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PADS Library translator doesn't show option dialog.

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I try to run the translator on my converted libraries, but it never shows the dialog box and it doesn't map the silkscreen, keep-outs, courtyards, NOTHING, only the holes.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

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  • +1

    There is an options file but I am unable to locate the format in any help file in Allegro 16.6 (until someone left, I had to go back and forth to P*DS), 22.1 or 24.1.

    Finding footprints built in native Allegro from UltraLibrarian or similar is recommended as there were so much data no one ever bothered to capture in P*DS.  Like, step models.  Should have asked during the job interview as their library relied on the free pads library and nothing followed IPC naming guidelines.  I rebuilt the library as needed.

    A drawback of the translation, everyone wants padstack names to reflect the size.  Translating from P*DS to Cadence gives you PAD_01, PAD_02, as your padstack names.

    Don't forget you have footprint build automation in Orcad Presto.

    This is one of my options files to map layers when importing P*DS ascii into Allegro.

    [Options]
    CreateSolderLayers=0
    SolderOversize=0.000
    DynamicShapes=0
    SkipTeardrops=1
    SuppressConstraintTranslation=0
    CreateThermalAntiPad=0
    AntiPadOversize=10.000
    ThermalPadOversize=10.000
    SpokeWidth=10.000
    PasteOversize=0.000
    [Line Map]
    0=BOARD GEOMETRY|ALL
    1=ETCH|TOP
    2=ETCH|INT2
    3=ETCH|INT3
    4=ETCH|BOTTOM
    21=BOARD GEOMETRY|SOLDERMASK_TOP
    26=BOARD GEOMETRY|SILKSCREEN_TOP
    28=BOARD GEOMETRY|SOLDERMASK_BOTTOM
    29=BOARD GEOMETRY|SILKSCREEN_BOTTOM
    [Copper Map]
    0=BOARD GEOMETRY|ALL
    1=ETCH|TOP
    2=ETCH|INT2
    3=ETCH|INT3
    4=ETCH|BOTTOM
    [Text Map]
    0=BOARD GEOMETRY|ALL
    1=ETCH|TOP
    2=ETCH|INT2
    3=ETCH|INT3
    4=ETCH|BOTTOM
    21=BOARD GEOMETRY|SOLDERMASK_TOP
    26=BOARD GEOMETRY|SILKSCREEN_TOP
    28=BOARD GEOMETRY|SOLDERMASK_BOTTOM
    29=BOARD GEOMETRY|SILKSCREEN_BOTTOM
    [Decal Map]
    0=PACKAGE GEOMETRY|SILKSCREEN_TOP
    1=PACKAGE GEOMETRY|SILKSCREEN_TOP
    21=PACKAGE GEOMETRY|SOLDERMASK_TOP
    22=PACKAGE GEOMETRY|PASTEMASK_BOTTOM
    23=PACKAGE GEOMETRY|PASTEMASK_TOP
    26=PACKAGE GEOMETRY|SILKSCREEN_TOP
    27=PACKAGE GEOMETRY|ASSEMBLY_TOP
    28=PACKAGE GEOMETRY|SOLDERMASK_BOTTOM
    29=PACKAGE GEOMETRY|SILKSCREEN_BOTTOM
    30=PACKAGE GEOMETRY|ASSEMBLY_BOTTOM
    [Pad Map]
    0=ETCH|internal_pad_def
    1=ETCH|TOP
    2=ETCH|INT2
    3=ETCH|INT3
    4=ETCH|BOTTOM
    21=PIN|SOLDERMASK_TOP
    22=PIN|PASTEMASK_BOTTOM
    23=PIN|PASTEMASK_TOP
    28=PIN|SOLDERMASK_BOTTOM
    [Via Map]
    0=VIA CLASS|internal_pad_def
    1=VIA CLASS|TOP
    2=VIA CLASS|INT2
    3=VIA CLASS|INT3
    4=VIA CLASS|BOTTOM

  • 0 in reply to Robert Finley

    Thank you for the information. I have over 16 years worth of custom footprints all named and built to the IPC nominal standard. Then a CIS database that cross-links that to a matching SolidWorks model. 

    I didn't want to go and try to reinvent the horse, when I had spent so much time getting them all to sync.

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