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YV202508175258

Hello,I downloaded digikey footprint for allegro how do you link it to a symbol as shown below?
where do i put the adrees and the file of the footprint inside the schematics symbol properties?
Is there a good manual?
Thanks.

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  • techiecs
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    ->To link a footprint to schematic symbol, you can simply assign a footprint to a schematic symbol, ensure that the number of pins in the schematic symbol match the number of the PCB footprint symbol, and the pin numbers in the schematic symbol match the pin numbers in the footprint.

    At the library level-
    You see PCB Footprint under Package Properties section; you can simply assign the value to it and save it.

    Assigning footprint to one component after placing it on the schematic-
    1. Select the required part and launch 'Property Editor'.
    2. Enter the required value corresponding to the PCB Footprint property.

    Assigning same footprint to multiple components-
    To assign the same footprint to multiple components, do the following:
    1. Select the components and launch Property Editor.
    2. Right-click the PCB Footprint row (or column) and select Edit.
    3. The Edit Property Values dialog box opens.
    4. Specify the required value and click OK.

    To create a board in PCB Editor, it is must to assign a valid PCB Footprint property for each part in the design.

    -> After this, you need to configure Capture.ini to view footprints in Capture.
    1. The footprint location in the installation is used to configure the capture.ini file to ensure that it has a section on Allegro Footprints.
    2. Open Capture.ini in any text-editor and set the following-
    [Footprint Viewer Type]
    Type=Allegro
    [Allegro Footprints]
    Dir0=
    Dir1=
    3. Capture.ini must be updated such that Dir0 or Dir1 variables point to the folder containing the footprints. This section of the capture.ini file is read by the footprint viewer to display component footprint in Capture.

    -> Once Capture.ini is updated, you can view footprints in Capture, and the footprint viewer is available from within the schematic. To view the footprint:
    1. Right-click the part.
    2. Select Show Footprint.
    3. The footprint viewer opens with the two-dimensional view of the footprint corresponding to the selected part. The footprint viewer can be used to display footprint and pin information.

    You may refer to the below link which talks about the process in detail of assigning Footprints to Capture symbols and view them in the tool in detail-
    support.cadence.com/.../techpubDocViewerPage

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  • techiecs
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    ->To link a footprint to schematic symbol, you can simply assign a footprint to a schematic symbol, ensure that the number of pins in the schematic symbol match the number of the PCB footprint symbol, and the pin numbers in the schematic symbol match the pin numbers in the footprint.

    At the library level-
    You see PCB Footprint under Package Properties section; you can simply assign the value to it and save it.

    Assigning footprint to one component after placing it on the schematic-
    1. Select the required part and launch 'Property Editor'.
    2. Enter the required value corresponding to the PCB Footprint property.

    Assigning same footprint to multiple components-
    To assign the same footprint to multiple components, do the following:
    1. Select the components and launch Property Editor.
    2. Right-click the PCB Footprint row (or column) and select Edit.
    3. The Edit Property Values dialog box opens.
    4. Specify the required value and click OK.

    To create a board in PCB Editor, it is must to assign a valid PCB Footprint property for each part in the design.

    -> After this, you need to configure Capture.ini to view footprints in Capture.
    1. The footprint location in the installation is used to configure the capture.ini file to ensure that it has a section on Allegro Footprints.
    2. Open Capture.ini in any text-editor and set the following-
    [Footprint Viewer Type]
    Type=Allegro
    [Allegro Footprints]
    Dir0=
    Dir1=
    3. Capture.ini must be updated such that Dir0 or Dir1 variables point to the folder containing the footprints. This section of the capture.ini file is read by the footprint viewer to display component footprint in Capture.

    -> Once Capture.ini is updated, you can view footprints in Capture, and the footprint viewer is available from within the schematic. To view the footprint:
    1. Right-click the part.
    2. Select Show Footprint.
    3. The footprint viewer opens with the two-dimensional view of the footprint corresponding to the selected part. The footprint viewer can be used to display footprint and pin information.

    You may refer to the below link which talks about the process in detail of assigning Footprints to Capture symbols and view them in the tool in detail-
    support.cadence.com/.../techpubDocViewerPage

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  • YV202508175258
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    Hello , I come from ALTIUM where we define a library and choose the footprint from it.

    could you share a visua manual or a video so I could see how exactly its done?

    Thanks.

  • techiecs
    0 in reply to YV202508175258

    I could find a few links from resources.pcb.cadence.com/ page where in there are many tutorial documentation and videos available on OrCAD X Capture User Guide 'resources.pcb.cadence.com/orcad-x-capture-user-guide' and OrCAD X Capture with PCB Editor Tutorial 'resources.pcb.cadence.com/orcad-x-capture-with-pcb-editor-tutorial' which you may refer individually.

    I believe the below link may be of help to you here which explains how to add footprint information to schematic symbols from the footprint library before preparing the schematic design for board layout-
    resources.pcb.cadence.com/.../03-preparing-for-pcb-layout-creation-2

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