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In OrCAD PCB .DRA, Missing Pad Stacks

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Topic: In OrCAD PCB .DRA, Missing Pad Stacks
Posted By: simpsond
Subject: In OrCAD PCB .DRA, Missing Pad Stacks
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2021 at 7:58am
Hi,

When recently using Footprint Expert, for some reason, it looks that all padstacks are being created, but they are not  being associated with the final .DRA file.

In other words, after Footprint Expert creates all of the OrCAD PCB files and I copy all of them to the library OrCAD PCB folder I have where all of the other .DRA / .PAD files are located, when I open the created .DRA file, no padstacks are in the design itself.

I have been doing this for several years, but this issue just came up recently.

I noticed that if I uncheck 'OrCAD PCB Designer Basics' in the 'Footprint Expert -> Create Footprint' window, the copper pads then show up the the newly created .DRA file, but any thermal / solder mask data is not there.

What can I do the fix this issue?


Thanks,

Danny


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Posted By: Tom H
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2021 at 8:03am
You need to set up Allegro / OrCAD PCB. 

Read these instructions carefully and don't skip any steps - 

uploads/3/Allegro-OrCAD_PCB_Import_Instructions.zip" rel="nofollow - uploads/3/Allegro-OrCAD_PCB_Import_Instructions.zip


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Posted By: simpsond
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2021 at 8:26am
Thanks so much Tom for the quick solution; you're spoiling me.

This seems to have taken care of the issue.

I am assuming that somehow during one of the recent updates to OrCAD PCB, these prior settings were lost / overwritten.

Posted By: Ralph_H
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2022 at 5:29pm
Hi,

The link of Allegro-OrCAD_PCB_Import_Instructions_2021-06-10_08-03-35.zip is invalid.

What can I do the fix this issue?

Thanks

Posted By: Tom H
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2022 at 6:50pm
I'll put it here until we can get the link to work. 

uploads/3/Allegro-OrCAD_PCB_Import_Instructions.zip" rel="nofollow - uploads/3/Allegro-OrCAD_PCB_Import_Instructions.zip


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Posted By: Ralph_H
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2022 at 8:12pm
Thank you so much!


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