"Gillan, David M (FL51)" wrote:

> Good morning all,
>
> I have a small problem and can not figure out how to solve it.  Here is some
> background.  We have received marching orders to send all of our Circuit
> Card Assembly (CCA) out of house to be built.  It is to be done in Minnesota
> now.  We must supply this vendor with all updated data files as well as an
> updated assembly drawing.  We must include a view of each unique dash
> numbered assembly in the assembly drawing.  We have instituted the use of
> variants in our designs to help facilitate this.  That part is fairly easy.
> Here's my problem.  I have a CCA with a -001 and -002 assembly.  the -002 is
> the current active assembly.  The -001 was inactivated about 2 years ago and
> is not built any more. However, we have some of these boards in the field,
> so we must document this configuration.  These two dash numbered assemblies
> are different.  The -002 was made to incorporate design changes.  I need to
> bring in a copy of the old -001 and drop this view on a sheet of the
> assembly.  Mentor will only allow a design to have one board geometry.  Is
> there any way I can convert the -001 board, with components placed, into a
> generic or other type of geom?  At the moment I am creating a generic unique
> geom for this -001 assembly by tracing the outlines of the board and
> components and putting these lines and arcs on layer drawing_1.  This is
> very tedious and time consuming.  If this was to be the only board that
> would need to be done I would not ask for any help; however, there will be
> many more just like this.  If anyone has some suggestions they will be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Dave
>
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Have you tried using the Detailed View command in Fablink.   This can make a snapshot of your

board geometry window into a generic geometry which then can be put into your drawing.  Of
course,
it isn't dynamic and must be regenerated every time there is a change.

John Bradley
Alcatel USA
Plano, TX

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