[PCB_FORUM] Re: Allegro/Concept Menu Modification

Andrew,

I have been customizing the Allegro menu for years. I think you're making it 
out to be harder than it has to be (that is unless things have changed 
drastically in 16.2, which I've only used for a short contract job, been 
laid-off since Nov '08).

I copy the menu file to my "pcbenv" directory (where Allegro will find and load 
it), then add my custom section at the end. I have this custom section also in 
the pcbenv directory, named "my.men".

When you load the latest (greatest?) version of Allegro, you will then copy the 
menu file to your pcbenv directory, add the contents of your custom section 
file and you're good to go. Seems easy enough to me, not sure why you would 
need a script to do this.

Good luck however you do it!

Regards,
Gary
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Green, Andrew W.<mailto:agreen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
  To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 11:01 AM
  Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Allegro/Concept Menu Modification


  All,

   

  We have just started adding custom menus to Allegro and Concept; our initial 
approach has been to copy the standard menu file and add our own entries, but 
that seems a little dangerous due to the possibility of overwriting any new 
stuff added by Cadence.

   

  Asking around, it appears that there is a script out there that can be used 
to construct a menu file on the fly, appending custom entries to the current 
Cadence menu; does such a script exist and, if so, is it available?

   

  Thanks!

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