Reuse Flow in Allegro Design Entry CIS (Capture CIS) – Allegro PCB Editor
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Placing Hierarchical Block:
1. Choose Place -- Hierarchical Block to open the Place Hierarchical dialog box.
Specify the fields of the dialog box, as shown in the following figure.
Reference is user defined
Implementation Type will be Schematic view as you are referencing a
schematic design file
Path and file name: Browse to bot1.dsn. While browsing, make sure that Files
of Type is set as .dsn.
Implementation name is the name of the schematic folder, voldiv in this case,
which contains the schematic which is being referred.
2. Click OK and a crosshair is attached to the mouse pointer.
3. Click on the schematic page and drag to create the H-block. You can right-click a
H-block and choose Descend Hierarchy to view the referenced schematic.
This H-block will get Hierarchical pins (H-pins) on the inner side of the H-block
boundary. These H-pins are connectivity points on this main design from the
referenced design. R1, connected to OUT H-pin, will get connected to resistors in
bot1.dsn.
