Cadence PCB Best Practices

Electrical Design, Mechanical Design Incremental Data Exchange in Allegro PCB Editor October 2019 27 Product Version 17.4-2019 © 1999-2019 All Rights Reserved. ECAD_HOLE_OWNER ECAD, MCAD,UNOWNE D Owner of the hole feature BOARD_SIDE TOP, BOTTOM, BOTH Side associated with the place region, place keep-in or place keep-out ECAD areas. ROUTING_LAYERS TOP, BOTTOM, ALL Shows which ECAD board routing layers in the electrical system are included in a Creo Parametrics routing area ECAD feature. No actual conductor features are supported through IDX. COMPONENT_GROUP_NAME ANY Allows you to add or keep a name for the place region ECAD area feature ECAD_ASSOCIATED_PART BOARD, NOREFDES, reference designator In the ECAD system, this is the part to which the Creo Parametrics hole feature exists. ECAD_NAME ANY The ECAD system name of the component which becomes the .prt file ECAD_ALT_NAME ANY The ECAD system alternative name for a component ECAD_REF_DES Reference Designator The ECAD reference Designator ECAD_OWNER ECAD, MCAD, UNOWNED Shows the owner of the board or other object. ECAD_PART_TYPE Panel, Board, Electrical, Mechanical, other outline Shows component type ECAD_PART_NAME any Shows the other outline name ECAD_PLACEMENT_STATUS Fixed

• 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