IDF creates extrusions from the placebound height and the placebound boundary which become Pro-E .prt files. If you have any Pro-E models you have to name them the same as the footprints or alias them in the hint.map file. You can use the extrusion .prt files to create accurate representations by modifying them. They already have the proper origin and orientation to the ECAD datum plane. -----Original Message----- From: Gene Carman [mailto:gcarman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 4:38 PM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] IDF in 15.1 I just output an IDF file from a board in 15.1 and I noticed that it references the parts, but does not create a part model... where does the ME get the model for the parts? IDF 3.0 output the part name, and location, but little else. Hopefully he does not have to build a model for each part. Other tools I have used also spit out the models of the parts... Anybody doing Allegro to Pro-E now? ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 //www.freelists.org. Our list name is icu-pcb-forum or go to //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 -----------------------------------------------------------