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

New Alias dialog box

To open this dialog

Click the New button in the Part Aliases dialog box.

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Name

Specify the name of the new alias.

New Page in Schematic dialog box

To open this dialog

Select a schematic folder in the Project manager and choose New Schematic Page from the Design menu.

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Name

Specify the schematic folder or schematic page name.

New Part Properties dialog box

To open this dialog

Select a library in the project manager and choose New Part (see New Part command) from the Design menu.

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Name

Specify the name of the part. This is used as the default part value when the part is placed on a schematic page. Part names can be up to 31 characters long.

Note that the “!” character cannot be used in the part name.

Part Reference Prefix

Specify the part reference prefix, such as "C" for capacitor or "R" for resistor. For example:

C?1(capacitor)

R?1 (resistor)

PCB Footprint

Specify the PCB footprint name to be included for this part in the netlist. Contains a value for a device consisting of zero or more pads, other objects, and a name.

Create Convert View

Specify whether the part has a convert. You might use the convert to define a DeMorgan equivalent. A part with this option specified will have two views (a normal and a convert) you can switch between once the part is placed.

Multiple-Part Package

Parts per Pkg

If there are multiple parts in the package, specify the number of parts in the package.

Package Type

If the part is a package, specify whether all the parts in the package have the same graphical representation (homogeneous) or different graphical representations (heterogeneous).

The package type can only be set at creation time. These options are not available when you edit the part later. You should not cut and paste parts between homogeneous and heterogeneous packages.

Part Numbering

If the part is a multiple-part package, specify whether parts in the package are identified by letter or number. For example:

  • U?A (alphabetic)
  • U?1 (numeric)

Part Aliases

Display the Part Aliases dialog box to add or remove aliases. Part aliases show up in a library represented by the part symbol with a horizontal line through the center.

Attach Implementation

Display the Attach Implementation dialog box so you can attach a schematic folder to create hierarchy. You must specify the schematic folder's name, but you only need to specify the schematic folder's library or path name if the schematic folder is not in the current project.

Pin Number Visible

Specify whether the pin number (s) for the part should be displayed when you open the part in the Part editor window or view the part in the package view.
Be careful not to create recursion in your design. Capture cannot prevent recursion, and the Design Rules Check command does not report it. Recursion causes Capture to process infinitely as it tries to expand the design, resulting in the loss of any changes you've made to your design since it was last saved.
If you attach external schematic folders or other files to hierarchical blocks in a design or parts in a library, be sure to include the attachments when you pass the design or library to a board fabrication house or to another engineer. Attached schematic folder and other files are not carried along automatically when you copy or move a part, schematic folder, or schematic page to another library, design, or schematic folder. Only the "pointers" to the attached schematic folder and files—that is, their names and the names of the designs or libraries that contain them—are carried along. Attached files work much like their counterparts in email—they do not provide an alternative definition of the part (as do attached schematic folders).
When you attach a schematic folder to a part or hierarchical block, you can specify a full path and filename in the Library text box. So, although you can specify a library that hasn't been saved, you should not try to descend into the attached schematic folder until the library that contains the schematic folder has been saved. If you don't specify a full path and filename in the Library text box, Capture expects to find the attached schematic folder in the same design as the part of hierarchical block to which it is attached. If the specified schematic folder doesn't exist in either the design or library, Capture creates the schematic folder when you descend hierarchy on the part or the hierarchical block. For compatibility with future versions of Windows, Capture preserves the case of the path and filename as you specify them in the Library text box.
You can access this dialog box after you place a new part. To change the part parameters, change to package view and choose the Package Properties command from the Options menu.
Once you have attached a file and associated a text editor with it, you can use the Descend Hierarchy command to open that file. If you have an attached schematic folder as well as an attached file, Descend Hierarchy opens the schematic folder and not the file.

New Project dialog box

To open this dialog

Choose New – Project (see Project command) from the File menu.

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Name

Specify the name of the new project.

Location

Specify the path where you want the new project files to be saved, or use the Browse button to locate the directory.

New Property dialog box

To open this dialog

Click the New button on the User Properties dialog box.

OR

Click the New button on the Edit Part Properties dialog box.

Property names and values can have up to 256 characters each.
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Name

Specify the new property's name.

Value

Specify the new property's value.

New Schematic dialog box

To open this dialog

Select a design (.DSN) in the Project manager and choose New Schematic command from the Design menu.

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Name

Specify the schematic folder or schematic page name.

New Simulation dialog box

To open this dialog

For a PSpice project in the Project manager, choose New Simulation Profile (see New Simulation Profile command) from the PSpice menu.

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Name

Specify the name for the new profile. This is not a file name.

Inherit From

Specify a simulation model to inherit properties from. The list box displays all of the simulation models in designs open in Capture.

Root Schematic

Shows selected schematic to act as the root for the simulation profile.

New NetGroup / Modify NetGroup dialog box

The New NetGroup or Modify NetGroup dialog boxes displays when you click the Add NetGroup or Modify NetGroup buttons on the NetGroup dialog box.

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NetGroup Name

Enter the name of the NetGroup.

This text box is disabled in the Modify NetGroup dialog.

Apply

Use this button to save the name of the NetGroup.

You cannot add members to a NetGroup, until you have applied the NetGroup name.

Add

Add a member (NetGroup, bus, or scalar) to the NetGroup.

Delete

Delete a NetGroup member.

Rename

Rename a NetGroup member.

UP

Move the NetGroup member position up.

Down

Move the NetGroup member position down.

Rename NetGroup Member dialog box

The Rename NetGroup Member dialog displays when you click the Rename NetGroup button on the New NetGroup or Modify NetGroup dialog boxes.

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Name

Enter the name of the NetGroup member to rename.

When you rename a NetGroup member that is a NetGroup, you need to choose the name of a NetGroup that already exists in this design. Also, the NetGroup to which you rename this member to, must not already exist in the current NetGroup.


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