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Library uprev Best Practices

melview1

HI~

While running layout v24.1, I ran into the issue that it could no longer open my footprints as they were in an older version and needed updating.  I just completed uprev'ing all my footprints (.dra and .psm).  I did it incrementally by running once with the v17.4 dbdoctor and then running again with the v24.1 dbdoctor (some of them were failing if trying to just run v24.1 dbdoctor right away).  Now I can open my footprints in v24.1.  The part that I have a question about is how to handle the psm files?  AI has suggested several options and I wanted to reach out to see if anyone had any advice as to what the appropriate next step should be.

1. Use the psm files as-is after uprev'ing them.  Nothing else needed.

2. Delete all psm and let OrCAD recreate the psm on-demand the next time each footprint is loaded (does it actually work this way?)

3. Delete all psm files, then open/regenerate psm/save each and every footprint.  This isn't really feasible to do manually for a whole library of hundreds, if not thousands, of parts.

4. Delete all psm files, then use a batch file (that I don't have) to open/regenerate psm/save each footprint.  Still a lot of parts that would take awhile, but the batch file would make it pretty automatic.

Thanks!

-melview1

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  • Ulf K
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    I had the same problem some years ago and if I remember correctly, it was possible to use wildcards for the dBdoctor (the separate version avilable in the \tools section, or if it was in the \bin.

    I first copied the directory to another folder, just in case I had to use them with an old version, then invoked dBdoctor, defining using wild cards.

    Let it loose and went for a mug of coffee...

    When I came back, all symbols, .dra as well as .psm had been updated.

    If you decide to try the above: Always make backups!

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  • Ulf K
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    I had the same problem some years ago and if I remember correctly, it was possible to use wildcards for the dBdoctor (the separate version avilable in the \tools section, or if it was in the \bin.

    I first copied the directory to another folder, just in case I had to use them with an old version, then invoked dBdoctor, defining using wild cards.

    Let it loose and went for a mug of coffee...

    When I came back, all symbols, .dra as well as .psm had been updated.

    If you decide to try the above: Always make backups!

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