Greetings, Could this be a character length issue? Looks like anything beyond 8 characters does not work for you with the padstack in question. Jelena Larsen ________________________________ From: Gary MacIndoe [mailto:gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:59 PM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems Shirley, You've hit on something here. When I rename the "r11x44_mod" to "r11x44m" or "r11x44mo", it will load into "Pad_Designer". For some strange reason, adding that extra "d" (to make "r11x44mod"), causes it to not load. To make it an even stranger situation, "r11x44-m" and "r11x44_m" will also load, but *not* "r11x44-mo" nor "r11x44_mo" (it just doesn't like that third added character?!?). Gary E. MacIndoe PCB Design Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Longmont, Colorado -----Original Message----- From: Bolman, Shirley H [mailto:shirley.h.bolman@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 11:45 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems Richard Have you tried to save a new padstack as r11x44m instead of _mod? the _mod really shouldn't be a problem. I also believe that where the tool is saving the padstack to may not be where allegro is looking for the padstacks. Shirley ________________________________ From: Gary MacIndoe [mailto:gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 10:31 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems Richard, No, there is no flash involved. It is a pure rectangular SMT pad with the soldermask modified. Gary E. MacIndoe PCB Design Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Longmont, Colorado -----Original Message----- From: Weinberg, Richard (Richard) [mailto:rweinberg@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 11:03 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems I've managed to clear a few more cob webs. The problem showed up when I loaded a flash in Allegro. Does this pad stack have a flash? Try to look at it. __________________________________________________ systems agere 76 Sandy Point Road Yarmouth, Maine 04096 USA Richard Weinberg Tel: 207 846 4539 Applications Engineer rweinberg@xxxxxxxxx ReferenceDesigns ___________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Gary MacIndoe [mailto:gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:56 PM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems Thanks Richard. This padstack is in the same directory with others that I have no problem loading into the padstack editor (they don't have the "_mod" at the end). Gary E. MacIndoe PCB Design Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Longmont, Colorado -----Original Message----- From: Weinberg, Richard (Richard) [mailto:rweinberg@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 10:17 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Pad designer editor problems I've seen this before. I'm not sure but, check if there are any spaces in any of the directory names in the total path. __________________________________________________ systems agere 76 Sandy Point Road Yarmouth, Maine 04096 USA Richard Weinberg Tel: 207 846 4539 Applications Engineer rweinberg@xxxxxxxxx ReferenceDesigns ___________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Gary MacIndoe [mailto:gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:03 PM To: Allegro Forum Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Pad designer editor problems Hey guys, Anyone see this while trying to edit a padstack? I have a padstack that I modified from another one with "_mod" at the end (i.e. the padstack is named "r11x44_mod.pad"). Could it be the "_"? I tried replacing the "_" with a "-", then taking it out altogether, same results. Only when I remove the "mod", can I edit the padstack! I can edit ones without the "_mod" all I want. Thanks for any replies! Gary E. MacIndoe PCB Design Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Longmont, Colorado