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UPE User Guides
This section contains the PollEx UPE user guide.
UPE
PollEx UPE is a unified part library management system.
File
Create new parts, open existing parts, or import from ECAD library.
Import ECAD Library
Import part library ASCII files from various ECAD vendors.

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PollEx User Guides
Discover PollEx functionality with comprehensive user guides.
- Manufacture User Guides
  This section contains the user guides for the following tools: Block JIG Generator, Compare GDSII, Gerber to PCB, Make Board Paneling, Metal Mask Manager, Mounting Data Extractor, Mounting Emulator, Router-Machine JIG Generator, Solder Quantity Calculator, Soldering Pallet, Test Point Location Generator, and Underfill.
- Modeler User Guides
  This section contains the user guides for the following tools: BOM, CAM, Component Arrangement Plan, CP, Golden Sample, Logic, PCB, Redmark+, and Worksheet Planner.
- Solver User Guides
  This section contains the user guides for the following tools: PI, SI, SI Explorer, and Thermal.
- Verification User Guides
  This section contains the user guides for the following tools: DFA, DFE, DFE+, DFM, and Logic DFE.
- UPE User Guides
  This section contains the PollEx UPE user guide.
  - UPE
    PollEx UPE is a unified part library management system.
    - User Interface
    - File
      Create new parts, open existing parts, or import from ECAD library.
      - Create New Part
        Create a new part.
      - Open Existing Part
        Open an existing part in the part library.
      - Import ECAD Library
        Import part library ASCII files from various ECAD vendors.
        Zuken Board Designer
        Import Zuken Board Designer part library (CDB) ASCII file.
        Mentor Graphics Part Library Interface
        Mentor Graphics has several different ECAD tools, but PollEx UPE can read Board Station and Expedition part library file only.
        Cadence Part Library Interface
        The Cadence part library interface has two types, one is importing from existing design file and the other is importing from Cadence part library file.
        Ultra Librarian
        Import a UPF library from the Ultra Librarian.
        Import Part Data File
        Import data from another part when editing a part library.
      - Export Library
        Export part library to other ECADs or export part information to other parts or make libraries for various mounting machines.
    - View
      Control the display.
    - Properties
      View and edit properties of a part.
    - Tools
      Use various modelers and editors in this menu to make simulation model libraries, general information properites, and configuration tables for logic symbols and footprints automatic generation.
    - Settings
      Define the files and folders such as part library folder, general information files and configuration table files. You also can define the initial view configurations and ECAD interface settings.
    - Help
      View PollEx version and access the help.
    - Part Editor
      PollEx UPE supports General, Package, Footprint, and Logic Symbol editors.
PollEx Installation Guide
Instruction to install PollEx 2024.1.
Character String Search Rule
Definition for meta character using in making sentence for searching option.

Import ECAD Library

Import part library ASCII files from various ECAD vendors.

You can import ASCII from several ECAD tools.

From the menu bar, click File > Import > [ECAD Tool].
Select the desired ECAD tool to read the part library ASCII file.