Customizing the Cadence Allegro PCB Designer Menu
Customize the menu in Cadence Allegro PCB Designer by modifying allegro.men. To find the file’s variable path, open Cadence Allegro PCB Designer in command-line mode, and then enter the following command:
set
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If you have multiple locations, use the path that contains the cuimenus folder.
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Steps follow for modifying the file.
1. Open allegro.men in a text editor.
2. Find the Help section. It contains the following lines:
END
POPUP "&Help"
BEGIN
MENUITEM "Allegro &Help", "cdsdoc algcmdref DEFAULT"
3. Copy the following lines to your clipboard:
POPUP "Creo View"
BEGIN
MENUITEM "Pu&blish", "export creoview"
MENUITEM "&Cross-Select with Creo View", "conduit"
END
4. In the section shown in step 2, between END and POPUP "&Help", paste the lines you copied in step 3.
5. Remove the following line from allegro.men, if it exists:
MENUITEM "Inte&rComm...", "icm_out"
6. Save and close allegro.men.
The menu file now includes the
Creo View options. Cadence Allegro is now configured to publish data interactively and to cross-select data with
Creo View. Proceed to
Validating the Configuration.
