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www.cadence.com 2 Allegro ECAD-MCAD Library Creator Realize the dream of a unified component library by synchronizing your ECAD and MCAD libraries Maintaining consistency between ECAD and MCAD libraries is critical to collab- orative design and avoiding costly design re-spins. Spreadsheets and meetings are no way to keep the ECAD and MCAD worlds in sync. The Allegro ECAD-MCAD Library Creator helps you keep ECAD and MCAD libraries in sync. Allegro ECAD footprints can be validated against existing 3D models to ensure consistency. When a 3D model isn't available, one can be intelligently selected from the included library of thousands of STEP models. By connecting the ECAD and MCAD worlds, you're able to improve your design process, shorten design time, and reduce the need for physical prototypes. • Improve library accuracy by verifying ECAD footprints with 3D models • Augment existing ECAD libraries with 3D models from the repository using automated search and coordinate system alignment • Native support for populating PTC Creo and Siemens NX MCAD libraries, STEP for other MCAD vendors Quickly and easily retarget your libraries for different technologies The quickest way to a usable component is to reuse an existing one. Save every footprint and 3D package model you create for your design in a single library and reuse them in future designs. Use the automated footprint generation and parametric templates with the Allegro ECAD-MCAD Library Creator to create multiple variations of components. Easily make complete new libraries for flex, different standards, and manufacturing processes simply by applying new target- specific rules to existing ones. Maintain the library's accuracy and completeness by analyzing the integrity of the components in a single unified graphical environment to ensure ECAD-MCAD consistency. Take careful measurements so that any errors are found before they show up in your designs, and engineers can be confident when using existing content. • Reuse existing library models in future designs to reduce design time • Create variations of your libraries for different standards, flex, HDI, and alternate solder processes in days instead of months • Ensure the accuracy and completeness of your library with automatic checks and validations Figure 2: Validate ECAD and MCAD data to ensure a complete and accurate package Figure 3: Use custom rules and templates to quickly retarget existing libraries to make new packages for various use cases

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