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Why are things installing that I can't use due to the license we bought?

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We recently bought a seat of OrCadX, just the plain, no-frills version, but after installation there are lots of programs showing that we can't run due to our license.

Why did it install everything even though we only have access to a small fraction of it? What are we supposed to be able to see after installation?

Another issue I'm facing is that the software doesn't seem to have the ability to see network shares, only local directories unless I type the "\\" and the name of the network address.

Is this normal, or is the installation even more fouled up?

My company backs up several times a day, and requires things like the library, and workspaces to be on network locations, so it can back it up.

I see a library explorer but that isn't able to be used? How does one see what is in the library outside of being in the layout software? Is there any way?

This separate padstack setup is the hardest thing to get my head around, why aren't they part of the footprint? Are you able to have footprint libraries divided into folders so you don't need to weed through everything any time you want to configure a footprint?

I used to use OrCAD CIS in conjunction with a PADS layout package and it seemed exponentially easier doing that compared to this.Is there an easier way to do this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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    To clarify, could you please provide the following details:

    1. What version of OrCAD X you have installed on your system?
    2. Which specific programs or features within OrCAD X that you are having trouble accessing or viewing?
    3. Where exactly are you using the double backslash (\\) notation within the OrCAD X software?

  • 0 in reply to Jeet

    24.1, installed in June of this year

    The start menu shows all of these entries:

    ---Cadence OrCAD X and Allegro X 24.1 ---
    Capture CIS 24.1
    Design Entry HDL 24.1
    FPGA System Planner 24.1
    OrCAD X PCB Presto 24.1
    PCB Editor 24.1
    Project Manager 24.1
    PSpice AD 24.1
    PSpice Advanced Analysis 24.1
    System Architect 24.1
    System Capture 24.1

    ---Cadence PCB Utilities 24.1---
    Design Entry HDL Rules Checker 24.1
    DesignTrue DFM Rule Aggregator 24.1
    DFA Spreadsheet Editor 24.1
    DFA Symbol Update 24.1
    Library Explorer 24.1
    Model Integrity 24.1
    Padstack Editor 24.1
    PCB DB Doctor 24.1
    PSpice Magnetic Parts Editor 24.1
    PSpice Model Editor 24.1
    PSpice Simulation Manager 24.1
    PSpice Stimulus Editor 24.1
    SigWave 24.1
    SigXplorer 24.1

    The only ones that run are those I've Bolded & Italicized

    I figured out there is a setting that defaults the file access to be very limited and to not allow the use of  Windows File Manager. After I changed that I was able to see the directories, but then I found out that Orcad doesn't like spaces in the directory names. It is 2025, right?

    Why did the installation add all these shortcuts to the start menu when I can't use them?

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