Product Documentation
OrCAD Capture Reference Guide
Product Version 17.4-2020, June 2020

Color dialog box

The Color dialog box appears when you click on a color in the Colors tab in the Preferences dialog box.

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Basic colors

Shows the color of the object selected in the Colors tab.

To change the color, click the left mouse button on a different color and then click OK.

Custom colors

This feature is disabled in Capture.

Define custom colors

This feature is disabled in Capture.

Create Directory dialog box

To open this dialog

Click the Create Dir button in the Select Directory dialog box.

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Current Directory

Shows the current directory. The new directory will be a subdirectory to the current directory.

Name

Specify the name of the new directory to be created below the current directory.

Create PSpice Project dialog box

To open this dialog

Choose the OK button on the New Project dialog box after selecting the Enable PSpice Simulation check box.

You need to select one of two options in this dialog box.

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Create based upon an existing project

When you select this option, you indicate that you want to use an existing Capture project file (.OPJ) as an initial starting point for an analog or mixed signal project.

If you select this option, you need to also select a project file, using either the drop-down menu or the Browse button to the right.

After selecting this option and choosing the OK button, a new project appears. This new project is identical to the existing project you previously selected in the following respects:

  • It has the same name.
  • It contains the same configured libraries and designs.
  • It contains renamed copies of simulation profiles, local simulation files, model libraries, include files, and marker files (.MRK).

Create a blank project

By selecting this option and choosing the OK button, you create a new project that is capable of being simulated in PSpice AD.

Configure Properties dialog box

To open this dialog

Right-click and select Configure Properties in the Find Results window and search browser window.

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Left Arrow

Remove the property from the Find window

Right Arrow

Add the property to the Find window

Up Arrow

To move the property to be displayed up in the Configure Properties window

Down Arrow

To move the property to be displayed down in the Configure Properties window


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