If you need specific information, like stock number or supplier, on your parts, you can add a property and set the property value in the library. Later, when you place the part in a project, the information is present; there is no need to add information to the placed part.
You can edit parts individually in the part editor, but when you wish to update properties of a number of parts, the Update Properties tool is very convenient. You can use the Update Properties tool to edit any properties except part value and part reference.
Before you run the Update Properties tool, you create an update file as described in Creating an update file. To identify the parts you wish to update, you specify an identifying property or combination of properties called a combined property string. For each combined property string you use, you must create a separate update file and run the Update Properties tool.
To update part properties
- In the Project manager, select schematic folders or schematic pages if you want to process only a portion of the design.
If you want to process the entire design, leave the schematic folders or schematic pages unselected. - Choose Tools - Update Properties command.
The Update Properties dialog box appears. Verify that the dialog box options are set as required.
For example, you specify, among other things, whether you are updating parts or nets, whether you want to overwrite existing property values, and the name and location for the update file.
Unless you select the button to unconditionally update the property, properties that currently hold a property value are not updated. - In the Property Update File box, enter the name and location of the update file.
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Use the Browse button to navigate to the file. - Click OK.
If you edit a library provided by OrCAD, it is important that you assign a new library name so that your changes are not overwritten when you upgrade or update your software.
Capture preserves the case of part names and net names, but ignores the case when comparing names for electrical connection. That means you may use upper-case or lower-case letters as you wish and you need not remember the case.
Capture report files are text files and can be opened in any text editor. You may want to use the tab alignment capability of your word processor to line up reports correctly. Spreadsheets will automatically align the columns of Capture-generated report files.