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Where is the paid-for Allegro-Physical Viewer Plus in 17.2?

Robert Finley
Robert Finley over 7 years ago

In 16.6, there's Physical Viewer, the upgraded viewer that allows engineers to make notes on the board file but keeps them from going full "Martha Stewart" on other people's circuit blocks.

Stacked microvias are awesome in 17.2, but... now I'm stuck..

Thanks.

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  • oldmouldy
    oldmouldy over 7 years ago

    This is now a license option when starting PCB Editor, Allegro Physical Viewer Plus. If you have changed the license features, you may need to use Reset Cache in the license picker, Cadence Product Choices, or delete the "license cache" text file from the pcbenv directory to see the updated features.

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  • Robert Finley
    Robert Finley over 7 years ago in reply to oldmouldy

    You're right.  Strong chance I didn't try "change editor" in 17.2 as we have to stick with 16.6 to translate back to 8ads...  O_o

    Wondering if you pull licenses and options from two servers in the CNDS_LIC file, you need a semicolon after each name.  I promise to test that theory and report back to you.

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