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Re-Order

Goblin60

 All,

Due to a change in naming conventions, my film order is out of whack. For example, silkscreen top (sst) & silkscreen bottom (ssb) had been co-located to make it easier to see. Other layers with similar names had been grouped together. How do I change the film order in the artwork control form? I know there is a SKILL protocol but I haven't used SKILL very much and I need to finish this project soon. Thanks.

 

  • mcatramb91

    Hi Ron,

    This can be easily done by saving the film record to an external file, reorder the file and reload them back into the design.

    - Open the Film Control tab of the Artwork Control Form
    - Select all the film records using "Select all"
    - Right Mouse button on top of one of the film record names and select "Save all checked"
    - This saves a text file called FILM_SETUP.txt (NOTE: It will not prompt for a path or name)
    - Open this file in a text editor and rearrange the films in the order that you would like to see in the Film Control tab.

    Here is an example of FILM_SETUP.txt with the films out of order:
    (axlfcreate "L5_PWR" '(0 0 0 0 1000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1)  '("ETCH/L5_PWR" "PIN/L5_PWR" "VIA CLASS/L5_PWR" ))
    (axlfcreate "L3_SIGY" '(0 0 0 0 1000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1)  '("ETCH/L3_SIGY" "PIN/L3_SIGY" "VIA CLASS/L3_SIGY" ))
    (axlfcreate "L2_GND" '(0 0 0 0 1000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1)  '("ETCH/L2_GND" "PIN/L2_GND" "VIA CLASS/L2_GND" ))
    (axlfcreate "BOTTOM" '(0 0 0 0 1000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1)  '("ETCH/BOTTOM" "PIN/BOTTOM" "VIA CLASS/BOTTOM" ))
    (axlfcreate "TOP" '(0 0 0 0 1000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1)  '("ETCH/TOP" "PIN/TOP" "VIA CLASS/TOP" ))
    (axlfcreate "L4_SIGX" '(0 0 0 0 1000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1)  '("ETCH/L4_SIGX" "PIN/L4_SIGX" "VIA CLASS/L4_SIGX" ))

    Reordered the file like this:
    (axlfcreate "TOP" '(0 0 0 0 1000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1)   '("ETCH/TOP" "PIN/TOP" "VIA CLASS/TOP" ))
    (axlfcreate "L2_GND" '(0 0 0 0 1000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1)   '("ETCH/L2_GND" "PIN/L2_GND" "VIA CLASS/L2_GND" ))
    (axlfcreate "L3_SIGY" '(0 0 0 0 1000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1)   '("ETCH/L3_SIGY" "PIN/L3_SIGY" "VIA CLASS/L3_SIGY" ))
    (axlfcreate "L4_SIGX" '(0 0 0 0 1000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1)   '("ETCH/L4_SIGX" "PIN/L4_SIGX" "VIA CLASS/L4_SIGX" ))
    (axlfcreate "L5_PWR" '(0 0 0 0 1000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1)   '("ETCH/L5_PWR" "PIN/L5_PWR" "VIA CLASS/L5_PWR" ))
    (axlfcreate "BOTTOM" '(0 0 0 0 1000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1)   '("ETCH/BOTTOM" "PIN/BOTTOM" "VIA CLASS/BOTTOM" ))

    The default output of FILM_SETUP.txt spans two lines for each film record, I combined the two lines into one above to ease the reordering process.  Remember to save the updated file to a different name to avoid having it accidentally being over written by another film record export.

    After you have the file reordered the way you like then load them into the design:
    - Open the Film Control tab of the Artwork Control Form
    - Select the Replace button, or Load button in 15.7, under the Artwork films list and browse for the updated file to refresh the film record list.  Note: Selecting the Add button in your case will do the same thing but it is normally used to do an incremental additional of films.

    Lastly, the "film_nosort" env variable controls how the film records are sorted under the Film Control Tab.

    Hope this helps,
    Mike Catrambone
    Plexus Technology Group

  • Goblin60

     Mike,

    This method works very well and did what I needed. Thanks.

  • Nagaraj Shanmu
    To add,

    If you don’t want the Allegro to sort the film automatically use the below User preference variable

    Under CATEGORY:  manufacture/artwork

    film_nosort     : Sets film param artwork display back to pre-14.2 unsorted

                      order. Default, is to sort them alphabetically. When this

                      variable is set, order may appear in stackup order if you

                      create the stackup before opening the film param dialog.

    ~Nagaraj.
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