File menu

Use this command to create a new project, design, library. Choose a command from the menu that appears:

• Project
• Design
• Library

The number of open windows you can have is only limited by your available system resources. You can use the Window menu to switch among open windows (see1,2.... command).

Capture Toolbar:

Keyboard:

• ALT, F, N

File menu

Use this command to open an existing project, design, library, VHDL, or Verilog file in a new window. Choose a command from the menu that appears:

• Demo Designs
• Project
• Design
• Library
• Project
• VHDL File
• Verilog File

The number of open windows you can have is only limited by your available system resources. You can use the Window menu to switch among open windows (see 1,2.... command).

You can create a new design, library, VHDL, or Verilog file using the New command on the File menu.

Capture Toolbar::

Keyboard:

• ALT, F, O

File menu

Use this command to close the active window. If necessary, you are prompted to save your changes.

Keyboard: ALT, F, C

File menu

Use this command to save the active, modified projects, designs, libraries, and VHDL files. You can save a design, library, VHDL file, or session log under a different name using the Save As command on the File menu.

Capture Toolbar:

Keyboard:

• CTRL+S
• ALT, F, S

File menu

Use this command to save the active project, design, library, VHDL file, or session log under a different name or to save a new, unnamed project, design, library, VHDL file, or session log. You can save a design, library, schematic page, part, or session log with the Save command on the File menu.

The Save As command opens a standard Windows dialog box to save files.

Keyboard: ALT, F, A

File menu

Use this command to save the associated files present inside or outside the project directory along with the project at a new location while maintaining their internal and external links. Associated files include referred projects, designs, libraries, simulation profiles, and output files.

The Save Project As command opens the Project SaveAs dialog box. In this dialog box, you can specify a project name that is different from the design name. The Project SaveAs settings can be customized using the Settings tab of the dialog box which gives you the option to copy the design file along with the project and rename it. You can also selectively specify to copy the referred files present within or outside the project folder.

File menu

Use this command to save the project (*.OPJ) and all the related files (design (*.DSN), library (*.OLB), and referenced projects) in a different directory and create a zip archive (.zip) of this directory for archival purposes.

You can also specify any additional files or directories that you may want to be archived along with your project files.

You can include output files and library files (like *.OLB files in the Library folder and *.VHD files).

Keyboard: ALT, F, H

File menu

Use this command to see how a schematic page or part will look when printed.

After setting the options in the Print Preview dialog box, click OK to preview the printed document. You can use the buttons at the top of the window to view different pages and to zoom in and out.

Keyboard: ALT, F, V

File menu

Use this command to print the active schematic page, the active part, or the selected items in the project manager.

Capture Toolbar:

Keyboard:

• CTRL+P
• ALT, F, P

File menu

Use this command to choose a printer, paper source, and orientation before printing. The Print Setup command displays the Print Setup dialog box, a standard windows dialog box for configuring your printer or plotter. For more information on setting up printers and plotters, refer to the documentation for your configured printer driver.

Keyboard: ALT, F, R

File menu

Use the numbers listed at the bottom of the File menu to open one of the last four projects or files. Choose the file you want to open.

Keyboard: ALT, F, N (n = 1, 2, 3, or 4)

File menu

Use this command to select a product suite from which to open Capture without having to exit the tool.

This command is not available if you have a project open in Capture.

Select the Use as default check box to set the default product suite from which Capture should check out a license each time you start the tool. If this option is selected, then the suite selection dialog box will not appear the next time you start the tool. However, if you want the suite selection dialog box to be displayed again then clear the Use as default check box in the suite selection dialog box.

Keyboard: ALT, F, C

File menu

Use this command to exit the software. If necessary, you are prompted to save your changes.

You can also exit the software by choosing the Close command on the session frame Control menu (ALT, SPACEBAR, C).

Keyboard:

• ALT+F4
• ALT, SPACEBAR, C
• ALT, F, X

Design menu

Use this command to create a schematic folder in the active project.

You can add a new schematic page to the selected schematic folder using the New Schematic Page command on the Design menu.

Keyboard: ALT, D, S

Design menu

Use this command to add a new schematic page to the selected schematic folder.

You can add a new schematic folder to the active project using the New Schematic command on the Design menu.

