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Package Symbol Update Path Help

UpNorth

 Hi All,

    Looking for some serious help here, since this one has bafled me.

 

My .brd file will absolutly not update the symbols 'r0603', 'c0603' that I have in a local directory (T:\pa\boards\Cadence\AllegroPCBEditor\Package).

As you can see below by the lib_symbol_path report, the SYMBOL Library shows that these symbols are being pulled form the Cadence Lib - however I've edited the env variable to exclude the cadence libraries

 

i.e 

SET PSMPATH = t:\pa\boards\Cadence\AllegroPCBEditor\Library\Package t:\pa\boards\Cadence\AllegroPCBEditor\Library\Mehanical t:\pa\boards\Cadence\AllegroPCBEditor\Library\Format

Set PADPATH t:\pa\boards\Cadence\AllegroPCBEditor\Library\Padstack

 

I've run a quick echo in the command prompt to show you the results:

Command > echo $PSMPATH
T:\pa\boards\Cadence\AllegroPCBEditor\Library\Package T:\pa\boards\Cadence\AllegroPCBEditor\Library\Mechanical T:\pa\boards\Cadence\AllegroPCBEditor\Library\Format\

Command > echo $PADPATH
T:\pa\boards\Cadence\AllegroPCBEditor\Library\Padstack\ T:\pa\boards\Cadence\AllegroPCBEditor\Library\Padstack

 

 

I've gone through and whipped out the  C:/Cadence/SPB_16.0_share_pcb_lib\symbols\ directory just in case...still when I update the symbols in the .brd file, no change.

 

I've verified that my r/c0603 .dra and .psm symbols are updated to what I expect in my local directory - but still no luck.

I've look at the datestamp on the the .dra and .psm files, and they look good.

 

 

Any help would be much appreciated here. Hopefully one of you can show me what I seem to be doing wrong.

 

-UpNorth


Symbol Library Path Report
SYM_NAME SYM_LIBRARY_PATH SYM_TYPE
R2512 T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/r2512.psm PACKAGE
L0603 T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/l0603.psm PACKAGE
SC75_SOT416 T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/sc75_sot416.psm PACKAGE
QFN10_TI_RSE T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/qfn10_ti_rse.psm PACKAGE
QFN8_TI_RSE T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/qfn8_ti_rse.psm PACKAGE
MOUNTHOLE_CIR_4_40 T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/mounthole_cir_4_40.psm PACKAGE
TESTPOINT0603 T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/testpoint0603.psm PACKAGE
HEADER1X3_2_54MM T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/header1x3_2_54mm.psm PACKAGE
SJ1_3515_SMT T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/sj1_3515_smt.psm PACKAGE
     
QTE_020_01_LDA T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/qte_020_01_lda.psm PACKAGE
TSSOP16_TI_PW T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/tssop16_ti_pw.psm PACKAGE
HEADER2X8_2_54MMPITCH T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/header2x8_2_54mmpitch.psm PACKAGE
DSUB09M T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/dsub09m.psm PACKAGE
     
USB_SMD_MICROAB T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/usb_smd_microab.psm PACKAGE
L0805 T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/l0805.psm PACKAGE
SOT23_5_TI_DBV C:/Cadence/SPB_16.0/share/pcb/pcb_lib/symbols/sot23_5_ti_dbv.psm PACKAGE
D0603 T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/d0603.psm PACKAGE
D1206 T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/d1206.psm PACKAGE
SWITCH_KMR221GLFS T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/switch_kmr221glfs.psm PACKAGE
SOT23_6_TI_DBV T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/sot23_6_ti_dbv.psm PACKAGE
C0603 C:/Cadence/SPB_16.0/share/pcb/pcb_lib/symbols/c0603.psm PACKAGE
SOT223_6_TI_DCQ T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/sot223_6_ti_dcq.psm PACKAGE
CRADIAL8_3MMX8_3MM T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/cradial8_3mmx8_3mm.psm PACKAGE
R0603 C:/Cadence/SPB_16.0/share/pcb/pcb_lib/symbols/r0603.psm PACKAGE
TSSOP8_TI_PW T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/tssop8_ti_pw.psm PACKAGE
FUSEHOLDER_5MM T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/fuseholder_5mm.psm PACKAGE
CUI_PJ_002A_SMT T:/pa/boards/Cadence/AllegroPCBEditor/Library/Package/cui_pj_002a_smt.psm PACKAGE
  • UpNorth

     Ok...well I found a way to get around the problem by changing the DCL (Decoupling Capacitor List) Path to my local symbol library path...I'm not sure if this will unintentionally screw around with anything else. 

     

    Anyone have a comment about this.....

     

     

  • eDave

    "." should be the first entry in your paths. This ensures that pads in the working directory are accessed first.

  • UpNorth

     Dave -

         Appreciate the overnight response. I'm setting up my envionrment to always pull from my repository to reduce the change of symbol curruption - so pulling from the working directory is undesired for my applications.

      

         My understanding of the program is that the PSM path(s) should be where the symbols are pulled from. Seeing the anamoly above - it would seem as thought there maybe other paths that are added by the program that are editible elsewhere?  I'm probably wrong -or- I have overlooked something - but in either case - Good to know you can get some quick help. Thanks Again.

     

        

  • eephillip

    From what I understand if your pulling parts from a "library" the psmpath is where it will pull from. I like to go into the User Preferences editor and expand all in my psmpath dialog. I know that allegro will place defaults like

    .

    symbols

    ..

    ../symbols

    and that can cause some things that you might not anticipate.

    However,  I want to say that I have seen this before, and I think it has to do with placing parts from the "database". Which I think is the way pcb editor will cache symbols from a library into the actual board file. One example is the ability to manual place symbols from database.

    Go to place>manually> Advanced Settings>

  • eDave

    Just in case we've both missed the obvious...

    You state that your symbols are in the local directory (T:\pa\boards\Cadence\AllegroPCBEditor\Package).

    It's probably just an email typo but that path is missing the Library folder.

    Dave

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