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OrCAD 17.4 CIS backannotate pin swap

MrSpock

Our design flow updated to OrCAD Capture 17.4 from 17.2.  We use PADS for our PCB layout.  I use a contractor for our digital routing and he has never had a problem doing FPGA pin swapping back to OrCAD.  However in 17.4 he can't find the Backannotate dialog boxes Layout tab.  This is where one used to specify the swap file and the scope of the backannotation.  This dialog box Layout tab is gone in version 17.4.

How does one do a pin swap / netlist backannotation in version 17.4?

Backannotate dialog box in version 17.2

Backannotate dialog box in version 17.4

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    Ok, I'm not the only PADS sufferer left. 

    You need 17.2 on hand to support backannotation or go to 22.1.  The DSN file format is the same.

    I have been using 16.6 in parallel with 22.1 for the past 8 years because MGC won't update their translator to read Allegro's 17.2 to read current padstack data.  If something breaks, MGC won't talk to me unless I'm running 16.3 on a windows7 machine.

    Facing a long list of stuff PADS can't do, Allegro is my superpower until windows 10 goes EOL and I can't use 16.x anymore.

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    Ok, I'm not the only PADS sufferer left. 

    You need 17.2 on hand to support backannotation or go to 22.1.  The DSN file format is the same.

    I have been using 16.6 in parallel with 22.1 for the past 8 years because MGC won't update their translator to read Allegro's 17.2 to read current padstack data.  If something breaks, MGC won't talk to me unless I'm running 16.3 on a windows7 machine.

    Facing a long list of stuff PADS can't do, Allegro is my superpower until windows 10 goes EOL and I can't use 16.x anymore.

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