Auston Back annotation to DxDesigner works but you need to be careful not to get out of sink. This happens when the EE makes changes while your re-referencing the design File>Export>Logic. Capture(Orcad)does support Cross probing Claude Meyers Gennext -----Original Message----- From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Austin Franklin Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:01 PM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: DxDesigner to Allegro... Hi, I was told the Mentor DxDesigner to Allegro interface does support back annotation. Does the OrCAD interface support crossprobing and decal preview? Regards, Austin > -----Original Message----- > From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Musetti, Carl > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:12 PM > To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: DxDesigner to Allegro... > > > Wow I feel a whole lot better now paying what I pay for ORCAD and > what I get! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Austin Franklin [mailto:austin@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:08 PM > To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: DxDesigner to Allegro... > > > For those of you interested, here are the questions I asked > Mentor, and the > answers they gave me: > > Q: Is there a datasheet available for the DxDesigner to Allegro interface? > > A: No, we do not have a datasheet for this option. > > > Could you please get these questions answered about this > interface as well: > > 1) Does it support crossprobing > > A: No. > > 2) Does it support decal preview > > A: No. > > 3) Can you use the DxDesigner Attributes Manager for entering/modifying > constraints > > A: Yes. > > 4) What attributes does it pass to Allegro > > A: We don't have a list of the constraints/attributes. However, we have > many customers using DxDesigner very successfully with Allegro. > > Keep in mind, they charge $2500 for this, and it appears it does > little more > than produce a netlist. Something that can be done by converting the PADS > output... > > Regards, > > Austin > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > 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 please login at > http://www.freelists.org. Our list name is icu-pcb-forum > or go to http://www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ > > Problems or Questions: > Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Want to post a job listing ? DON'T DO IT HERE! > Better yet, join our jobs listing forum. > > SUBSCRIBE: icu-jobs-forum-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxx > POST: icu-jobs-forum@xxxxxxxxxx > ----------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------- > 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 please login at > http://www.freelists.org. Our list name is icu-pcb-forum > or go to http://www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ > > Problems or Questions: > Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Want to post a job listing ? DON'T DO IT HERE! > Better yet, join our jobs listing forum. > > SUBSCRIBE: icu-jobs-forum-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxx > POST: icu-jobs-forum@xxxxxxxxxx > ----------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 please login at http://www.freelists.org. Our list name is icu-pcb-forum or go to http://www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Want to post a job listing ? DON'T DO IT HERE! Better yet, join our jobs listing forum. SUBSCRIBE: icu-jobs-forum-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxx POST: icu-jobs-forum@xxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 please login at http://www.freelists.org. Our list name is icu-pcb-forum or go to http://www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Want to post a job listing ? DON'T DO IT HERE! Better yet, join our jobs listing forum. SUBSCRIBE: icu-jobs-forum-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxx POST: icu-jobs-forum@xxxxxxxxxx -----------------------------------------------------------