ORCAD supports cross probing and back annotation with the exception
of rules created in constraint manager. Not sure what is meant by
decal preview.
-----Original Message-----
From: Austin Franklin [mailto:austin@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:52 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
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> [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
>
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