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

Remove Occurrence Properties box

To open this dialog

Select a design (.DSN) in the Project manager and choose Remove Occurrence Properties (see Remove Occurrence Properties command) from the Design menu.

Click Yes, if you want to remove all backannotation and occurrence properties from the design. Otherwise, click No.

If you chose to remove all backannotation and occurrence properties from your design, these properties are permanently removed from the design. You cannot undo this action.

Rename Hierarchical Port dialog box

To open this dialog

Select a hierarchical port in a library in the Project manager and choose Rename (see Rename command) from the Design menu.

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Name

Specify the name of the hierarchical port.

Rename Off-Page Connector dialog box

To open this dialog

Select an off-page connector in a library in the Project manager and choose Rename (see Rename command) from the Design menu.

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Name

Specify the name of the off-page connector.

Rename Page dialog box

To open this dialog

Select a schematic page in the Project manager and choose Rename (see Rename command) from the Design menu.

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Name

Specify the name of the schematic page.

Rename Part dialog box

To open this dialog

Select a schematic part in a library in the Project manager an choose Rename (see Rename command) from the Design menu.

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Name

Specify the name of the part.

Rename Part Property dialog box

To open this dialog

Select a design (.DSN) or a schematic page in the Project manager and choose Rename Part Property (see Rename Part Property command) from the Edit menu.

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Find User Property

Type the name of the part property you want to change.

Replace with User Property

Type the name of the part property you want.

Rename Power Symbol dialog box

To open this dialog

Select a power or ground symbol in a library in the Project manager and choose Rename (see Rename command) from the Design menu.

OR

Select a power or ground symbol in the schematic page editor and choose Properties from the Edit menu.

If you rename a power or ground symbol using this dialog box, the name is limited to 31 characters.
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Name

Specify the name of the power or ground symbol.

Rename Schematic dialog box

To open this dialog

Select a schematic folder in the project manager and choose Rename (see Rename command) from the Design menu.

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Name

Specifies the name of the schematic folder.

Rename Title Block dialog box

To open this dialog

Select a title block in a library in the Project manager and choose Rename (see Rename command) from the Design menu.

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Name

Specify the name of the title block.

Replace Cache dialog box

To open this dialog

Select a part in the design cache folder and choose Replace Cache (see Replace Cache command) from the Design menu.

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New Part Name

Specify the part's name. The current name appears in the text box.

If the list of parts is not available in the Part name list box, select a library in the Part Library field.

Part Library

Specify the path and library containing the replacement part. The current path and library appear in the text box.

When you select a library, the Part Name field displays a sorted list of all parts that you can select.

Browse

Display a standard Windows dialog box for selecting files.

Actions

Preserve schematic part properties

Retain all instance and occurrence properties of the schematic part in the design, bringing in the graphics, pins, and package properties from the library.

Replace schematic part properties

Bring in graphics, pins, and package properties from the library, totally replacing the schematic part in the design.

Preserve Refdes

 
Preserve the reference designator of parts and/or symbols that you want to change.
This option is not available for symbols that do not require preserving of the reference designator. For example, if you have selected a title block, off-page connector, h-port, or power ground symbols, the Preserve Refdes check box will be unavailable for selection.

Replace dialog box

To open this dialog

In a text editor window, choose Replace from the Edit menu.

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Find what

Specify the string to be found and replaced.

Replace with

Specify the string to replace the one specified in the Find What option.

Match whole word only

Specify that the search cannot match the Find What string within another word.

Match case

Specify the search must match the case of the string specified in the Find What option.

Find Next

Find the next occurrence of the specified text, without replacing the currently selected string.

Replace

Replace the currently selected string with the one specified in the Replace With option.

Replace All

Replace all occurrences of the string specified in Find what with the string specified in Replace with. The search and replace takes place in the specified section of the file.


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