Place Module .mdd file without using hierarchical blocks

Hi,

I am trying to automate “Place Module” functionality of allegro by creating a module .mdd file and placing the module but I don’t want to use hierarchical blocks. Please help me with the automation of placing the modules without hierarchical blocks.

For this, I have created a module (.mdd) and linked it with the schematic using “Annotate” functionality of OrCAD under “PCB Editor Reuse” tab.

To use that module in the allegro, I had to place hierarchical blocks in the actual schematic that is going to be used for the design, and then linked the hierarchical blocks with the .dsn file of the “Reuse module” schematic.

After that we annotated the schematic to use the Reuse Module in a new design.

Later on, reuse module gets called by importing logic files and starts appearing under Placement section of “Module Instances” in allegro.

There’s only one challenge that I want to overcome: this method of creating reuse modules requires a dependency on hierarchical blocks. The main limitation here is that I cannot use hierarchical blocks in my designs. Please provide an alternative solution that allows me to call modules intelligently without the dependency on hierarchical blocks. I would also like to have skill code available for this solution.

Thanks in advance.