Keyboard: ALT, D, P

Design menu

Use this command to create a part in the active library. Part aliases are created at the same time as the original part and show up in the library independently from the original part, but are represented in the project manager by a part icon with a horizontal line through the center. You can add part aliases to a library after the original part is created using the Property Sheet pane.

Keyboard: ALT, D, T

Design menu

Use this command to create a new part in the active library.

Keyboard: ALT, D, H

Design menu

Use this command to change the name of the selected schematic folder, schematic page, or part. If you rename a power or ground symbol using this command, the name is limited to 31 characters.

Keyboard: ALT, D, R

Design menu

Use this command to remove all the unique annotations you have placed on parts

• • inherent properties on occurrences
  • user-define properties on occurrences
  • gate or pin swaps unique to the part occurrences
  • occurrence properties on title blocks, pins, and nets

• 
  You can use the property editor to find occurrence properties on objects in your design.

Keyboard: ALT, D, O

Design menu

Use this command to designate the selected schematic folder as the root schematic folder of the hierarchy.

Keyboard: ALT, D, M

Design menu

Use this command to replace the selected part in the design cache, based on its current definition in any library. You can also use this command to replace a selected part in the cache with a different part.

Using the Replace Cache dialog box, you can choose to preserve schematic part properties or replace schematic part properties.

If you select the action to Preserve schematic part properties, Capture brings in the graphics, pins, package properties, and part properties from the library while retaining all instance and occurrence properties of the schematic part in the design. The part reference changes to an unannotated reference (?), and the value becomes the new part name. If you look at the property editor Parts tab, you will also see that the package property value appears in the PCB Footprint property column. You will lose any changes made to the pin properties after the part was placed, including those made by the Annotate tools.

If you select the action to Replace schematic part properties, Capture brings in graphics, pins, package properties, and user properties from the library, totally replacing the schematic part in the design. Any value, PCB footprint, part reference, and instance or occurrence property defined on the schematic page will not change. Remember that instance and occurrence properties always obscure library definitions.

You can discover the library of origin for multiple parts by .

Keyboard: ALT, D, C

Design menu

Use this command to update the selected parts in the design cache, based on their current definitions in their original libraries. This command works when one or more parts are selected. You can select all the parts also.

When you change a part in the design cache, you change all the parts in the active design that share the same part value and library. Part properties are retained, but pin properties are not. If the modified part appears on an open schematic page, the parts on that page do not change until the page is closed and reopened.

If you copy pages from one design or library to another, parts displayed on the copied pages may appear different due to differences in each design or library cache. If a part is not already in the destination design cache, Capture will copy it from the source design's cache. Otherwise, it will use the part already present in the destination design's cache.

You can discover the library of origin for multiple parts by .

Keyboard: ALT, D, U

Design menu

Use this command to cleanup the design cache. This command removes nonexistent parts from the cache.

Keyboard: ALT, D, N

Design menu

Use this command to set a password to a Capture design. Once you click on the command, you will asked to enter and confirm the password.

-

Design menu

Use this command to remove the already set password to a Capture design.

-

Design menu

Use this command to modify or update the already set password to a Capture design. Once you click the command, you will asked to enter and confirm the password.

-

Edit menu

Use this command to remove the selected object from the active window and put it on the Clipboard. This command is only available when an object is selected.

Cutting objects to the Clipboard replaces any objects previously stored there. Use the Paste command to copy objects to another page or part, or to another Windows application that supports pasting from the Clipboard.

Capture Toolbar:

Keyboard:

• CTRL+X
• ALT, E, T

Pop-up menu: Cut

Edit menu

Use this command to copy a selected object to the Clipboard without removing it from the active window. This command is available only if an object is selected.

Copying objects to the Clipboard replaces any objects previously stored there. Use the Paste command to copy objects to another page or part, or to another Windows application that supports pasting from the Clipboard.

Capture Toolbar:

Keyboard:

• CTRL+C
• ALT, E, C

Pop-up menu: Copy

Edit menu

Use this command to place any objects stored on the Clipboard into the active window. This command is unavailable if the Clipboard is empty.

Pasting objects from the Clipboard does not affect the Clipboard's contents. Use Paste to copy objects to another page or part, or to another Windows application that supports pasting from the Clipboard. You can only paste text into text boxes.

1. The Auto Reference option on the Miscellaneous tab of the Preferences dialog box is selected.
2. The pasted part has a reference designator assigned to it when it is copied to the Clipboard.

