Cadence supports their OrCAD and Allegro CAD applications using. Provides a list of electronics and electrical CAD file viewers suitable for. Directly opening an OrCAD file ( *.dsn, *.max, *.olb, *.llb) in Altium Designer ( File В» Open) will activate the Import Wizard with that file already specified for import. The wizard provides page options for nominating both schematic/pcb design files and library files, and also OrCAD to Altium Designer PCB layer mapping options. Importing OrCAD Files The OrCAD design file importer is available through Altium Designer's Import Wizard ( File В» Import Wizard), where the option is selected in the wizard's Select Type of Files to Import page. Select DXP В» Extensions and Updates, the Configure link under the viewвЂ™s Installed tab and then check the OrCAD option in the Importers Exporters section. Enabling the Importer If the Importer was not already added during Altium DesignerвЂ™s initial installation, it can be enabled in the page in Altium DesignerвЂ™s Extension & Updates view. The flexibility provided through all the Wizard steps gives you as little or as much control as you would like over the file translation settings, before committing to the actual translation process.

The Import Wizard removes much of the headache normally found with design translation by analyzing the imported files and offering defaults and suggested settings for the project structure, layer mapping, PCB footprint naming, and more. The content on this page has not yet been updated to reflect look/feel/functionality in Altium Designer 18.0 Translating complete OrCAD В® designs, including Capture в„ў schematics, Layout в„ў PCB files, and library files can all be handled by Altium Designer's (to OrCAD version 16.xx).

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