Mechanical Engineers use their library of cad files and assign pin 01 to each part. They then send it to Allegro on a board in IDF / IDX format. From what I have read so far, the 3D step files for each PCB part can be opened in Allegro 16.6., after some mapping needed with the footprint.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JCUcj-YC0E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pctZDM8ybrE
But it seems that this is a separate 3D library in ECAD. Does anyone have experience with this process?
I was hoping I can directly map to the 3D database of Mechanical team, instead of creating new 3D library in ECAD