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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.
Export Library
Export part library to other ECADs or export part information to other parts or make libraries for various mounting machines.
Export to Cadence Library
Export symbol or footprint library to Cadence.

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PollEx User Guides
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- 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.
      - Export Library
        Export part library to other ECADs or export part information to other parts or make libraries for various mounting machines.
        Export to Zuken Library
        Export symbol or footprint library to Zuken ASCII library.
        Export to Cadence Library
        Export symbol or footprint library to Cadence.
        Package Geometry to STEP
        Export existing package geometry to .step file.
        Package Geometry to STL
        Export existing package geometry to .stl file.
        Package Geometry to Other Parts
        Export existing package geometry to other parts.
        Mounter Library
        Export mounter library 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 2025.
Character String Search Rule
Definition for meta character using in making sentence for searching option.

Export to Cadence Library

Export symbol or footprint library to Cadence.

UPE can export a symbol library to OrCAD library XML file (*.xml) and export a footprint library to Allegro footprint binary file (*.dra).

Export symbol to OrCAD

From the menu bar, File > Export > Cadence > Logic Symbol for OrCAD Capture v17.2+ (*.xml).
Specify a name and save location for the .xml file.
Click Save.

Export footprint to Allegro

From the menu bar, File > Export > Cadence > Footprint for Allegro v17.2+ (*.dra).
Specify a name and save location for the .dra file.
Click Save.
Note: In order to use the Allegro footprint export (same as Link to ECAD with Allegro), you need to copy the 'allegro.ilinit' file to Cadence installed directory. Copy 'allegro.ilinit' file from C:\ProgramData\altair\PollEx\<version>\Share to %CDSROOT%\share\local\pcb\skill.