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Allegro - Tip of the Week: Route Cleanup
For detecting scenarios such as non-ideal pad entry, short segments, 90-degree corners, or non-arc corners, consider the Route Vision application.The Vision Manager displays selected nets or segments...
View Articleextracta multi-views into 1 output file
Hi all,Is there a way to get multi-views output into one output file? Here is my view file:BOARDBOARD_DFA_DEV_CLASSENDGEOMETRY PACKAGE_HEIGHT_MAXENDI haven't used extracta in a long time and can't...
View ArticlePlaying a movie from a SKILL form
Is there a skill command that could play a recorded movie (.mov file)?
View ArticleHow do you position the text for the pin number?
I'm starting to create a library for my first board using Allegro, and I want to start off making footprints that I won't have to change later on.How do you position the text for the pin number and...
View ArticleVia length display in CM
Hi everyone,Is the any way to display the via length in the Constraint Manager / Length Reports? While Allegro takes the via length into account via Z axis enable, it doesn't show it anywhere....
View ArticleChoose default board file program version
Hello all,So I have both ver 17.4 and 22.1 installed right now and I would mainly like to use 17.4 until a few more hotfixes are out for 22.1.When I open a board file in windows it defaults to 22.1. I...
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Vias with thermal connectivity on cross hatched shape
Everyone,I had converted one of a solid dynamic shape to cross hatched and I see some vias has created a thermal connectivity to the shape (of course, Its a same net) and some are not.None of these...
View ArticleWhy is the stock padstack hole120 show 12000mils?
Riddle me this one - why does the stock padstack Hole120.pad have a drill callout of 12000 mil? it places in Package Designer as a 120mil pad. No other hole I can find does this. This is a fresh...
View ArticleRouting Under Components
Hi Everyone,I am using Allegro PCB Editor and I am attempting to route under a jumper resistor. However, I cannot do so without getting errors or strange routes of traces. Is there a way to remove a...
View ArticleHow do you search these posts?
How do you perform a search of the'Discussions in Allegro PCB Editor and PCB SKILL' posts?
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PCB PRO - Tutorials, Tips, and Tricks for using Cadence Schematic Capture and...
With numerous years of experience with Cadence Schematic Capture and Allegro PCB Editor tools, I decided to begin compiling information that others may find useful.If you have a few minutes, please...
View ArticleHigh Resolution Display with Virtuoso
Hello,Recently switched to a high resolution display for use with Virtuoso. As usual when switching to a 4k display, the fonts and icons are all way too small. I tried the following solution:In...
View ArticleProcedure in the while loop
Hi everybody,I want to execute a procedure until the Escape key will be pressed.Example:continue = twhile( continue ....execute procedureif (cancel or escape) thencontinue = nil);end whileHow...
View ArticlePurging or Clearing Existing Constraints in an Allegro Board File
Folks,Is there an easy and simple way to purge all of the existing constraints in an existing Allegro layout? I get boards from previous bureaus that have a ton of constraints and it takes me a fair...
View ArticleDOES ALLEGRO FREE PHYSICAL VIEWER SUPPORT SKILL? (Ver 17.2)
Hi all,I am trying to use Skill in free viewer 17.2.I knew Skill function is not available in free viewer normally but there was a post of a workaround by adding skill code in...
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Isuess with overlay layers
Hi, i've got a problem with overlay layers. I've ready done my PCB but when I saw gerbers files I saw my part reference numbers are just a large white area. I've got them on assembly top and bottom...
View ArticleAllegro PCB Router quit unexpectedly with an exit code of 1
specctra.log:# # ===============================================================================# Allegro PCB Router # Copyright 1990-2010...
View ArticleHow to fix the common SKILL error “fprintf/sprintf: format spec. incompatible...
For formatted output, SKILL provides the printf, fprintf, and sprintf standard C studio library routines. This error occurs if the data type of a variable does not match the format specifier.There are...
View Article'Find by Name or Property' window disappeared when using extend display
I want to use Allegro PCB editor on a multi-monitor environment opening Allegro on the high-resolution external monitor and Excel check sheet on the laptop PC screen simultaneously.When running the...
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