Working with Design Partitions
Design Partitioning
October 2019 6 Product Version 17.4-2019
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Design Partitioning requires the product option Team Design to be enabled when invoking
Allegro PCB Editor.
Terminology
Master Database The initial board database from which the partitions are created.
Master Designer Lead designer.
Partition Database View of master database, also referred to as a.dpf file.
Partition Area A physical region in the master database defined in the X,Y
plane and infinite in the Z axis.
Partition Designer Team member restricted to working on a specific area of the
design.
Workflow Manager User interface controlling operations of team design flow.
Room Named area or region on board with associated component list.
Guideport Rat T object inserted where rat line crosses partition boundary.
