Hi eDave ,thanks for your reply.i tried using this commands as below getting an error like command not found.

/used like this - axlDBChangeDesignUnits 0.001 mm is this the correct way of using?

I suggest you take a Cadence Skill tutorial before you dive in. Skill isn't difficult but there are some basics you need to learn.

You are not in the Skill console so you either need to prefix your commands with "skill " or open the skill console using "set telskill"

You will find the syntax of commands in in the "Allegro User Guide: SKILL Reference" manual.

sorry in hurry i forgot to switch into the skill console. Just let me know the way i used the command is correct or not? Because of after jumping into the skill console i am getting error of unbound variable. Could you please let me know how to use this command to get zero error and execution of changing mils to mm in the user inputs.

You can't just jump into Skill like this and start typing then expect much help here. You need to do some study!

However, the syntax you want is: axlDBChangeDesignUnits("millimeters" 3)

Thanks for your reply and sure i will continue to learn skill. in some of the videos i saw by typing skill in command window they changed to skill console. I followed that one in the starting. Now i changed that practice.

 while working into this i got  one doubt  that is, is it possible to read the pin pad stack information  (drill size ,pad value value if its through hole and  pad x and y dimension if its SMPT pin ) present in the .dra file ?

Thanks for your reply and sure i will continue to learn skill. in some of the videos i saw by typing skill in command window they changed to skill console. I followed that one in the starting. Now i changed that practice.

 while working into this i got  one doubt  that is, is it possible to read the pin pad stack information  (drill size ,pad value value if its through hole and  pad x and y dimension if its SMPT pin ) present in the .dra file ?

Look at the pin definition attributes. Ie. pinDBID ->definition ->??

Hi dave what is the difference between this pin DBID  and the  command axlPinData shown above ? and  while working in .dra file how we need to modify these syntax symRefDes = symDbid->refdes and symName = symDbid->name to display the symbol name and ref des?

Hi,

xlPinData is an array, not a function.

To answer your second question: A dra does not have a reference designator and the name is the design name axlCurrentDesign(). 

Hi Dave,

Thanks for your reply. what does the array of the XlPinData indicates? and .dra file w use to create footprints and we will assign ref des to the footprint in both assembly layer and silkscreen layer (like U? for  IC components etc...,)so to get the information about ref des i asked how to use symrefdes  for .dra files.

my new query is i went through your reply for the query  silk to solder check in allegro PCB and creating Context file.

https://community.cadence.com/cadence_technology_forums/pcb-design/f/pcb-design/31029/autosilkutils-error

https://community.cadence.com/cadence_technology_forums/pcb-design/f/allegro-x-scripting-skill/40034/creating-context-file

i tried using the file -https://community.cadence.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/27/AutosilkUtils_5F00_public.zip. 

but i am getting error like this. May i know where i am doing mistake?

I haven't got a 23.1 version of the code yet. I'm waiting on a  license server upgrade.

The cxt file that you have won't work in 23.1