OrCAD Capture Frequently Asked Questions

The OrCAD Capture FAQs have been organized into the following categories:

Allegro PCB Editor Flow
Annotation
Backannotation
Packaging
Other
Auto Recovery
Design Reuse
DRC
Editors
Library Editor
Part Editor
Schematic Editor
Property Editor
Import/Export
Miscellaneous
Netlist
Allegro PCB Editor
OrCAD Layout
PSpice
VHDL
Other
Plotting/Printing
PSpice Flow
Project Manager
Reports

1. Using the POWER_GROUP property more>>
2. Taking net properties from OrCAD Capture to Allegro PCB Editor more>>
3. Transferring properties from OrCAD Capture to Allegro SI more>>
4. Transferring Allegro constraints from OrCAD Capture to Allegro PCB Editor more>>
5. How to save space occupied by invisible Power Pins on symbols? more>>
6. Changing the concatenation order of component definition properties more>>
7. How to control primitive names? more>>
8. Where to find information about Allegro properties more>>
9. How to effectively cross-probe between OrCAD Capture and Allegro PCB Editor? more>>

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1. Prerequisite for using the Intersheet References option (1) more>>
2. Prerequisite for using the Intersheet References option (2) more>>
3. WARNING #18001 occurs while annotating the design more>>
4. How to control automatic reference designator assignment on placed parts more>>
5. Page number not incrementing automatically more>>

Backannotation
1. Netnames changed in netlist more>>
2. Backannotating from Layout to OrCAD Capture does not update the properties of all parts more>>
3. Backannotating results in ERROR [GAT0016] Unable to change CU17 to CU12 because CU17 was not found more>>


Packaging
1. Annotating the design does nothing more>>
2. Design will not annotate more>>
3. Differing intersheet page references more>>
4. Device-specific Annotation more>>
5. CAP0023 error when placing hierarchical block more>>


Other
1. Unconditional and incremental annotation in OrCAD Capture more>>

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1. Additional information regarding the DBK file, or backup file for OrCAD Capture designs more>>

1. Copying the contents of a design into a new design more>>
2. DSM0006 error appears when trying to save a OrCAD Capture Release 9.1 or v7.2 file as a v7.0 file more>>
3. Error: [DRC0030] Page name greater than 8 characters more>>
4. Problems archiving library files with a project more>>
5. Problems when archiving project: Archive Error: Unable to copy file more>>

1. Checking for duplicate part references more>>
2. Error finding VHDL files during Design Rules check more>>
3. How do I track nets with multiple names? more>>
4. DRC0007 error: "Net has no driving source" on power pins more>>
5. DRC0008 error concerning off-page connectors more>>
6. DRC0024, DRC0025, and other related errors when running DRC more>>
7. DRC0006 and DRC0007 warning on buses more>>
8. DRC0026 error regarding part reference and package type more>>

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Library Editor
Custom Parts
1. Title Block properties regarding Page Count and Page Number more>>
2. Updating the cache after modifying a library part more>>
3. Creating a custom part from a library part more>>
4. Title block does not appear in library more>>
5. Titleblock missing from library more>>


Part Editor
1. TLK0008 copy data to the clipboard failed more>>
2. Changing the visibility of pin names or pin numbers more>>
3. Long pin number moves toward part body when placing part on schematic page more>>
4. Changing font style and size for pin number or name on a part more>>
5. Verifying pin assignments more>>
6. Problems copying a single part to a new library more>>
7. How do I turn Snap to Grid off in Part Editor? more>>


Schematic Editor
1. Updating part properties in a design from library properties more>>



Schematic Part Editor
1. Why power pins sometimes have gray connection squares more>>
2. Displaying or printing a hierarchical block path on a page in a complex hierarchy more>>
3. Adding or modifying properties using more than one matching property as update criteria more>>
4. Objects are placed off grid after moving a group selection more>>
5. Moving groups of objects causes undesired results more>>
6. Problems when assigning package property numbers greater than 126 to pin groups more>>


Property Editor
1. Net connectivity recalculations too slow in designs with large buses more>>
2. Changing the Revision Code or Revision Number on all pages at once more>>
3. Cannot change name of off-page connector more>>
4. Deleting wire contained within boundaries of hierarchical block more>>
5. Bus does not connect to hierarchical port more>>
6. How to set up the order of the columns in the property editor more>>
7. Setting order of schematic nets in the property editor more>>
8. Changing package designators while placing a part more>>
9. Rotating title blocks in a schematic more>>
10. Editing the reference designator through the text element more>>
11. Copying Layout and net properties in OrCAD Capture more>>
12. Problems placing a hierarchical block, error CAP0019 more>>
13. Hierarchical attachments and referenced child schematic pages more>>
14. Mixing power symbols with off page connectors to designate global nets more>>

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1. Properties not getting included in the export file (.exp) more>>
2. IMP0023/IMP0010 errors while creating an export file (.exp) more>>
3. ERROR IMP0018: (Line #) Line has more fields than previous HEADER line more>>
4. Export a design in PDF more>>
5. ERROR[IMP0001] (Line#) Page not found. more>>
6. Is it possible to import several EDIF designs into OrCAD Capture at the same time? more>>