Capture assigns the reference designator, updated to the next available value (one greater than the highest value used on the schematic at that point.) If the pasted part has a default reference (for example, R?) Capture does not assign a unique reference designator to it.

Capture Toolbar:

Keyboard:

• CTRL+V
• ALT, E, P

Pop-up menu: Paste

Edit menu

Use this command to lock a design, schematic folder, or a page in the project manager. A lock icon appears for design, schematic folder, or page you have locked. You cannot delete, move, rename, change a locked object. When you lock a page all the parts in the page are also locked.

Locking an item locks the sub-items. For example, if you lock a design, the schematic folders and the pages in these folders are also locked.

Keyboard:

• ALT, E, L

Pop-up menu: Lock

Edit menu

Use this command to unlock a design, schematic folder, or a page in the project manager. The lock icon disappears for design, schematic folder, or page you have unlocked.

Locking an item locks the sub-items. For example, if you lock a design, the schematic folders and the pages in these folders are also locked.

Keyboard:

• ALT, E, N

Pop-up menu: UnLock

Edit menu

Use this command to add resources to your project. When you choose this command, the Add file to Project Folder dialog box appears, in which you can locate and select files to add to your project. The files are added to the folder that is currently selected in the project manager window.

This command is only available when the File tab is active in the project manager window.

Keyboard: ALT, E, R

Edit menu

In the project manager, use this command to view properties about the selected document. Using the Properties dialog box, you can access information general, type, and project about the file that is currently selected in the project manager window. You can also change the file's type. A file or project must be selected in the project manager window to access the Properties command.

In the schematic page editor, use this command to open the property editor, where you can edit properties and other data for the selected objects.

The properties you can edit depend on the selected objects. The following lists the inherent properties you can edit and the dialog boxes in which you edit them:

Arcs

Edit Graphic dialog box

Images (pictures)

Not applicable

Bookmarks

Edit Bookmark dialog box

Buses Property editor

Property editor

Bus entries

User Properties dialog box

DRC markers

View DRC Marker dialog box

Ellipses

Edit Filled Graphic dialog box

Hierarchical blocks

Property editor

Hierarchical pins

Property editor

Hierarchical ports

Property editor

IEEE symbols

Place IEEE Symbol dialog box

Junctions

Not applicable

Lines

Edit Graphic dialog box

Multiple objects

Property editor or Browse spreadsheet editor

Nets (wires and buses

Property editor

Net aliases

Property editor

No connects

Not applicable

Off-page connectors

Edit Off-Page Connector dialog box

Parts

Property editor

Pictures (images)

Not applicable

Part body borders

Not applicable

Pins (part editor)

Pin Properties dialog box (part editor)

Pins (schematic page editor)

Property editor

Polygons

Edit Filled Graphic dialog box

Polylines

Edit Graphic dialog box

Power, ground

Property editor

Rectangles

Edit Filled Graphic dialog box

Text

Place Text dialog box

Title blocks

Property editor

Wires

Property editor

• Bookmarks
• DRC markers
• Hierarchical ports
• Nets
• Off-page connectors
• Parts
• Pins

Keyboard:

• CTRL+E
• ALT, E, I

Mouse: Double-click on a part

Pop-up menu: Edit Properties

Edit menu

Use this command to open the Property Editor window for a design. You can use the property editor window to edit part, net, pin, title block, global, port, and alias properties.

This command is available only when you have selected any one of the following items in the Project manager window:

• Design file (.dsn)
• Schematic folder
• Schematic page

You can access the Edit Object Properties command from pop-up menu.

Keyboard: ALT, E, O

Edit menu

Use this command in the project manager to specify which items to search for and how to sort the results. Choose a command from the menu that appears:

• Parts command
• Nets command
• Hierarchical Ports command
• Off-page Connectors command
• Titleblocks command
• Bookmarks command
• DRC Markers command
• Flat Netlist command
• Power Pins command

You can open a schematic page or part by double-clicking on the selected item. You can also choose properties to edit and change one or more items.

Keyboard: ALT, E, B

Edit menu, Browse command

Use this command to list the parts of the selected schematic pages in the browse window. The Browse Properties dialog box gives you the option to use instances or occurrences.

You can sort the parts in the browser spreadsheet by clicking the button at the top of each column in the browse window. Capture only displays the occurrences of the parts in the browse window.

