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Non-electrical symbol added in HDL?

bbertiaux

Is there a method for adding a non-electrical symbol to an HDL schematic such that it gets passed on to board layout (Allegro). We are interested in getting tooling and non-plated holes into the layout in this way - especially in a manner where the IDX file that the mechanical engineer provides would be able to place the non-electrical symbol.

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    In order to create mechanical parts to be used in HDL-Allegro flow, you can use Part developer (PDV).

    A mechanical part with the correct footprint can be passed to the Allegro PCB Editor netlist by defining the CLASS property on it.

    To do this, use the following steps:

    1. Open the mechanical part in Part Developer. 
    2. Select the package and go to the General tab. 
    3. Set Class to MECHANICAL as shown below:

    1. Assign a PCB footprint to the mechanical part. 
    2. Save the part. 
    3. Open the design in DE-HDL and do File > Export Physical. 
    4. Import the logic/netlist in the PCB Editor and you will have mechanical parts available for placement.

    You can also find these steps on Cadence online support portal using following link:

    support.cadence.com/.../ArticleAttachmentPortal

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    Its been a while since you posted this query. Have you found any method to achieve your requirement so far? If yes, please share that.

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