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DATE: 06-7-2013 HOTFIX VERSION: 044
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1055338 SIP_LAYOUT DRC_CONSTRAINTS Soldermask to Via drcs on bondfingers
1084716 ALLEGRO_EDITOR OTHER Getting an MPS error when updating CM from SigXplorer
1104145 ALLEGRO_EDITOR SCHEM_FTB User defined properties do not appear in PCB
1106116 FLOWS PROJMGR view_pcb setting change was cleared by switching Flows in projmgr.
1106900 CONCEPT_HDL COMP_BROWSER Component Browser performance utility should honor CPM directives for include and exclude PPT
1110323 APD DXF_IF DXF out is offsetting square discrete pads.
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Each successive Fix Pack is comprehensive and contains the material from the earlier Fix Packs for that Release, as well as all Interim Fixes made available since the previous Fix Pack or full Release. In other words, when multiple Fix Packs are available, you would not need to apply Fix Pack 1 before applying Fix Pack 2.

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