You can select single or multiple parts and edit them with the Properties command. When you edit one part, a part editor window appears. When you select multiple parts, the Browse spreadsheet editor appears.

Keyboard: ALT, E, B, P

Edit menu, Browse command

Use this command to list the nets of the selected schematic pages in the browse window. Capture only displays the occurrences of the nets in the browse window.

You can select single or multiple nets and edit them with the Properties command. When you edit nets, the property editor window appears.

Double-click on a net to view it in the schematic page editor.

Keyboard: ALT, E, B, N

Edit menu, Browse command

Use this command to list the hierarchical ports of the selected schematic pages in the browse window. You can use this command to follow ports through a hierarchy when tracing problems in a hierarchical design.

You can select single or multiple hierarchical ports and edit them with the Properties command. When you edit one hierarchical port, the Edit Hierarchical Port dialog box appears. When you select multiple hierarchical ports, the Edit Properties dialog box appears.

Double-click on a hierarchical port to view it in the schematic page editor.

Keyboard: ALT, E, B, H

Edit menu, Browse command

Use this command to list the off-page connectors of the selected schematic pages in the browse window. You can use this command to follow nets as they travel through off-page connectors to other pages.

You can select single or multiple off-page connectors and edit them with the Properties command. When you edit one off-page connector, the Edit Off-Page Connector dialog box appears. When you select multiple off-page connectors, the Browse spreadsheet editor appears.

Double-click on an off-page connector to view it in the schematic page editor.

Keyboard: ALT, E, B, O

Edit menu, Browse command

Use this command to list the title blocks of the selected schematic pages in the browse window. When you edit a title block, the User Properties dialog box appears. Double-click on a title block to view it in the schematic page editor.

Keyboard: ALT, E, B, T

Edit menu, Browse command

Use this command to list the bookmarks of the selected schematic pages in the browse window. Bookmarks are useful for marking a particular spot in your design.

You can select single or multiple bookmarks and edit them with the Properties command. When you edit one bookmark, the Edit Bookmark dialog box appears. When you select multiple bookmarks, the Edit Part Properties dialog box appears.

Double-click on a bookmark to view it in the schematic page editor.

Keyboard: ALT, E, B, B

Edit menu, Browse command

Use this command to list the DRC markers of the selected schematic pages in the browse window. DRC markers are placed on pages by the Design Rules Check tool. They are useful when troubleshooting your design before creating a netlist.

You can select single or multiple DRC markers and edit them with the Properties command. When you edit one DRC marker, the View DRC Marker dialog box appears. When you select multiple DRC markers, the Browse spreadsheet editor appears.

Double-click on an DRC marker to view it in the schematic page editor.

Keyboard: ALT, E, B, D

Edit menu, Browse command

Use this command to list the nets of the design, as they will appear in a netlist.

You can select single or multiple nets and edit them with the Properties command. When you edit nets, the property editor window appears.

Double-click on a net to view it in the schematic page editor.

Keyboard: ALT, E, B, F

Edit menu, Browse command

Use this command to list the power pins in the design.

You can choose the view mode as occurrences or instances from the Browse Properties dialog.

Keyboard: ALT, E, B, W

Edit menu

Use this command to locate an object or string of text in a design.

In the schematic page editor and project manager, the Find command finds all instances of the specified text search string, parts, part pins, DRC markers and constraints. The Find command supports wildcard searches. Use an asterisk (*) to match any string of characters, and a question mark (?) to match any single character.

In the session log, the Find command will find the next occurrence of the specified text search string from the current position. However, it does not support wildcard searches.

The Find window in part editor can search only pin and text, and it supports wildcard searches.

In the design variant schematic page, the Find command will find parts that are not present or parts with different property values attached to it.

This command can be used to search at different levels of a design folder hierarchy in the Project manager.

The search command can be executed at any of the following levels or selections of the design folder hierarchy:

• Design Level
• Folder level - For any number of selected folders within the design
• Page Level - For any number of selected pages within the design. This includes pages selected from different folders.

The search command can also be executed on an open schematic page.

Keyboard:

• CTRL+F
• ALT, E, F

Edit menu

Use this command to rename a part property for every placed part that includes the property for an entire design.

Keyboard: ALT, E, Y

Edit menu

Use this command to delete a part property from every placed part in a design.

Keyboard: ALT, E, D

Edit menu

Use this command to find and replace a particular string in a text editor window. When you choose Replace from the Edit menu, the Replace dialog box appears.

