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Preferred Method to Indicate Non-Populated Components

David Yackman

What is the preferred method for indicating components that aren't populated in OrCAD Capture 16.6?  Do I just simply add text next to the schematic symbol that says "Do Not Populate", or is there something in the property editor that I can add or change so that the component shows that it shouldn't be populated when I generate the BOM? 

 I can manually make the changes to the bill of materials as well as the schematic, I was just wondering if there was some feature of OrCAD that could handle this for me.

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    Typically I  just enter N.U.T.A for the part value which means "Not Used This Assembly" When you generate the bom the N.U.T.A stands out pretty good.

    Thanks Scott

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    Using Part manager, make a subgroup called <what ever you want>, I use DNP.

    Place the parts in there from the common parts, right click on them and select Mark as Not Present.

    Make a variant and drop the subgroups into it.

    Go to schematic and View menu. Select Variant View (at the bottom).

    All the DNP parts will be labeled with DNP instead of part values.

    To set what gets displayed for the DNP text, Configure Database, Administrative Preferences tab - Part Not Present Display Value.  Enter the text you want to be displayed for this.

    To get a PDF with DNP values: View, Variant View.  Then File, Export, PDF.

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