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

Placing IEEE Symbols

You can place IEEE symbols to represent mechanical components. Remember that these symbols do not have an effect when you generate a netlist for your schematic.

To place an IEEE symbol in the part editor

  1. From the Place menu, choose the IEEE Symbol command. The Place IEEE Symbol dialog box appears.
  2. From the Select IEEE Symbols list, select a symbol. The symbol appears in the preview box.
  3. Select the required symbol and click OK. The symbol is attached to your pointer.
  4. Use the mouse to move the symbol and click the left mouse button to place the symbol.
  5. Select the selection tool to dismiss the symbol tool or repeat step 4 to place additional symbols.

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