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

Update Properties dialog box

To open this dialog

In the project manager, choose Update Properties (see Update Properties command) from the Tools menu.

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Scope

Specify whether to process all the properties in the design or just in the selected schematic page or pages.

Mode

Update either instances or occurrences. Capture automatically sets this option based on the project type.

Action

Update parts and Update nets

Specify whether to update the properties of parts or nets.

Use case insensitive compares

Match the combined property string with update properties without regards to case sensitivity.

Convert the update property to uppercase

Convert the case of characters in the update property to uppercase. The update file itself remains unchanged.

Unconditionally update the property (normally only updated if empty)

Unconditionally change the specified property. By default, a property is only updated if it is empty. That is, properties with values already in them are not updated.

Do not change updated properties visibility

Specify that the visibility of the updated properties is not changed

Make the updated property visible

Specify that the updated property is to be made visible.

Make the updated property invisible

Specify that the updated property is to be made invisible.

Create a report file

Specify whether Capture creates a report file.

Report file

Specify a report filename and path.

Property update file

Specify an update file. The update file must be in ASCII format.

Browse

Displays a standard Windows dialog box for selecting files.

User Properties dialog box

To open this dialog

You can use the User Properties dialog box to assign PROPAGATION_DELAY and RELATIVE_PROPAGATION_DELAY properties to all the bits of a bus at the same time. Make sure that the syntax is correct. For more information, see Assigning signal flow properties.

Update Alias dialog box

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Part Aliases

In this section, click the add row icon ( ) to specify a new part alias.

Click the Add Alias button ( ) to add the new alias.

Apply

Click Apply to save the alias. You can see the new alias added to the library in the project manager tab.


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