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ALLEgro DESIgn WorkBEnCH
AllEgro PCB
CollABorATIoN
WorkBENCh
Allegro PCB Collaboration Workbench is
a secure design collaboration solution that
enables design teams to share data and
ideas with internal and external partners,
suppliers, and customers—regardless of
geographic location. By enabling teams
to work online in shared workspaces,
Collaboration Workbench reduces
the time and cost spent searching for
information that normally resides on an
individual’s desktop. It also permits team
members to view and mark up designs
and related documents without the need
for expensive CAD tool licenses and,
when done, to return those comments
and revisions to the design owner. All
exchanges between engineers during
design reviews are captured and stored
as part of the design history.
BENEFITS
• Streamlines the design cycle by allowing
non-CAD users to check out, review,
and mark up data, then check in their
mark-ups for review by the design
owner
• Speeds ECO resolution by saving
all design revisions separately to
create a log of mark-ups for future
troubleshooting
AllEgro PCB lIBrAry
WorkBENCh
Allegro PCB Library Workbench is a
library development and management
environment that enables PCB librarians
to create, validate, manage, and distribute
library parts and their associated data
for use with Allegro Design Entry HDL,
Allegro PCB SI, and Allegro PCB Editor.
As parts are created or modified, Library
Workbench automatically creates revisions
and distributes the updated design libraries
to company or specified design sites.
This keeps all design centers up to date
with the latest component and library
information. Library Workbench works in
conjunction with Allegro PCB Librarian
and incorporates all of the capabilities of
Allegro PCB Design Workbench, allowing
the librarian to act as a super-user. This
permits the librarian to test the library
elements in the same environment that is
used in production and perform all of the
tasks that a designer will perform when
using the libraries.
BENEFITS
• Reduces the time to create, validate,
and manage large pin-count devices—
from days to minutes—by employing an
all-encompassing librarian toolbox
• Decreases design ECOs by verifying the
accuracy of logical symbols and physical
footprints using automatic library part
validation
• Eliminates design errors due to out-of-
date or defective libraries by automatically
synchronizing logical and physical
reference libraries across the enterprise
• Increases librarian productivity and
company purchasing power by
eliminating redundant components
and suppliers
FEATUrES
Configurable work environment
Set up a standard design methodology
across the company by defining standard
design flows across a variety of design
types, such as standard, high-speed, analog,
and prototype. Each flow is defined with
access to appropriate design tools and aids
for each step in the flow. These flows can
act as a checklist that helps shorten learning
curves and makes casual users more
productive, ensuring that important steps
and checkpoints are not missed.
Component browsing
Parametric component search ties into
your company’s preferred components
database, providing access to approved
and preferred parts. This helps lower
costs and reduce inventory. Users
can search and select parts based on
parametric and business data and view
schematic symbols, PCB footprints,
and component data sheets during the
selection process. The selected parts
Figure 1: Configurable design flow guides users
through the design process and brings appropriate
design tools to the user’s desktop in each step of the
process
Figure 2: View and mark up schematic and PCB files