![]() ![]() The Allegro2Altium batch file and the pending conversion process will fail if this program cannot be accessed. In a standard Allegro installation, the proprietary extracta.exe translation program is added as a system environment path and is therefore accessible from all locations. The ASCII Allegro design conversion process is controlled by the special Allegro2Altium batch file. ALLEGRO BRD VIEWER PCCopy this ASCII board file back to the PC where it can be imported into Altium Designer using the Import Wizard. The process will create an ASCII file ( your_) in the folder.Surround the filename with double quotes if the filename contains spaces, for example Allegro2Altium "your file.brd". Where your_file.brd is the name of the binary file you want to convert. ![]() ALLEGRO BRD VIEWER WINDOWSLaunch a Windows Command Prompt, and run the Altium batch file using the command:.Copy the Allegro binary ( *.brd) file that you want to convert, into the same folder. ![]() Copy the two files detailed above from the \System folder, to a known location on the PC that has Allegro installed.To manually extract the ASCII board data: Altium Designer runs the extraction process using the following batch file and extraction command file: If Extracta.exe is not installed on the same PC as Altium Designer, you can manually run the extraction process on the PC where the Extracta utility is installed. Importing when Allegro is not on the same PC as Altium Designer Note that the Wizard also performs file version checking, Allegro files up to 17.2 are currently supported by the Wizard. The process of running the Wizard is outlined below. If Altium Designer is installed on the same PC as Cadence Allegro, the extraction process can be handled automatically by the Altium Designer Import Wizard. Importing when Allegro is on the same PC as Altium Designer Note: If this command fails it may be that Extracta.exe does not have the correct Windows Path defined, refer to this Altium Knowledge Base article for detailed information on configuring the Path System Environment Variable for Extracta. To check the version of Extracta, open a Windows Command prompt and enter Extracta -version. Supported Binary File VersionsĮxtracta will only extract data from Allegro binary ( *.brd) PCB files whose version is the same as, or lower, than the version of Extracta being used. The binary-to-ASCII translation is performed by the Cadence utility called Extracta, a configurable command-line utility that is capable of extracting and translating data from the binary PCB file, with the extraction process controlled by a Command file that details the data required to be extracted. To import a binary Allegro PCB file ( *.brd), the file must be translated from binary to ASCII. The Altium Designer Import Wizard can directly import Allegro ASCII format PCB files ( *.alg) and Allegro footprint files (*.dra). The Allegro Importer must be enabled in the Altium Designer's Platform Configuration. Select Extensions and Updates from the Configuration menu ( show image ), click the Configure button under the view’s Installed tab and then check the Allegro option in the Importers\Exporters section. The extension can be enabled in the Configure Platform page in the Extension
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