Cadence PCB Best Practices

Electrical Design, Mechanical Design Incremental Data Exchange in Allegro PCB Editor: Best Practices Product Version 17.4-2019 October 2019

• Cover
• Contents
• Electrical Design, Mechanical Design Incremental Data Exchange (IDX)
• Introduction
• ECAD/MCAD Library Synchronization
• EDMD Schema Design Data Cycle
• MCAD to Allegro with MCAD Baseline Initiation
• Allegro to MCAD with Allegro Baseline Initiation
• Incremental Changes
• Final Baseline - Re-baseline
• IDX Filter
• IDX Data
• The Baseline File
• Incremental Files
• Transaction Files
• IDX Properties
• Object Mapping
• Board Outline
• Keep-in Areas
• Keep-Out Areas
• Height Restriction Management
• Vias
• Hole Mapping
• Allegro Symbol Exported Data
• Allegro IDX Settings
• PTC's Creo Parametrics Configuration Settings
• Configuration Variables
• Configuration Parameters
• Drawing objects