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BOM including "mirrored" - information?

I was asked to provide a BOM (bill of materials) containing the information, if the part is placed TOP or BOTTOM, meaning being mirrored or not.

Of course, the preferred place to generate the BOM is the schematic programm (Capture), but there TOP/BOTTOM information doesn't exist. In Orcad PCB Designer several reports are preconfigured and can be edited, but it seems, that the fields manufacturer and part number do not exist in that software. Is that correct?

0 mahimag over 3 years ago

Hey, to check whether the symbol is mirrored or not use SYM_MIRROR and for manufacturer and part number you can add COMP_PART_NUMBER and COMP_MANUFACTURER in your extracta command file along with the other fields you have in your txt file to generate BOM report in allegro.
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0 Manfred1 over 3 years ago in reply to mahimag

Thank you for your answer. Obviously the level of skill it requires exceeds mine.

I found out, that the text files defining the available reports are stored at C:\Cadence\SPB_17.4\share\pcb\text\views on my PC.

I followed your suggestions and created a text file called bom_rep_tb.txt. Using the field COMP_MANUFACTURER generated the error ERROR(SPMHDX-14): Field 'COMP_MANUFACTURER' is unknown. I deleted that field, and the file worked, but the column COMP_PART_NUMBER stays empty.

Is there a list of all available fields in Orcad PCB Designer? Probably with the data those fields contain within the actual sample project?

Where is the list of available Quick reports stored, that is displayed at menu item Tools / Quick Reports? Would I need to add my newly generated report manually into that list if I wanted it to be included?
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0 mahimag over 3 years ago in reply to Manfred1

Try adding the below lines in a text file and save it in your current working directory, you can see the entry with the file name in the tools > reports list. It is working for me.

COMPONENT
SYM_NAME
COMP_DEVICE_TYPE
COMP_VALUE
COMP_TOL
COMP_CLASS
SYM_MIRROR
REFDES_SORT
REFDES
COMP_PART_NUMBER
COMP_MANUFACTURER
END

Also, part_number comes as a component property, you can check if your compoents have this property or not.

I can see the complete list of fileds on the Cadence Support website,https://support.cadence.com/apex/techpubDocViewerPage?xmlName=algrodescmp.xml&title=Completing%20the%20Design%20--%20Extracting%20Views%20from%20the%20Layout%20Editor%20-%20Baseview%20File%20Contents&hash=pgfId-1034643&c_version=17.4-2019&path=algrodescmp/algrodescmp17.4-2019/chap5.html#pgfId-1034643
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