Keyboard: ALT, E, E

Edit menu

Use this command to center the view on a specific location, grid references, or bookmark. By clicking the Go To command, the Go To Line dialog box dialog box appears.

Keyboard:

• CTRL+G
• ALT, E, G

Edit menu

Use this command to clear the Session log.

Keyboard:

• CTRL+DEL
• ALT, E, S

View menu

Use this command to show or hide the toolbars. This setting is stored in your .INI file and thus affects the visibility of the toolbar in subsequent sessions. You can move the toolbars anywhere on the screen by pressing the left mouse button over the toolbar, and then moving the mouse to the toolbar's new location. If the toolbar is moved to any edge of the window, the toolbar snaps into place. Otherwise, it floats on the screen wherever it is released.

If the toolbar is floating, you can hide it by choosing Toolbar from the View menu.

Keyboard: ALT, V, T

View – Toolbar menu

Use this command to show or hide the Capture toolbar. This setting is stored in your .INI file and thus affects the visibility of the toolbar in subsequent sessions. You can move the toolbar anywhere on the screen by pressing the left mouse button over the toolbar, and then moving the mouse to the toolbar's new location. If the toolbar is moved to any edge of the window, the toolbar snaps into place. Otherwise, it floats on the screen wherever it is released.

If the toolbar is floating, you can hide it by choosing Toolbar from the View menu.

View - Toolbar menu

Use this command to show or hide the Draw toolbar. This setting is stored in your .INI file and thus affects the visibility of the toolbar in subsequent sessions. You can move the toolbar anywhere on the screen by pressing the left mouse button over the toolbar, and then moving the mouse to the toolbar's new location. If the toolbar is moved to any edge of the window, the toolbar snaps into place. Otherwise, it floats on the screen wherever it is released.

If the toolbar is floating, you can hide it by choosing Toolbar from the View menu.

View - Toolbar menu

Use this command to show or hide the PSpice toolbar. This setting is stored in your .INI file and thus affects the visibility of the toolbar in subsequent sessions. You can move the toolbar anywhere on the screen by pressing the left mouse button over the toolbar, and then moving the mouse to the toolbar's new location. If the toolbar is moved to any edge of the window, the toolbar snaps into place. Otherwise, it floats on the screen wherever it is released.

If the toolbar is floating, you can hide it by choosing Toolbar from the View menu.

View - Toolbar menu

Use this command to open the TCL Command window in the OrCAD Capture workspace.

For details see the Command Window.

Tools menu

Use this command to update part references in the active design. You specify the scope and parameters of the update in the Annotate dialog box.

Annotate will update references for primitive hierarchical blocks. For example, you could specify the reference to be "Halfadd?" when you place a hierarchical block. Then, when you run Annotate, the hierarchical block's reference is updated along with other parts.

Capture Toolbar:

Keyboard:

• ALT, T, O

Tools menu

Use this command to update properties based on an update file. This command constructs a combined property string for a part or net. Then, if that string matches a string in the update file, it replaces the specified properties of the combined property string with the update string properties. Capture update files use a .UPD file extension.

If you are updating net properties, Capture will ll of the nets in the schematic folder even if only one schematic page is selected. Capture updates all of the nets in the schematic folder because a single net can appear on more than one schematic page within the schematic folder. Capture only updates the selected schematic folders and schematic pages when updating part properties.

Keyboard: ALT, T, U

Tools menu

Use this command to create a summary list of all parts used in the design. You can also use an include file to add information to the bill of materials. By default, Capture include files use a .INC file extension.

Capture Toolbar:

Keyboard:

• ALT, T, B

Tools menu

Use this command to write the properties of the selected documents to an ASCII text file. Properties are delimited by tabs so the file is suitable for manipulation by spreadsheet or database software. You can export properties from a design or library.

For more information on property files see .

Keyboard: ALT, T, E

Tools menu

Use this command to import the contents of a tab-delimited property file. The imported properties may add to or supersede existing properties. The property file must be in the format used by Capture when you choose the Export Properties command from the Tools menu. You can import properties to a design or library.

For more information on property files see .

The Import Properties command opens a standard Windows dialog box for opening files.

Keyboard: ALT, T, I

Tools menu

Use this command to create a library and an associated part that represents your design. You can use a schematic, a library containing schematics, or a netlist to generate a symbol for the project.

