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Error: Netlister failed in OrCAD PCB designer Basics

FormerMember
FormerMember

Hello to everyone,

I draw a schematic in OrCAD Capture and I also created *.dra footprints. But, when I want to create a netlist and start working in OrCAD PCB Editor I get a strange error. Below is attached Session log. Do anyone have ever similar problem? Do anyone know how to get rid of it?

Thanks.

Regards,
Marko

 

********************************************************************************
*
* Netlisting the design
*
********************************************************************************
Design Name:
e:\projekti\projects\ma_fiberif\lego_if\sch\hfbr_fiber_if.dsn
Netlist Directory:
E:\PROJEKTI\PROJECTS\MA_FIBERIF\LEGO_IF\SCH\ALLEGRO
Configuration File:
C:\Cadence\SPB_16.3\tools\capture\allegro.cfg

Spawning... "C:\Cadence\SPB_16.3\tools\capture\pstswp.exe" -pst -d "e:\projekti\projects\ma_fiberif\lego_if\sch\hfbr_fiber_if.dsn" -n "E:\PROJEKTI\PROJECTS\MA_FIBERIF\LEGO_IF\SCH\ALLEGRO" -c "C:\Cadence\SPB_16.3\tools\capture\allegro.cfg" -v 3 -j "PCB Footprint" -lite -hpath "HPathForCollision"
Unsupported Option HPathForCollision

Exiting... "C:\Cadence\SPB_16.3\tools\capture\pstswp.exe" -pst -d "e:\projekti\projects\ma_fiberif\lego_if\sch\hfbr_fiber_if.dsn" -n "E:\PROJEKTI\PROJECTS\MA_FIBERIF\LEGO_IF\SCH\ALLEGRO" -c "C:\Cadence\SPB_16.3\tools\capture\allegro.cfg" -v 3 -j "PCB Footprint" -lite -hpath "HPathForCollision"


*** Done ***

********************************************************************************
*
* Spawning Allegro PCB Editor
*
********************************************************************************
Spawing "C:\Cadence\SPB_16.3\tools\pcb\bin\allegro.exe" -orcad -mpssession mlevicnik "e:\projekti\projects\ma_fiberif\lego_if\sch\allegro\hfbr_fiber_if.brd"


*** Done ***

  • oldmouldy

    IMHO, this is properly broken. You need to contact your CCP / Cadence to get this fixed ASAP.

  • Azef

    Hi,

    Please try to do the folowing:

    1. Try to install hotfix7, it seems to be fixed there.

    2. If You cannot use hotfix7 try to generate netlist by command line by running:

    "C:\Cadence\SPB_16.3\tools\capture\pstswp.exe" -pst -d "e:\projekti\projects\ma_fiberif\lego_if\sch\hfbr_fiber_if.dsn" -n "E:\PROJEKTI\PROJECTS\MA_FIBERIF\LEGO_IF\SCH\ALLEGRO" -c "C:\Cadence\SPB_16.3\tools\capture\allegro.cfg" -v 3 -j "PCB Footprint" -lite -hpath

    The key is to remove  "HPathForCollision".

    3. Try same command line but different order of parameters:

    "C:\Cadence\SPB_16.3\tools\capture\pstswp.exe" -pst -d "e:\projekti\projects\ma_fiberif\lego_if\sch\hfbr_fiber_if.dsn" -n "E:\PROJEKTI\PROJECTS\MA_FIBERIF\LEGO_IF\SCH\ALLEGRO" -c "C:\Cadence\SPB_16.3\tools\capture\allegro.cfg" -v 3 -j "PCB Footprint" -hpath "HPathForCollision" -lite

    Best Regards,

    Azef.

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