PCB Libraries for Cadence Allegro
- Over 14,000 common prebuilt surface mount parts
- Includes LP Wizard Suite
PCB Libraries for Cadence OrCAD PCB Editor
- Over 6,000 common prebuilt surface mount parts
- Includes LP Wizard Suite
PCB Libraries for Cadence OrCAD Layout
- Over 6,000 common prebuilt surface mount parts
- Includes LP Wizard Suite
The IPC-7351A PCB Libraries LP Wizard Suite is a series of powerful library maintenance tools that use
IPC and industry-approved mathematical algorithms and component orientations to calculate footprint
(land pattern) dimension data from any manufacturer's component dimensional data. Build standard SMT
library parts in just minutes!
The LP Wizard Suite is included with both PCB Libraries for Cadence® Allegro®, Cadence OrCAD® PCB
Editor, and Cadence OrCAD Layout. This tool suite will revolutionize the way you work, allowing you to quickly and easily browse your
PCB footprint library to locate, view, construct and verify the mechanics of your PCB library design.
The LP Wizard Suite is especially beneficial if you:
- Spend more time than necessary to match up PCB components with footprints
- Consider the current name of your footprint to be all the documentation you need to have
- Are tired of laying parts on a 1:1 plot of your printed circuit board to verify that the footprints you’ve selected are the right ones (if you see the difference between 0.1mm and 0.2 mm)
- Design your product with its operating environment in mind
- Want to improve the bottom line by making PCB design more efficient
This suite provides you with extensive flexibility and control. For example, when creating complex ball grid
arrays (BGAs), the software gives you the ability to control individual pins. You can add or remove individual
pins as well as ranges of pins—in any combination.
Advanced features include:
- Graphic display of component features aligned with calculated footprint
- Compensation variables for fabrication and assembly processes
- Preset operating environments or user-defined goals for fooprint toe, heel and side protrusions
- Solder joint analysis calculations
- DRC protection from overlapping lands
- Automatic footprint name generation
- Save library documentation for later reference/retrieval
- Edit part attribute names and values
- Easily group parts by project
- Export footprints directly to Allegro or OrCAD
The LP Wizard Suite includes the following tools:
LP Viewer
With the LP Viewer you can easily search the library for the footprints you need, and view PDF and
web-linked datasheets. The viewer provides on-screen graphic display for most standard SMD components
and lets you quickly browse library contents. The on-screen display includes component, description, footprint
name, and links to the component manufacturer websites.
LP Calculator
- Calculates footprint geometries directly from component data with phenomenal precision
- Builds standard parts in minutes
- Reduces risk of human error
- Uses the default IPC settings or custom settings configured to match your specific manufacturing tolerances
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The LP Calculator allows you to design PCB footprints by simply
entering the manufacturer’s component data; you can see the
results of your design immediately in the viewer window and
evaluate solder joint analysis.
With the calculator you can define your own CAD footprints if the
correct CAD library part is not already available, and export to your
CAD tool; it automatically builds CAD library decals in their native
CAD format. You can change the manufacturing tolerances that
determine the pad size, placement courtyard tolerance, PAD width
round-off, component tolerance, footprint name, and the solder joint
analysis. Alternatively, you can simply use the default IPC settings.
This product provides the pick & place zero component rotation for
accurate assembly data. The JEDEC JEP95 publication and the
EIA / ANSI 481 specification for tape and reel packaging was used
to determine the exact component zero rotation on the assembly
tape and reel or tube. You can build all your CAD library parts in
the same zero rotation and provide your vendors with accurate
assembly data.
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LP Librarian
The LP Librarian allows you to save, store and reference component data to eliminate redundant work.
Saved data can be shared with others using the LP Viewer.
The library documentation edit feature can be used to create libraries from scratch, modify individual attribute
names and change IPC-7351A LP software-generated values based on your unique project needs. This
feature provides unprecedented flexibility in library management as you can now completely control what
component data is stored in individual data files. With the ability to group all parts of a project together in one
data file, you can more easily keep your projects organized. It will also save engineers time because they
don’t have to sort through numerous data files to find all the parts of a given project. Simply group the parts
you created for any project into a single data file, and share it with engineers. The data files can be browsed
with the LP Viewer by anyone in your company!
If you build parts in one library and at some point decide certain parts should be copied to a different library,
the software can easily transfer individual parts or groups of parts as you see most appropriate, making library
management easier than ever.
The LP Librarian allows you to export data to Allegro, Altium Designer/Protel 99SE, Board Station, CADSTAR,
CR5000, Expedition, OrCAD Layout, OrCAD PCB Editor, Pantheon, PADS, PADS ASCII, P-CAD, and
Pulsonix.
- Microsoft Windows XP
- Microsoft .NET Framework (a free download)
- 1024 X 768 resolution or higher
- 11MB of available hard drive space
NOTE: the LP Wizard for Allegro requires your version of Allegro to have SKILL enabled, and will only work
with Allegro v14.0 through v15.2.
Single license or site licenses available