You can use the symbol you generate with the Generate Part command to represent the actual component (such as an FPGA or CPLD) in schematic designs or other projects. When you use the Generate Part command, Capture creates a library file (.OLB) and part based on the pins defined in the report file or schematic and references it in the Outputs folder of the project manager. If the library already exists, the new part is appended to the existing library. If the part already exists in the library, the new part replaces it.

The Generate Part dialog box offers a number of netlist and source file types that are used to generate a part or symbol. The Capture Schematic/Design source file type uses a library or a single schematic to create the new .OLB containing the new part and a copy of the schematic for easy portability and design reuse. You can use this source type to create a design reuse module.

Capture reads a variety of PLD vendor pin reports to create library parts for the Capture schematic system. Most PLD vendor pin reports describe the pin number, signal name, and direction (or mode) of a package pin programmed by the place-and-route process. Pins are sorted alphabetically by name, with input type pins located on the left-hand side, and output or bidirectional pins on the right-hand side.

Generate part can create new parts or update the pin numbers of an existing library part with the Update pins on existing part in library option, which allows for engineering change orders (ECOs) from a programmable logic project to update the part symbol of the system schematic.

Keyboard: ALT, T, G

Tools menu

Use this command to divide a part into multiple sections.

Keyboard: ALT, T, L

Tools menu

Use this command to customize the OrCAD Capture menus.

You can:

• choose the menus to show and hide.
• add or remove buttons (commands) from the menus.
• create a custom menu and add buttons (commands) to the menu.

PSpice menu, Bias Points submenu

From a schematic page, point to Markers on the PSpice menu.

Use the commands in the Bias Points submenu to enable and disable bias point display, toggle selected bias points and to set preferences for displaying and printing bias points.

Keyboard: ALT, S, B, E

PSpice menu

You must create a simulation profile (or edit an existing one) before you can set up a PSpice simulation. Use this command to create a new simulation profile. A simulation profile (*.SIM) saves your simulation settings for an analysis type so you can reuse them easily.

After creating a new profile, you can edit the settings with the Edit Simulation Settings command.

PSpice Toolbar:

Keyboard:

• ALT, S, N

PSpice menu

Use this command to edit an existing PSpice simulation profile. Simulation profiles can be edited in Capture and PSpice.

PSpice Toolbar:

Keyboard:

• ALT, S, E

PSpice menu

After setting all the simulation parameters you need, choose Run to perform the simulation. This command automatically performs the following steps:

• checks design rules for your design.
• creates a simulation netlist for PSpice.
• opens PSpice using the netlist created from your design.

PSpice creates an output file (.OUT) as the simulation progresses. It contains bias point information, model parameter values, error messages, and so on. If the simulation fails, you can view the output file to see the error messages.

If the simulation completes successfully, PSpice produces a data file (.DAT). This is the file PSpice uses to display the simulation results.

To see marker simulation results, the schematic must be open.

PSpice Toolbar:

Keyboard:

• ALT, S, R

PSpice menu

Use this command to view the most recent simulation results, for the active simulation profile. To see marker simulation results, the schematic must be open.

PSpice Toolbar:

Keyboard:

• ALT, S, V

PSpice menu

Use this command to view the most recent output file for the current design.

Keyboard: ALT, S, W

PSpice menu

Use this command, with the project manager active, to make the selected simulation profile the active profile. In the project manager, the simulation profile folder is in the PSpice Resources folder.

PSpice menu

Use this command, with the project manager active, to simulate selected profiles.

Simulate Selected Profile(s) automatically performs the following steps:

• Checks design rules for your design.
• Creates a simulation netlist for PSpice.
• Opens PSpice using the netlist created from your design.

You can select one profile or multiple profiles to be simulated or viewed. If you select only one profile for simulation, it is handled as though you chose the Run command. If you select one file for viewing, it is handled as though you chose the View Simulation Results command.

If you select multiple profiles, simulations for all selected profiles are performed using the simulation queue. You must then open the .DAT files to view the results.

See  for procedures to simulate and view multiple profiles.

Keyboard: ALT, P, A

PSpice menu

Use this command to create a simulation netlist for the current design. The netlist is generated for all levels of hierarchy, starting from the top, regardless of whether you are pushed into any level of the hierarchy.

In OrCAD Capture, the TEMPLATE property specifies the primitive parts' contributions to the netlist. In the process of creating the netlist, buses, connectors, and so on, are resolved. Only parts with a TEMPLATE property are included in the simulation.

