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

Delete Part Property dialog box

To open this dialog

In the Project manager, select the design (.DSN) a schematic folder, or a schematic page then choose Delete Part Property from Edit menu.

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Property Name

Type the name of the property you want to remove.

Design Properties dialog box

To open this dialog box

  1. Right-click a design (.DSN) in the project manager.
  2. Choose Design Properties from the pop-up menu.

Alternatively:

  1. Select a design in project manager.
  2. Select Options – Design Properties (see Design Properties command).
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    Fonts

    Change the fonts for objects with text. A standard Windows Font dialog box appears when you click on the font display of an item.

    Hierarchy

    Specify default settings of primitive or nonprimitive for hierarchical blocks and parts. These options affect parts and hierarchical blocks that have the Primitive property set to default. When parts are marked as primitive, you cannot descend into them, even if they have attached schematic folders.

    SDT Compatibility

    Define the mapping to use when saving designs in SDT format. Capture uses the properties specified in this tab to define the part field lines when it creates an SDT.CFG during translation.

    To make SDT part fields carry over into Capture properties, you need to specify them in the SDT.CFG file.

    Also, specify which properties will be reported in the .INF file when creating a netlist using the VST tab in the Create Netlist dialog box.

    Miscellaneous

    Specify if you want to display the power pins in the design. This tab also displays the following information:

    • Design name
    • Root schematic name
    • Unique ID for design
    • Creation time
    • Modification time
    • Date format

    The Date Format field shows the format of the modification date and/or time of each schematic page in its title block. This drop-down list also provides a list of date formatting options to select from. To change the format in which the date and time is displayed:

      1. Click the down arrow to expand the list.
      2. Select a format.
      3. Click OK.

Design Template / Design Properties dialog box

To open the Design Template dialog box

Select Design Template (see Design Template command) from the Options menu.

To open the Design Properties dialog box

Select a design (.DSN) in the project manager then choose Design Properties (see Design Properties command) from the Options menu.

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Fonts

(available in both Design Template and Design Properties dialog box)

Change the fonts for objects with text. A standard Windows Font dialog box appears when you click on the font display of an object.

These options are set once per design. Once a design is created, use the Design Properties command to change these options for a particular design.

Title Block

(available only in Design Template dialog box)

Enter the title, organization name and address, document number, revision, and CAGE code into the title block.

Also enter the path and filename of the library containing the title block, and the title block name.

These options affect each new page. The OrCAD-supplied title block resides in the CAPSYM.OLB library. For more information about title blocks, see .

Page Size

(available only in Design Template dialog box)

Specify the units of measure used in the schematic page editor. Also, change the width and height of a schematic page, as well as spacing between pins in a design. For more information, see Page Size tab.

Grid Reference

(available only in Design Template dialog box)

Choose between alphabetic and numeric, and between ascending and descending for both horizontal and vertical grid references.

Also set the grid count for both horizontal and vertical grid references, set the width of the grid references, and set title block visibility. For more information, see Grid Reference tab.

Hierarchy

(available in both Design Template and Design Properties dialog box)

Specify default settings of primitive or nonprimitive for hierarchical blocks and parts for future designs. These options are set once per design, and affect parts and hierarchical blocks that have the Primitive property set to Default. When parts are marked as primitive, you cannot descend into them, even if they have attached schematic folders.

Miscellaneous

(available only in Design Properties dialog box)

Specify if you want to display the power pins in the design. This tab also displays the following information:

  • Design name
  • Root schematic name
  • Unique ID for design
  • Creation time
  • Modification time
  • Date format

The Date Format field shows the format of the modification date and/or time of each schematic page in its title block. This drop-down list also provides a list of date formatting options to select from. To change the format in which the date and time is displayed:

    1. Click the down arrow to expand the list.
    2. Select a format.
    3. Click OK.

SDT Compatibility

(available in both Design Template and Design Properties dialog box)

Define the mapping to use when saving designs in SDT format. It can be changed for individual designs in the SDT Compatibility tab of the Design Properties dialog box. The Part Field to Property mapping fields are used only when you save a Capture design in an SDT format. To make SDT part fields carry over into Capture properties, you need to specify them in the SDT.CFG file.

Fonts tab

Change the fonts for objects with text. A standard Windows Font dialog box appears when you click on the font display of an object.

These options are set once per design. Once a design is created, use the Design Properties command to change these options for a particular design.

Title Block tab

Enter the title, organization name and address, document number, revision, and CAGE code into the title block.

Also enter the path and filename of the library containing the title block, and the title block name.

These options affect each new page. The OrCAD-supplied title block resides in the CAPSYM.OLB library. For more information about title blocks, see Setting up the default title block.

Grid Reference tab

To open this dialog

Select Design Template (see Design Template command) from the Options menu.

Set these options for future schematic pages. Changing these options won't affect schematic pages you've already created.

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Horizontal and Vertical

Count

Specify the number of divisions in the horizontal or vertical grid references.

Alphabetic and Numeric

Specify whether the grid references are alphabetic or numeric.

Ascending and Descending

Specify whether the grid references ascend or descend.

Width

Specify the width of the grid reference division. The width here is not the distance between grid reference division, but the amount of space taken up in the schematic page editor.

Border Visible

Displayed

Specify whether the border is visible on the screen.

