OrCAD 16.6-2015 PCB Demos
The OrCAD 16.6-2015 celebrates the 30th anniversary of OrCAD® and 30 years of continued investment and innovation of OrCAD technology. New advanced high-speed features now include minimum / maximum and relative propagation, static phase differential pair constraints, delay tuning, heads-up displays. Productivity improvements include Scribble Route, group/contour routing, and via arrays.
Check out the videos below of some of the new functionality.
High-speed Constraints and Routing
New constraint and routing features help you design high-speed nets:
- Relative Propagation Delay: Specify the delay requirements of matched groups
- Static Phase Control: Control the matched length between the nets for differential pairs
- Delay Tune: Interactively add or remove needed length along a trace
- Heads-up Displays: Real-time constraint feedback while editing high-speed nets
Contour Routing
The Contour Routing feature aligns traces along the curved areas of a design during routing; such as the contour of a flex design.
Group Routing
The updated Group Route capability streamlines routing multiple traces at once with improved gather, spacing control, and via patterns.
Net Schedule / T-points
Net Scheduling allows you define specific ordered routing sequences for nets with multiple connections. T-points define the end or branch points along a net allowing each segment to be constrained as needed.
Scribble Routing
Scribble is a simple routing mode that allows you to ‘draw’ a route path for the trace to automatically follow. It provides a quick two-pick methodology to generate complex route paths, along with very controlled usage of push/shove based on the scribble path.
Via Arrays
Via Array functionality allows you to quickly and easily create a matrix or boundary of vias for plane stitching or net shielding. Matrix parameters can be defined to meet needed requirements and vias are added adhering to design DRC constraints.
Menu Optimization
As more features are added to today's PCB design tools, more menu items are being added as well. But are these menu items located in an optimized location? Are they intuitive and easy to find? In the OrCAD 16.6-2015 release, a vastly improved menu structure based feedback from customers helps make your design process smoother and more efficient.
Shape Edit Mode
Shape Edit Mode is a highly tuned editing environment mode designed to increase efficiency with shape boundary editing. With this new function, you can easily implement action like sliding the shape edge, adding a notch or changing the shape corners.
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