I'm using Allegro PCB editor to layout a board for a circuit that I'll be cutting out on a board router. In allegro PCB editor I just imported the netlist and I used quickplace to automatically place the footprints on the screen. My problem is that I can't see the identifiers on all the components, such as U1, U2, Q1, L3, C9, etc. Is this a problem with how I named things back in OrCAD or there some way of showing these identifiers in allegro?
Allegro: How to view the identifiers of all the components
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Best Answer
You probably don't have the layers that display that info turned on. Take a look under component (or maybe package geometry), refdes and see if it's enabled or not. Also make sure it's not set to black as the color.