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conductor and etch

masamasa
masamasa 2 months ago

hello

 

what is the difference between conductor and etch?

 

 

 

regards

masa

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  • DavidJHutchins
    +1 DavidJHutchins 2 months ago

    For some reason the developers decided to use different  'Class' names in APD compared  to Allegro

    To allow skill code to work in either tool they provided the the routine axlMapClassName() to map to the correct names

    Below is the Class mapping between the 2 tools:


              Name Mapping
         PCB               APD
         BOARD GEOMETRY    SUBSTRATE GEOMETR
         ETCH              CONDUCTOR
         ANTI ETCH         ANTI CONDUCTOR
         PACKAGE GEOMETRY  COMPONENT GEOMETRY
         PACKAGE KEEPIN    COMPONENT KEEPIN
         PACKAGE KEEPOUT   COMPONENT KEEPOUT
         BOARD             SUBSTRATE

    Below is the examples from the documentation:

             1) in APD
                 axlMapClassName("ETCH") -> "CONDUCTOR"
             2) while in Allegro
                 axlMapClassName("ETCH") -> "ETCH"
             3) list in APD
                 axlMapClassName('("ETCH" "ANALYSIS")) -> ("CONDUCTOR" "ANALYSIS")

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