Hi Mike, Not sure if SolidWorks has a mapping file like ProEngineer/WildFire. If it does use it. Also Reference Designators are used in the Cadence IDF-In interface to automatically pull the right jedec from the netlist. Hope this helps Andy --------------------------------------------------------------- Andreas Kulik - Senior Applications Engineer - PTC - Atlanta,GA -----Original Message----- From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of gnieski_mike@xxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 7:49 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Allegro-Idf-SolidWorks Just looking for a little feedback from anyone that is using IDF to transfer mechcad/ecad data using Solidworks. Regarding the use of transferring placement how do most people handle their placement? With or without reference designators? If placement is done without reference designators how do they map the Solidworks parts with the Allegro jedecs? I'm aware that the origin and rotation of both the mechanical model and Allegro footprint need to be the same, but what happens if the mechanical model and the Allegro footprint name are different? thanks, Mike Gnieski EMC2 Corp. Hopkinton, MA 01748 ----------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe/unsubscribe: Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe To view the archives of this list go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe/unsubscribe: Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe To view the archives of this list go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----------------------------------------------------------