Cadence Allegro and OrCAD 2022

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. , the leader in global electronic design innovation, is pleased to announce the availability of Cadence Allegro and OrCAD 22.1-2022 P001 families of products aimed at boosting performance and productivity through improvements features and big fixed issues.

Cadence OrCAD and Allegro: What’s New in Release 22.1
The bellow presents sections describes the new features and enhancements in Allegro PCB Editor and Allegro Package Designer Plus, in release 22.1.

- Memory Usage and Performance Improvement Using 3DX Canvas
- High-Speed Structure Enhancements
. Parameterized High-Speed Structures
. Differential Pair Vias Replaced by Structures
. On-Canvas Structure Update and Variant Creation
- Converting Shapes, Vias, and Pins
- Dimensioning Update
- Route Keepouts Exception Use Model Enhancement
- Performance Enhancements
. Better Performance in Designs with Large Number of DRCs
. Faster Update to Smooth
. Better Move Performance
. Better Performance for Shape Parameter per Layer Override
. Restricting Command Window Messages
. Faster DRC Checking on Designs with Negative Layers

License Updates
A new license file is required to run release 22.1 products. Products from earlier releases such as 17.x, can also be opened with a release 22.1 license.
Structures and Vias in Mirrored Layers
If a database has structures in the mirrored layers state, that is marked as mirrored_layers, the database cannot be migrated to a version earlier than release 17.4 -2019, HotFix 028 (QIR4). The objects in the mirrored layers state are structures that are flipped using the Mirror Geometry command and then mirrored to the opposite side of the board. It is common to use the Mirror Geometry command to flip a structure on the same layer, but vias can also be flipped when moved or copied and if such vias are part of a symbol, module, or group, mirroring changes the vias to the Mirrored Layers state.

Cadence Allegro PCB Design helps bring your innovative and bleeding-edge designs to life. The constraint-driven environment provides real-time visual feedback and ensures the functionality and manufacturability of your PCBs while allowing you to keep designing.
OrCAD is a driving force in the PCB design industry. In order to help desingers keep up with the constant pace of change Cadence has been accelerating the pace of innovation delivering a stream of updates and product enhancements to users. OrCAD provides insight into industry-first capabilities made available to customers such as real-time design, DesignTrue DFM, constraint manager, in-design analysis, and more. In July of 1999, OrCAD and its product line were acquired by Cadence Design Systems. OrCAD integrated with Cadence Allegro PCB design software creating a fully scalable solution for solving any level of PCB design challenge.