16.6 QIR 5

Hierarchical Interface-Level Design Across Design Authoring, Constraints, and Layout

• Defines and constrains interfaces
• Accelerates design intent authoring with interfaces
• Guides and plans placement using interfaces
• Accelerates routing and timing closure using interfaces with innovative auto-interactive technologies

Auto-Interactive Interface Trunk Routing, Scribble Routing

• Route to trunk for interfaces: Used in conjunction with breakout planning to route main body (trunk) of an interface.
• Split view: Initially introduced with Auto-interactive Breakout tuning, users can use split views to see one end of an interface bundle in one view and the other end of the interface in another allowing users to zoom into the two ends
• Scribble routing: Scribble is a simple routing mode that allows you to ‘scribble’ a route path onto the canvas. Once a click is made, the etch solution for the scribble path will be generated. Scribble provides a quick two-pick methodology to generate complex route paths, along with very controlled usage of push/shove based on the scribble path

Slide Etch During Component Move

• Auto re-routes etch to either 45 or 90 degree angles, eliminating time to clean up etch after moving a component that is already routed

IPC-2581 Manufacturing Output Supports Latest RevB Specification

IPC-2581 provides an intelligent, robust methodology for driving manufacturing. Allegro PCB Editor has supported IPC-2581 since 16.5 release. This QIR allows users to output IPC-2581 in RevB format and supports enhancements for assembly data (Pin1, Polarity markings, pick up point, and other assembly-related data). For more information about IPC-2581 consortium, visit www.ipc2581.com.

PADS PowerPCB Footprint Library Translation

• Allows users to translate PADS PowerPCB footprint library to Allegro^® Footprints
  

Allegro EDM Integration with PTC Windchill for Component Data and Team Design Data Management

• Compatible with Windchill 10.2 M010 release in December 2013
• Provides work-in-progress design data management for PCB designs
  

Dynamic Rat Suppression

• All rats expect active net are temporarily suppressed during Add Connect
• De-clutters canvas during routing improving designer productivity
  

New Drafting Capabilities

• Relative move and copy: move and copy elements about a user-specified axis
• Drafting functions introduced in previous QIRs:
  • Add parallel line
  • Add perpendicular line
  • Delete by line
  • Delete by rectangle
  • Offset copy
  • Offset move
  • Relative copy
  • Relative move

Allegro PCB Analog/RF Option Integrates with AWR’s MWO

• Support for Microwave Office (MWO) stripline and microstripline library components
• Import schematics from MWO into Allegro Design Authoring (DE-HDL)
• Import and export of RF design from MWO to Allegro PCB Analog/RF Option