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How can I improve cross probing in PCB Designer and Capture

PeteV

Hi All,

I'm using intertool communication. Using the Capture-select, PCB Designer highlighting workflow seems great. Highlights in PCB Editor are basically instantaneous.

Then, as I work in PCB editor, some large net invariably gets selected. Capture hangs while it steps through every page of a schematic highlighting that net. I *really* dislike this behavior.

Ideally, capture would just be "faster" where object-selections on either end result in an "instant" selection in the other program. If that is not an option, I would prefer to choose which object-selections are sent across the ITC channel and choose which direction those selections move in.

Something like this would be perfectly acceptable:

I have already unchecked "Enable Global Net ITC" in the extended preferences -- it doesn't help much. Is there any such functionality to help dial-in the ITC feature?

Thanks.

-Pete

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    PeteV, just entered a reply elsewhere in this forum about the same behavior. The problem is caused by selecting a net in routing mode:

    Use this all of the time. I do have a question/suggestion: add an easily accessible command within Allegro/PCB Designer to toggle the Intertool Communication (ITC) on/off. With very dense designs often some routing needs to be performed during placement. If ITC is enabled in Capture on high pin count nets and routing is performed in the PCB tool the schematic hangs and often causes issues within the PCB tool as well.

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    PeteV, just entered a reply elsewhere in this forum about the same behavior. The problem is caused by selecting a net in routing mode:

    Use this all of the time. I do have a question/suggestion: add an easily accessible command within Allegro/PCB Designer to toggle the Intertool Communication (ITC) on/off. With very dense designs often some routing needs to be performed during placement. If ITC is enabled in Capture on high pin count nets and routing is performed in the PCB tool the schematic hangs and often causes issues within the PCB tool as well.

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