What is really surprising for me is that the mode is not per window. I mean sometimes when you try to open a design you get a message that this cell view can be...
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RE: deepprobe with analog extract
The italics might make this a little confusing for some people: the backslash looks like a pipe character and the pipe character looks like a slash. So, as a public service, here is the same name...
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RE: inductor current at the begining is very large
Thank you. I couldn't figure out why the inductor current is very large at the begining.
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RE: Unable to simulate Verilog Testbench - 'lic_error-18'
The irun command didn't do the trick also. I still got the same error. Apparently as you correctly stated, the stand alone opening of the tools is not a sign that a license exists and only when you try...
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