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SPECCTRA quit unexpectedly with an exit code of 3

fsahebi

Hello all,

 I am new to PCB design and using examples from

Complete PCB design using OrCAD Capture and PCB editor book and when I try autorouter I am getting

 SPECCTRA quit unexpectedly with an exit code of 3. Please verify that you are running SPECCTRA version V9.0 or later. What am I doing wrong that I am getting this?

 

Best regards,

Fred

  • oldmouldy

    Most likely you have a space character in the design name, design path or login account name. SPECCTRA is a multi-platform appilcation, UNIX platforms have little tolerance of spaces and SPECCTRA is no different in this respect.

  • fsahebi
    No I don't have a space character anywhere.
     
    Fred
  • Rosh
    I also having the same problem if you solve it tell me. I will also try to find a solution Best Regards RJK
  • orcadteam

     Hi,

      Am also had a problem which mentioned above.

      Pls anybody help us, how to resolve this.

    Regards,

    Kannan.S

  • BillZ

    Hi,

    The solution was posted.  Error exit code of 3 is usually a space in the folder name. Example c:/Documents and settings has 2 spaces. Also make sure your .brd does not contain spaces. If those do not have spaces your login name may have a space. This can result in a similar error.

    I would create a test folder ex: C:\test and save my .brd into it and name it test.brd  If you still get the error list your User Preferences and Check this variable: set  username     = billz  Verify it does not have any spaces.

    BillZ

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