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Importing ODB++ from Altium. Components look like HUGE square shapes.

- March 28, 2022 at 4:42 am
  
  minertom11551
  Subscriber
  
  I have attempted to import two different boards into Siwave, from two completely different sources and the error looks the same with either board. The best way to describe the problem is to show what the board looks like in Camtasia and then show what it looks like in Siwave. It has to do with how the components are imported.
  I do not know what the issue is.
  Thank You
  Tom
  OutputOfAltium.jpg
- March 29, 2022 at 8:38 am
  
  Chinmay Telkikar
  Forum Moderator
  
  Please see the video link below and follow the same steps as shown in the video to import ODB++ file into SIwave.
  Altium Designer to ANSYS SIwave via ODB++ - ECAD Part VIII - YouTube
  Thanks Chinmay
- March 29, 2022 at 2:56 pm
  
  Dan Dvorscak
  Ansys Employee
  
  Another option here is to use the Altium EDB Exporter instead of ODB++ to get the geometry into SIwave. EDB is the Ansys internal layout file format and usually is has fewer issues than ODB++. Here is Altium's doc on how to enable that feature:
  https://www.altium.com/documentation/altium-designer/interfacing-with-ansys-simulation-tools
- March 31, 2022 at 4:27 pm
  
  minertom11551
  Subscriber
  
  Your suggestion seems to have worked.
  Thank You
  Tom

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