Cadence ALLEGRO DESIGN WORKBENCH Datasheet

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Part of the Cadence

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 Allegro

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 PCB and IC packaging design 

platform, the Allegro Design Workbench suite provides a 

collaborative environment proven to improve the productivity of 

local and/or global design teams by up to 50 percent. Ideal for 

library, engineering, and PCB design groups, the suite comprises 

three products: PCB Design Workbench, PCB Collaboration 

Workbench, and PCB Library Workbench. 

PCB Design Workbench provides work-

in-progress (WIP) data management and 

enables team collaboration that lets users 

control change adoption and maintain 

design revision history. In addition, it 

provides access to the most current design 

data; “where-used” visibility allows all 

team members to see where components 

are used in both production and archived 

designs. Because it manages schematic 

and board files separately, PCB Design 

Workbench facilitates concurrent design 

and collaboration including secure shared 

workspaces for both local and globally 

dispersed design teams.

BENEFITS

•  Cuts training and support costs by 

providing a common user interface and 

design methodology across the enterprise

•  Improves productivity of engineers, 

designers, component engineers, 

procurement, and others by expanding 

access to component information and 

design data

•  Improves quality and reduces board 

spins by providing common access to 

“known-good” library data

•  Eliminates design errors due to out-

of-date or defective libraries by 

interactively synchronizing logical and 

physical reference libraries with logical 

and physical design projects

•  Enables concurrent design and reduces 

development time by managing and 

vaulting schematic and layout data 

separately during the design process

ALLEgro DESIgn WorkBEnCH

AllEgro PCB DESIgN 

WorkBENCh 

Tightly integrated with Allegro Design 

Entry HDL, Allegro PCB SI, and Allegro 

PCB Editor, PCB Design Workbench 

provides a configurable work 

environment that allows companies to 

define and implement standard design 

methodologies across multiple design 

disciplines. Use of common design 

tools and best practices maximizes 

individual productivity and reduces design 

throughput time.

PCB Design Workbench allows parametric 

component searches that tie into your 

company’s preferred components 

database, promoting the use of approved 

and preferred parts and reducing 

component research time by as much 

as 75 percent. The part request system 

allows designers to submit, manage, 

track, and query the status of new 

component requests and engineering 

change orders (ECos) for existing parts.