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About this Manual

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Welcome

OrCAD® Capture (henceforth referred to as Capture) is a schematic design tool set for the Windows environment. With Capture, you can draft schematics and produce connectivity and simulation information for printed circuit boards and programmable logic designs.

The OrCAD® Reference Guide describes menu commands, windows, toolbars and dialog boxes available to users via the Capture user interface. This book serves as both a reference manual and the content source for the Capture context-sensitive online Help.

Where to Find Information in this Manual

The OrCAD® Reference Guide contains information on both menu command and dialog boxes available in the Capture environment with convenient cross links.

Menu Commands

The menu commands in Capture are covered across the following chapters (grouped by the section of the environment to which they belong):

Project manager command reference

Schematic page editor and part editor command reference

Session log command reference

Command Window command reference

Window descriptions

The Window descriptions chapter provides a brief description of the different windows available in the Capture environment.

Dialog Box descriptions

The dialog box descriptions are covered in a number of chapters of this guide, grouped alphabetically. Each of the descriptions provides details of how to open the dialog and a description of each of the controls on the dialog.

Where to Find Additional Information

To access additional technical documentation from the OrCAD Capture user interface, display the online Help page by choosing Help – Documentation from the main menu.

How to Contact Technical Support

If you have questions about installing or using OrCAD Capture, contact the Cadence Online Support

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