During the netlist process, Capture creates several files with different extensions: The .NET file contains the netlist; the .CIR file contains simulation commands; and the .ALS file contains alias information.

Keyboard: ALT, S, C

PSpice menu

Use this command to view the most recent simulation netlist for a selected or the current design.

Keyboard: ALT, S, I

PSpice menu

From the Project Manager, choose Marker List from the PSpice menu.

Use this command to display or hide markers in the design. The Markers dialog box displays markers that exist in the profile. An empty check box beside a marker indicates that the marker is hidden. If a marker is hidden, it will not appear in Capture but it will still exist in the profile.

Keyboard: ALT, S, L

Options menu

Determines the frequency, location, and the number of copies of autobackup done by Capture.

The Multi-level backup Settings dialog box appears when you choose Autobackup option from the Options menu.

Enter the values for the following fields to determine the duration, number of backups, and its storage.

Backup time (in minutes) - Enables you to determine the time after which Capture will perform automatic backup.

No of backups to keep - Enables you to determine the total number of backups that will be stored.

Directory for backup - Enables you to determine the storage location for the backup

Keyboard: ALT, O, B

Options menu

Use this command to set your environment preferences for the current project (and all future projects) on your system. The options you specify affect the behavior of the software, and are saved in the .INI file.

Keyboard: ALT, O, P

Options menu, Preferences submenu

Use this command to set extended environment preferences for the current project (and all future projects) on your system. The options you specify affect the behavior of the software, and are saved in the .INI file.

Command Shell

These commands are related to the TCL command window in Capture.

• Journaling: Select the option to enable journaling of the various Capture commands, including TCL commands.
• Flush Commands: Select the option to print the journaling commands in a text file. By default, the text file is saved in the TEMP folder (<%TEMP%>\CAPTURELOG\<%DATE%>\ OrCaptureLogFile.captcl)
• Display Commands: Select the option to enable display of Capture commands in Command Window.

Design and Libraries

These commands are related to Capture’s designs and libraries.

• Content text instance properties: Select the option to rotate the instance part properties along with the instance part on the same axis.
• Draw arrow on part input pins: Select the option to draw arrow on part’s input pins.
• Enable communication with legacy tools: Select the option to enable message-based communication with the legacy tools, such as OrCAD Layout.
  
  By default, message-based communication is not enabled in OrCAD Capture. Enable this option if you want OrCAD Capture to communicate with the legacy tool as it impacts OrCAD Capture’s performance.
• Perform read only check on tab switch: Select the option to enable Capture to check the library and design files’ permissions on every switch of tab.
  
  Unselecting the option improves user experience as Capture ignores the permissions check on the design and library files.

• Save design name as UPPERCASE: Select the option to save the design file name (.dsn) in uppercase letters.
• Enable global net ITC: Select the option to start cross probing of global nets.
• Convert images to BMP format: Select the option to convert all format images to .bmp internally.
• Path lookup timeout (in seconds): Specify the time out time in seconds if the design or library files are found at the configured locations.
• Net Naming Options (requires application restart): The drop down menu options provides different options to select how Capture generates flat-net names for complex hierarchy designs. By default, flatname has a hierarchy block path. Following are the drop down options:
  • Append hierarchy on collision: Appends hierarchical path to the conflicting flat nets only (for global nets, numeric ID is used). The flat net that is closest to the root design and is the only flat net at that level is not renamed.
  • Always append hierarchy: Appends hierarchical path to all the flat nets except those in root schematic. For global nets, numeric ID is used as they do not have any hierarchical path.
  • Append ID on collision: Appends numeric IDs to all the conflicting flat nets only. The flat net that is closest to the root schematic and is the only flat net at that level, is not renamed.
  • Always append ID: Appends numeric IDs to all the flat nets except those in the root schematic.

Design Cache

• Update Cache: Select the Default or Forced option to update cache in Capture. Selecting Forced will update the selected library even if it is older than the original library file in the Design Cache.

DRC

Select the Display Waived DRC check box to display all the waived DRCs on a schematic page.

NetGroup

The following options, which are related to NetGroups, will be set only for the current active design:

• Never
• Always
• Only when mismatch (definition name mismatched instance name)

Netlist

This command is related to Netlisting in Capture.