Printed

Specify whether the border is visible on paper.

Grid Reference Visible

Displayed

Specify whether the grid references are visible on the screen.

Printed

Specify whether the grid references are visible on paper.

Title Block Visible

Displayed

Specify whether the title block is visible on the screen.

Printed

Specify whether the title block is visible on paper.

ANSI grid references

Specify if schematic pages use the ANSI Standard grid references.

Page Size tab

To open this dialog

Select Design Template (see Design Template command) from the Options menu.

Set these options for future schematic pages. Changing these options won't affect schematic pages you've already created.

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Units

Specify the unit of measurement for future designs. Select either inches or millimeters.

This only affects the schematic page editor. It doesn't affect the part editor, which is always measured in grid units.

New Page Size

Specify the size of schematic pages for future designs. The first five choices are A to E if the unit measurement is inches, or A4 to A0 if the unit measurement is millimeters.

Width

Specify the width of future schematic pages in the indicated unit measurement. The values specified here for page sizes A to E and A4 to A0 are set values in the Schematic Page Properties dialog box.

Height

Specify the height of future schematic pages in the indicated unit measurement. The values specified here for page sizes A to E and A4 to A0 are set values in the Schematic Page Properties dialog box.

Pin-to-Pin Spacing

Specify the spacing between pins in the indicated unit measurement. Also specify grid spacing. For example, a pin-to-pin spacing of 0.1 inches means that the dots or lines on your grid will be 0.1 inches apart.

Hierarchy tab

Specify default settings of primitive or non-primitive for hierarchical blocks and parts for future designs. These options are set once per design, and affect parts and hierarchical blocks that have the Primitive property set to Default. When parts are marked as primitive, you cannot descend into them, even if they have attached schematic folders.

SDT Compatibility tab

Define the mapping to use when saving designs in SDT format. It can be changed for individual designs in the SDT Compatibility tab of the Design Properties dialog box. The Part Field to Property mapping fields are used only when you save a Capture design in an SDT format. To make SDT part fields carry over into Capture properties, you need to specify them in the SDT.CFG file.

Display Properties dialog box

To open this dialog

In the schematic page editor:

You can use the Display Properties dialog box to set the display option of an instance property and its value, but you cannot use it to display properties of an occurrence property.
If you have justified a text on a library symbol using the pre-SPB 17.2 release (HotFix 009), you need to reopen the text properties dialog for the particular text and click OK using HotFix 009 or later. Once done, new justification settings will replace the old settings.
Table 8-1: Text Justification
Text Justification Text after 0 degree rotation is Text after 90 degree rotation is Text after 180 degree rotation is Text after 270 degree rotation is

Default

Left Justified

Right Justified

Left Justified

Right Justified

Left

Always Left Justified

Center

Always Center Justified

Right

Always Right Justified

Distributions dialog box

To open this dialog

Select the Monte Carlo/Worst Case option, from the Analysis tab of the Simulate Settings dialog box, and click the Distributions button.

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Existing distributions

Display a list of existing distributions for tolerances, defined by you. These are only used with Monte Carlo and sensitivity/worst-case analyses.

Distribution name

Specify the name of a new distribution.

Distribution curve values

Specify up to 100 curve values for the distribution. Each curve value is defined by two values in the form (x,y), where x is the deviation and y is the probability. The deviation must be between -1 and 1. The probability must be zero, or positive.

Delete

Delete the selected distribution from the existing distributions list.

Save

Save the distribution defined by the distribution name and curve values options.

Design XML dialog box

To open this dialog

Select File – Export – Design XML.

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DSN File

Specify the Capture design file path.

XML File

Specify the XML file name path. The default XML file name is design file name with .xml file extension.

Log file

Select to specify the log file name path. The default log file name is design file name with .log file extension.

View Output

Select to view the output in Capture after XML generation.

XML Schema

Displays non-editable XML schema file path. Click View to view the XML schema file.

Design Difference dialog box

To open this dialog

Select Tools – Compare Designs.

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Design 1

Design

Specify the Capture design file path

Schematic

Specify the Schematic name from the selected Capture design file

Page

Specify the Schematic page name from the selected Capture Schematic

Design 2

Design

Specify the Capture design file path

Schematic

Specify the Schematic name from the selected Capture design file

Page

Specify the Schematic page name from the selected Capture Schematic

HTML Creation

HTML Type

Select one of the following options:

  • Portable(Standalone) - The portable html file has all the JavaScript files included in the HTML itself. The portable html file can be opened in any other machine, but is big in size compared to the lightweight html.
  • Lightweight (Cadence hierarchy dependent) - The lightweight html file do not contain all the JavaScript files but has links pointing to the installed Cadence hierarchy. The html file is small in size compared to the portable one, but cannot be opened in other machine.

HTML Path

Specify the output HTML file path. The default path for the HTML file is the temp folder.

HTML Base File Name

Specify the name of the output HTML file. The default name of the HTML is <First Design>_vs_<Second Design>.html.

Open With

Select one of the following options to open the output html file:

  • Internet Explorer
  • Custom - Use other browsers, such as Google Chrome and Mozilla FireFox.
It is strongly recommended to view the generated design difference HTML file in one of the flowing browsers, but Google Chrome is preferred:
    • Internet Explorer (version 11 onwards)
    • Google Chrome (version 45 onwards)


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