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You don\u2019t need to have a license, but Cadence must be installed either locally or an on a network drive.  Sometimes, one may receive an error related to extracta.exe even though Cadence SPB is installled. On Windows, in order to fix this error, you can set your environment variables. If your Cadence (SPB_16.5) installation is located in the directory, C:SPB_16.5  \u2022 CDSROOT = C:SPB_16.5 \u2022 CHDL_LIB_INST_DIR = C:SPB_16.5 \u2022 PATH = %path%; C:SPB_16.5toolspcbbin; C:SPB_16.5toolsbin  On Linux, you must include the following paths to Cadence software in your search paths:  \u2022 your_Cadence_install_dir\/tools\/bin \u2022 your_Cadence_install_dir\/tools\/pcb\/bin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-162092","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-19-1","topic-tag-ansys-spaceclaim-directmodeler","topic-tag-brd","topic-tag-cadence","topic-tag-general","topic-tag-import-export-ascdm","topic-tag-mcm","topic-tag-sip","topic-tag-spaceclaim","topic-tag-structural-mechanics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Keywords: Cadence, Spaceclaim, brd, mcm, sip Importing Cadence ECAD files into ANSYS SpaceClaim requires extracta.exe, an extraction tool, installed on the machine. 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