• Apply Allegro Character Limits on All Projects
  Select this option to set the character limit globally for all the projects.

Schematic

These commands are related to Schematic page in Capture.

• Schematic Descend
  The following three modes are used for schematic descend:

Default: Opens the default page of child schematic

First: Opens the first page of child schematic (alphabetical-wise)

Ask: Asks user to select one of the schematic page from the list of schematic pages.

• Junction Mode
  The following two modes are used for junctioning in Capture:
  • Default
  
  Select this option to place a junction at a straight wire break point.
  • Junction on multiple connections on wire end
  
  Select this option to create a junction when there are multiple connections on a wire end.
  
  It is recommended that in order to create a junction automatically on placing a wire, you should first select the Junction on multiple connections on wire end option and then place the wire.
• Display underscore (_) on User Assigned Part References on Schematic Page
  Select this option to display underscore (_) symbol on user-assigned part references on a schematic page.
• Display underscore (_) on User Assigned Part References in Page Print
  Select this option to display underscore (_) symbol on user-assigned part references in page or design print.
• Distribute in a fixed area (may cause uneven distribution)
  Select this option to distribute the selected objects in a fixed area.

Options menu

Use this command to specify default settings for new projects, designs, and schematic pages. The values specified in this dialog box do not affect existing projects or designs.

Keyboard: ALT, O, D

Options menu

Use this command in the project manager to globally set design related options throughout a design.

Keyboard: ALT, O, R

Window menu

Use this command to create a new window, which is a copy of the currently active window. This new window is another "view" on the same data, and you can scroll the two windows to different positions.

Keyboard: ALT, W, N

Window menu

Use this command to "stack" all open Capture windows so that just their title bars are visible. The active window stays on top.

Keyboard: ALT, W, C

Window menu

Use this command to arrange open Capture windows, one above another, so that all are visible.

Keyboard: ALT, W, H

Window menu

Use this command to arrange open Capture windows, one beside another, so that all are visible.

Keyboard: ALT, W, V

Window menu

Use this command to close all tabs of the active project.

Keyboard: ALT, W, C

Window menu

Use this command to close all tabs of the active project except the tab that is currently active. This option is not available for the Project Manager tab.

Keyboard: ALT, W, C

Window menu

Use this command to arrange the icons for minimized windows across the bottom of the session frame.

Keyboard: ALT, W, A

Window menu

Use the numbers listed at the bottom of the Window menu to view which windows are currently open, and to determine which window is active. (The active window is indicated by a check mark.) When you choose a window from this list, Capture restores that window if it was in icon form, pops it to the front of the Capture session, and makes it the active window.

Keyboard: ALT, W, n (n = 1, 2, . . .)

Window menu

Use this command to close all open windows.

Help menu

Use this command to display the Capture help window.

Keyboard: ALT, H, H or F1

Help menu

Use this command to display a document listing the known problems in this release of OrCAD Capture and tells you how to solve or work around these problems.

Keyboard: ALT, H, K

Help menu

Use this command to display a document describing the new features and enhancements in this release.

Keyboard: ALT, H, K

Help menu

Use this command to get the software version number, copyright information, registration number, and license information.

Keyboard: ALT, H, A

In the project manager or schematic page editor, from the Help menu, choose Documentation.

Use this command to launch the help landing HTML page, which contains links to all the documentation types (manuals and online help), product tutorial, and multimedia demonstrations shipped with this product release.

Keyboard: ALT, H, D

In the project manager, from the pop-up menu for Design Resources or the DSN file.

Use this command to change the type of a project to any of the following

project types:

• • Analog or Mixed A/D
  • PC Board Wizard
  • Programmable Logic Wizard
  • Schematic.

In the project manager, from the pop-up menu

Use this command to delete the selected schematic folders, schematic pages, parts, and symbols that are listed in the project manager window.

DELETE

BACKSPACE

DEL

In the project manager, from the pop-up menu

Use this command to edit the properties of project objects in the project

manager.

The command is available for at the:

• • design level
  • folder level
  • page level

In the project manager, from the pop-up menu for schematic pages

Use this command to open a page for edit

In the project manager, from the pop-up menu for schematic pages

Use this command to property editor for selected components

In the project manager, from the pop-up menu for DSN folder

Use this command to open the location of the design

In the project manager, from the pop-up menu for schematic pages

Use this command to open the Schematic Page Properties dialog box