Orcad Capture User's Guide

1 Orcad CaptureUser s Page 1 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 12:08 PMCadence PCB Systems Division13221 SW 68th Parkway, Suite 200 Portland, OR 97223 Copyright 1985-2000 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All rights ad e ma r ksAllegro, Ambit, BuildGates, Cadence, Cadence logo, Concept, Diva, Dracula, Gate Ensemble, NC Verilog, OpenBook online documentation library, Orcad , Orcad Capture , PSpice, SourceLink online customer support, SPECCTRA, Spectre, Vampire, Verifault-XL, Verilog, Verilog-XL, and Virtuoso are registered trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, , Assura, Cierto, Envisia, Mercury Plus, Quickturn, Radium, Silicon Ensemble, and SPECCTRAQ uest are trademarks of Cadence Design Systems.

2 Is a service mark of Cadence Design Systems, other brand and product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and are registered trademarks, trademarks, or service marks of their respective edition 31 May 2000 Cadence PCB Systems Division (PSD) officesPSD main office (Portland)(503) 671-9500 PSD Irvine office(949) 788-6080 PSD Japan office81-45-682-5770 PSD UK office44-1256-381-400 PSD customer support(877) 237-4911 PSD web customer support web customer support email Page 2 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 12:08 PMContentsContents iiiBefore you begin xviiWelcome.

3 XviiHow to use this Guide .. xviiiSymbols and conventions .. xviiiRelated documentation .. xixPart OneCapture basicsGetting started 3 Chapter 1 Starting Capture .. 3 The Capture session frame .. 4 The Capture work environment 5 Chapter 2 The project manager .. 6 Project manager folders .. 6 Project manager tabs File and Hierarchy .. 9 Single view .. 9 Flat and hierarchical designs .. 10 Project manager pop-up menus .. 10 The schematic page editor .. 11 The part editor .. 12 The programmer s editor.

4 13 The session log .. 14 The toolbar .. 16 Displaying or hiding the toolbar .. 18 The tool palettes .. 19 The schematic page editor tool palette .. 19 The part editor tool palette .. Page iii Tuesday, May 23, 2000 12:08 PMContentsivDisplaying or hiding a tool palette .. 24 The status bar .. 25 Left field .. 25 Center field .. 25 Right field .. 25 Displaying or hiding the status bar .. 26 Selecting and deselecting objects .. 27 Grouping objects .. 29 Editing properties.

5 30 Instance and occurrence properties .. 31 Instance properties .. 31 Occurrence properties .. 31 The Browse spreadsheet editor .. 32 The property editor .. 35 The property editor window .. 36 The property editor Filter menu .. 40 Using the property editor .. 43 The Package Properties spreadsheet editor .. 46 Moving and resizing graphic objects .. 48 Undoing, redoing, and repeating an action .. 49 Using the Accessories menu .. 51 Starting a project 51 Chapter 3 Creating new projects, designs, libraries, and VHDL files.

6 52 Opening existing projects, designs, libraries, and VHDL files .. 55 Working with files in a project .. 57 Saving projects, designs, and libraries .. 58 Closing a project .. 59 Archiving a project .. 61 Setting up your project 63 Chapter 4 Defining your preferences .. 65 Defining colors/print options .. 66 Controlling the grid .. 68 Setting pan and zoom .. 69 Defining selection options .. 71 Setting miscellaneous options .. 73 Setting text editor options .. 76 Setting up your project template.

7 78 Setting up fonts for new projects .. 79 Defining title block information .. Page iv Tuesday, May 23, 2000 12:08 PMContentsvSetting the schematic page size for new projects .. 82 Defining the grid reference .. 84 Defining the default hierarchy option for new projects .. 86 Setting up compatibility with Orcad s Schematic Design Tools (SDT) 87 Changing properties of existing projects .. 88 Assigning fonts .. 89 Defining hierarchy .. 89 Using Capture with SDT .. 89 Viewing design information.

8 90 Viewing and connecting to invisible power pins .. 91 Changing properties of existing schematic pages .. 92 Changing page size .. 92 Setting up new grid references .. 93 Viewing miscellaneous schematic page properties .. 93 Printing and plotting 95 Chapter 5 Printing or plotting schematic pages .. 96 Printing or plotting parts or packages .. 97 Printing the session log and text editor windows .. 98 Previewing printer or plotter output .. 99 Scaling printer or plotter output .. 100 Special considerations for plotting.

9 101 Plotter pen colors .. 101 Part TwoCreating designsDesign structure 105 Chapter 6 Flat designs .. 106 Hierarchical designs .. 107 Simple hierarchical designs .. 107 Complex hierarchies .. 109 Connecting schematic folders and schematic pages .. 110 Hierarchical blocks .. 110 Hierarchical ports .. 111 Hierarchical pins .. 111 Off-page connectors .. 112An example: creating a simple hierarchy .. 113 Placing, editing, and connecting parts and symbols 115 Chapter 7 Placing and editing parts.

10 Page v Tuesday, May 23, 2000 12:08 PMContentsviPlacing parts .. 118 Place Part dialog box .. 121 Most Recently Used (MRU) part list .. 124 Searching for parts .. 125 Editing parts .. 125 Placing and editing power and ground symbols .. 128 Placing power and ground symbols .. 128 Place Power and Place Ground dialog boxes .. 130 Editing power and ground symbols .. 131 Placing and editing no-connect symbols .. 132 Placing no-connect symbols .. 132 Editing no-connect symbols .. 133 Placing and editing hierarchical blocks.