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Embedding Height Info in Symbols

Goblin59

 Greetings,

What is the incantation to include package height information in CIS schematic capture and Allegro PCB editor?

Thanks,

Ron Scott CID+

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  • Goblin59

     Steve,

    I visited that link before but the posts seem to contain conflicting methods. I'll experiment and see what works. I'm trying to "idiot-proof" layouts. I recently had a design that had certain areas where the height of the component was restricted. I had put two areas (just to highlight) so designers could follow the guidelines. Consequently, these areas were shut off by the designer for visibilty, resulting in a gang of components to be placed in the height retricted zone. Lots of re-design work for yours truly. I decided I would need to put height attributes in CIS as well as declare height restriction zones on the PCB. It's pretty hard to ignore DRCs. I don't have a single component that has a height attribute so at least I get to start with a clean slate.

    Cheers,

    Ron Scott CID+

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  • Goblin59

     Steve,

    I visited that link before but the posts seem to contain conflicting methods. I'll experiment and see what works. I'm trying to "idiot-proof" layouts. I recently had a design that had certain areas where the height of the component was restricted. I had put two areas (just to highlight) so designers could follow the guidelines. Consequently, these areas were shut off by the designer for visibilty, resulting in a gang of components to be placed in the height retricted zone. Lots of re-design work for yours truly. I decided I would need to put height attributes in CIS as well as declare height restriction zones on the PCB. It's pretty hard to ignore DRCs. I don't have a single component that has a height attribute so at least I get to start with a clean slate.

    Cheers,

    Ron Scott CID+

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