Unable to create simulation profile without crashing

You have selected the wrong tier of license...Do you have simulation license..if so then switch to that license and then create simulation profile

Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately this does not appear to be the case. I have the full license that I have previously used. Do you think it could be some server issue that I can't connect to the license server? If so, it's a shame there's no proper error message.  

Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately this does not appear to be the case. I have the full license that I have previously used. Do you think it could be some server issue that I can't connect to the license server? If so, it's a shame there's no proper error message.  

This isn't a license issue. Maybe the project which you are working on is causing the schematic tool to crash.

1. Check with different files or use demo designs available by default in Allegro and simulate them. If it works fine then try renaming your project file and delete output files under project hierarchy.

2. If the same thing happens for default designs too then rename capture.ini this may solve the issue

Thanks for the follow-up suggestions. The issue appears with all designs (old and new ones from scratch). I was in contact with Cadence support and they told me to do the following which eventually worked:

3. Update to the latest patch
4. Close Capture, PSpice and other Cadence tools which are running.
5. Open ask Manager and make sure that none of the below processes are running. If they are running, end them manually.
   1. MrKSrvr.exe
   2. PSpiceExplorerSrvr.exe
   3. Simmgr.exe
   4. SimSrvr.exe
   5. Pspice.exe
   6. Capture.exe
6. Now restart the machine and rename pspice.ini(%HOME%\cdssetup\OrCAD_PSpice\17.2.0\pspice.ini) to psipce_old.txt and capture.ini(%HOME%\cdssetup\OrCAD_Capture\17.2.0\capture.ini) to capture_old.txt.
7. Now, in start menu type regedit and click on registry editor to open it. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Orcad\ and delete the CaptureWorkSpace and CaptureWorkSpaceEx folders.

Hi Krakos,

After following those steps were you able to perform simulation ??

yes

Hi Krakos,

I´m having the same problem and using this procedure help to make it work couple of times, but the problem appeared again. Every time it appeared I had to do the whole procedure again and again.

I´m not sure what is causing it, and I don´t know if you know what cause it in you situation, some info that could help me out.