DXF
1. How do I import DXF files into OrCAD Capture? more>>
2. Unable to export a design in DXF format more>>
3. Invalid path error when exporting to DXF more>>


PDF
1. Versions of PCAD that can be imported into OrCAD Capture more>>


EDIF
1. Pin numbers not appearing correctly when exporting EDIF to Xilinx 2.1 more>>


Part and Pin Properties
1. ERROR IMP0010: (Line #) Unrecognized object type or object not found; must be one of PARTINST,PININST,...... more>>
2. Exporting and importing library properties more>>
3. Error when updating properties more>>
4. Importing parts as multi-packaged devices more>>
5. Exporting and importing properties between OrCAD Capture and Excel more>>
6. Using Generate Part to create an FPGA more>>

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Miscellaneous

1. Unable to open Microsoft MSDN C code development documentation after installing OrCAD Capture more>>
2. Adding VHDL samples more>>
3. Changing language format of the Title Block text more>>
4. Why is the Find command much slower in OrCAD Capture ver. 10.3? more>>
5. Annotation gets reset for an external design more>>
6. Copying and pasting schematic page contents to a Microsoft Word document more>>
7. Error while plotting from OrCAD Capture more>>
8. Changing font and font-size of pin names in part library more>>
9. Problem while wiring parts more>>
10. Problem while accessing Online Help (.chm) file from a machine on network more>>

Netlist

Allegro PCB Editor
1. ERROR(305) while importing netlist to Allegro PCB Editor more>>
2. Unable to create Allegro PCB Editor netlist more>>
3. ALG0036 error while creating an Allegro PCB Editor netlist more>>
4. Netlisting and back annotation using OrCAD Capture or OrCAD Capture CIS with Allegro PCB Editor more>>
5. Some clarification on Allegro netlisters in OrCAD Capture more>>
6. Unable to gererate a third-party Allegro PCB Editor netlist from the Accessories menu is OrCAD Capture more>>


OrCAD Layout
1. MNL0024 error while creating a OrCAD Layout netlist more>>
2. Update COMPSIDE using Auto ECO/Override Coordinates more>>
3. Passing net widths from OrCAD Capture to OrCAD Layout more>>
4. MNL0019 error while creating an OrCAD Layout netlist more>>


PSpice
1. OrCAD Capture crashes with ERROR:XLT0009 creating PSpice netlist more>>
2. No PSpice menu in analog or mixed signal circuit project more>>


VHDL
1. Passing generics in a VHDL netlist by using attributes on schematic parts more>>
2. VHDL files not getting merged when creating a VHDL netlist in OrCAD Capture more>>
3. Errors importing an OrCAD Capture EDIF netlist into Xilinx v2.1i and 3.2.05i more>>
4. Errors when creating an EDIF or a VHDL netlist more>>
5. Warning : [Load112] "no entity or package named" when generating a part more>>
6. Issues with instance and occurrence properties when creating a VHDL or an EDIF netlist more>>
7. Error trying to generate part from a VHDL netlist or model more>>


Other
1. Error while creating a netlist in OrCAD Capture 9.2.3 more>>
2. Controlling text-case of hierarchical pins in a verilog netlist more>>
3. Netlist not getting generated correctly more>>
4. Blocking a schematic part from going to a netlist more>>
5. Determining the pin count in a design more>>
6. Carriage return in property value causes XLT0009 error more>>
7. Getting [NET0004] or [NET0006] errors when trying to create a netlist more>>
8. FMT0012 Can't open first output file more>>
9. Error when creating netlist more>>
10. FMT0023 error creating a netlist. The design also contains parts with bus pins. more>>
11. Identical net aliases at different levels of hierarcy more>>
12. Which netlist to use for viewing the connections to different parts on the design? more>>

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Printing/Plotting

Settings
1. Behavior of offsets in printing or plotting more>>

PSpice Flow

1. Deleting property from the PARAM part more>>
2. Error while invoking Model Editor from OrCAD Capture more>>
3. PSpice project opens in text editor instead of project manager more>>
4. Opening PSpice (ver. 7 or 8) schematic files in OrCAD Capture more>>
5. Using OrCAD Capture 10.0 and PSpice Studio together more>>

Project Manager

Project Type
1. Setting up your default project type for new projects more>>
2. Programmable Logic Wizard is not enabled after install. more>>


Specification/configuration
1. How can I force OrCAD Capture to use a specific initialization file? more>>
2. Product configuration more>>
3. No design processing functions available on the Tools menu more>>
4. Problems using a capture.ini file in a specified location more>>
5. Bias point displays appear off-page more>>

Reports

BOM
1. [BOM0019] Include file match key not found partRef, line lineNum. more>>
2. Bill of Materials (.bom) file doesn't contain title block information more>>
3. Ext0011 Unable to write file error message while trying to create Bill of Materials more>>
4. Issues with heterogeneous parts, user properties, and the Bill of Materials( BOM ) more>>

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