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purikku
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7/06/2008 8:50 PM
Hi! Anyone knows how to input Japanese text in Allegro? Im doing a Panel Board of the design and the NTH (Non-Through Holes) has Japanese text, how can i add these text? Moreover, is there an automatic way of generating the dimension of the NTH ( with tolerances included). If none, how can i add subscript and superscript for tolerances of NTH? tnx in advance.

vkhurana
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7/08/2008 3:01 PM
I think this is doable. Go to Add menu > select Text > right in the board area > select Japanese Input. If it's grayed out then it's possible that the feature is available in certain tiers of Allegro only.

purikku
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7/08/2008 8:41 PM
I did not found Japanese input in the Control Panel Options. Im using Allegro 15.7, maybe it is not supported. Is it possible to import the text file from notepad?

shiva
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7/08/2008 10:29 PM
Currents versions are not supported to other languages except English, i feel. I had tried with my language. But it was automatically converted to unreadable English words, but no fonts.

purikku
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7/08/2008 10:53 PM
ah ok. thanks alot. i`ll just ignore the japanese inputs. But i hope Cadence will address this problem, i will be satisfied if importing Japanese text will be made available.

andrewjw
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7/08/2008 11:17 PM
If you have the Japanese text in a file you should be able to import this into Allegro using:- Add>Text then select the correct Class/SubClass, left mouse click at the correct location, then right mouse click to select "Read from File" and select the text file.

purikku
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7/08/2008 11:40 PM
i tried it now but it says that the "specified file is not a valid text file". But when i tried saving english word in the notepad, the file can be read from Allegro, but if it is in Japanese text, invalid text file input. How is this? And i found Japanese Input below the Read from file but it is not enabled. how is this? thanks for your time.

andrewjw
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7/08/2008 11:47 PM
If the OS is set to Japanese input thn this should be available in Allegro - the Japanese environment is enabled when the LANG variable is set to japanese.

purikku
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7/08/2008 11:53 PM
My operating system is in Japanese langauge already. I still wonder why i cannot add Japanese text though. hmmmmm... Thanks for your support.

purikku
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7/09/2008 1:25 AM
andrew, thanks a lot, now i figured it out. i successfully entered the japanese character. LANG variable was set to japanese in the control panel (system settings). And more thing that i found out is that, Allegro can only read EUC text string. I have to convert first the JIS string to EUC then at Allegro, read from file can be done. thank you very much. till my next question. good day. eric

shiva
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7/09/2008 2:10 AM
Hello Eric, I'm wondering, how you did it? I had tried once and didn't get succeed. Can you please explain, how did you do it? What is the full form of EUC and JIS. How did you convert it? How can i set the LANG variable? Please explain step-by-step. Sorry for lots of questions. Thanks, Shiva

purikku
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7/09/2008 5:42 PM
hi shiva, ill try my best to explain it, please bear with me (because my pc is in japanese). 1. Add the LANG variable in your system. Go to control panel --- system -- then see the attach .doc file, i cant really read it (just figure it out where it is) you can see that lang is set to japanese. After setting it, reboot is needed. 2. create a text file you desired (in my case 一般穴　ippanana) in the notepad then save it. 3. then convert the text file to EUC (extended unix code). This is the text string that Allegro can read. (you should have a program that can convert JIS to EUC). It will automatically overwrite the original text file. 4. From Allegro, add text -- read from file -- select the text file. And your done. Here is a japanese intruction also... Allegro における日本語入力 Allegro において日本語を入力する為の設定方法と文字入力方法について紹介します１）環境変数を以下の通り設定する。２）EUC コードで＊.txt ファイルを作成する。< EUC 記述可能なEditor/EUC 変換プログラムで対応> ３）Allegro コマンドでAdd > Text を選択する。 4）入力したい位置で左クリックし、文字入力モードにする。５）カーソル点滅時に右クリックし、アシストメニューから「Read From File」を選択。６）ファイル選択ウィンドウより、２）項のファイルを選び「開く」をクリックする。 i hope you understand. if you have further question, please do so. its my pleasure to help. Have a nice day. eric
Attachment: setting.doc

shiva
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7/10/2008 3:16 AM
Hello Eric, Can you please explain the Japanese texts in English. I didn't understand it. Thanks, Shiva.

purikku
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7/10/2008 5:29 PM
hello shiva, the japanese text are just the same procedure as what i wrote in english.

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