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[tbui2018]

Hello,

I was trying to import Cadence layout from Ansys Suite EM 19.2 and got an error message "... Could not find an application extracta.exe" (see attached image).

Please advise.

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[Karthik Remella]

Hello,nCould you please embed your screenshot directly into your post (instead of attaching the file)? As Ansys employees, we are unable to download attachments. nThank you.nKarthikn

[varphi42]

Dear Kremella, all,nnI am facing the same issue with ANSYS Electronics Desktop 2020 R2 on Windows 10. Here is the error message. nAny help would be more than welcome.nThanksn

[Manny R]

Hi Varphi42,nYou need to have Cadence SPB 17.2 installed in your machine. Electronics Desktop is looking for the extracta.exe to translate your Allegro file but that is not present in your machine because you likely don't have Cadence installed.nBest,nMannynn

[r.downs]

I have Cadence SPB22.1 installed and I find extracta.exe at C:\Cadence\SPB_22.1\tools\bin

Are we supposed to add this to our path? 

[r.downs]

I entered it into my path and the .brd now inports to HFSS! 

Thanks Ansys, it was unclear what extracta.exe was without this info.