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Following up the subject of Cadence 16.6 and 17.2

TiBo

Hi all,

I am appreciate for all of your help. Since I am about to get cross over to the new 17.2 from 16.6

Do any of you have problem with the libraries, for example: Do you have any problem using lib created with 16.6 in 17.2 and via versa?

If you do, please let me know what I have to watch for? How smooth is the 17.2 software going so far?

Thank so much,

Regards,

TiBo

  • riklee
    16.6 symbols will uprev on the fly when using them in 17.2.
    17.2 is not(!) backward compatiable to 16.6. If you move a file to 17.2 you will not be able to open it with 16.6.

    To prevent any accidental saves of 16.6 data that may have been opened with 17.2 use the variable that was introduced with the 17.2 QIR1 (S004)release

    uprev_answer:
    If set, does not display the major release design uprev warning but provides the default answer. If value is "no" then a user is not able to open designs from older releases without using another method. This disables the noconfirm_uprev environment variable.
  • TiBo
    Thanks Rik, I assume you are using 17.2 for a while, any major hicup?
    Regards,
    TiBo
  • TiBo
    Hi,
    Now I know allegro board design and lib of 17.2 are not backward compatible with 16.6.
    How about Orcad schematic capture? If I created or brought over into 17.2, will it open in 16.6 anymore?
    Also are there an allegro 17.2 viewer?
    Regards,
    TiBo
  • steve
    Just as an FYI the free viewer is part of the default installation. Make a shortcut or desktop icon from <your_install_dir>\tools\bin\allegro_free_viewer.exe where if you use the defaults <your_install_dir> is C:\Cadence\SPB_17.2
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