Article - CS324435

License requirement for Cadence Allegro files in Creo View 7.0+

Modified: 29-Aug-2025   


Applies To

  • Creo View 7.0 to 12.1
  • Creo View Adapters 1.0 to 12.1
  • Cadence Allegro PCB Designer 17.4+
  • Allegro Package Designer 17.4+

Description

  • Opening Cadence Allegro PCB Editor  (*.brd, *.dra, *.bri, *.mdd ) and Cadence Allegro Package Designer (*.mcm, *.sip) in Creo View ECAD (without Cadence Allegro installed on machine) with Allegro Extracta licence agreement checked, throws error "requested file could not be loaded"
  • Creo View ECAD 7.0+  viewing native Cadence Allegro PCB Designer and Allegro Package Designer files with Extracta (Cadence tool is not installed) additional license is required.
  • Getting below error when opening Cadence file (*.dsn) in Creo View
Error: This file is not supported. Refer to the Creo View Clients & Toolkits Software Matrices, on the Reference Documents page of PTC.com, for the supported file types and versions.
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