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Skill support in Orcad PCB editor 16.0

Prasanna
Prasanna over 16 years ago

Hi all,

 Does Orcad PCB editor 16.0 supports skill command. I tried to access skill window but that command doesnot exist. I need to ge cross section of board on fabrication drawing. How to get that.?

I searched in new release of Orcad PCB editor 16.0, they have mentioned about skill codes. but I am not getting that window. This is the first time  I am trying to use skill cod. Is there anything to set before to access that ?

If its not possible in this version, how to get cross section drawing?

 

thanks,

Prasanna

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    Ejlersen over 16 years ago

    Hi,

     You'll have to create an environment variable "ALLEGRO_PCBENV" with a path as the value e.g., C:\OrCAD\Setup

     In this directory you will have to place the following

    • "env" file without any extension (copy C:\OrCAD\OrCAD_16.0\share\pcb\text\env_local.txt and rename to env)
    • Place attached allegro.ilinit file in this directory
    • Create a subdirectory "C:\OrCAD\Setup\skill" and place all your skill programs in this folder. They should automatically load at startup now. If you don't want to use that path - change allegro.ilinit in text editor - notice / for backslash.

    Have fun.

     

    Best regards,

    Ole

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    Ejlersen over 16 years ago

    Hi,

     You'll have to create an environment variable "ALLEGRO_PCBENV" with a path as the value e.g., C:\OrCAD\Setup

     In this directory you will have to place the following

    • "env" file without any extension (copy C:\OrCAD\OrCAD_16.0\share\pcb\text\env_local.txt and rename to env)
    • Place attached allegro.ilinit file in this directory
    • Create a subdirectory "C:\OrCAD\Setup\skill" and place all your skill programs in this folder. They should automatically load at startup now. If you don't want to use that path - change allegro.ilinit in text editor - notice / for backslash.

    Have fun.

     

    Best regards,

    Ole

    allegro.zip
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