Why doesn't OrCAD Allegro Pad Designer run script referencing a .psx shape file.
I'm using OrCAd Allegro 16.6 Pad Designer to manually gererate a padstack used by the package script. I copied the psx file in the footprint download to the directory pointed to by user psmpath and padpath. Then I run the padstack script which gives an error message. I've noticed that 16.6 uses sha files for shapes; is this a case of 16.6 not being backward compatible with the older psx shape files?
Added 7 years, 8 months ago.
2 Answers
Checked out the allegro.bat file in the download and see that .psx file has to be run as a script in PCB Editor, ...duh.
Answered 7 years, 8 months ago.
Hi Frank,
Thanks for your message. Yes, the psx file has to be run as a script in Allegro, so you have to go to the file > script, next you have to copy the path to the files you are unzipped for this part, in Allegro, select Setup > User Preferences, in category: Library, click ... after padpath. The Items window shows where you should place a copy of the downloaded .zip archive file contents. Restart Allegro upon making changes to the padpath settings.
Answered 7 years, 8 months ago.
