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Import Altium Schematic into Orcad Capture

Hi everybody,

I am trying to convert an altium project (both schematic and PCB) into Orcad 17.4.

I am following the guide https://www.orcad.com/sites/orcad/files/resources/files/OrCAD_Altium_Migration_Guide.pdf suggested by Cadence, i saved everything in ASCII format and i have the compiled Altium project with the .PrjPcbStructure file.

I translated the PCB without issues and it is perfect, however, when i try to translate the schematic in Orcad Capture, it crashes everytime. I also tried to use the Altium Schematic to HDL Translator in Orcad PCB designer but it

gives me the following error : "E- Check if license for FET exist!" , "NO License for Project Structure found!".

Can somedoby give me a hint?

Iknow that there are third parties software that can translate the schematic but is not a viable solution for me.

Thanks

0 steve over 5 years ago

Check that you are using the latest version (service packs issued regularly). Go to Help - About and if the version number isn't 17.4-2019 S008 get this from http://support.cadence.com or Download Manager.
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0 SteBotti93 over 5 years ago in reply to steve

Thanks for the answer,

I checked and i have the latest update for both capture and PCB designer. I noticed that capture starts to elaborate the altium schematic informations before crashing but i don't have the possibility to understand which operation causes the crash.
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0 luvishis over 5 years ago

Elgris Technologies, Inc ( www.elgris.com) can translate any Altium schematic to OrCAD Capture or to ConceptHDL ( Allegro Entry HDL)
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0 SteBotti93 over 5 years ago in reply to luvishis

Thanks for the tip,

However, ( i don't want to sound pretentious) i find absurd that i have to pay a third party software to perform an operation that Orcad can natively perform moreover, if the price to complete the whole operation is much larger than the cost of my Orcad license...

I solved my problem by redrawing the schematic from scratch in Capture, wasted two days of work but at least i respected the deadline.

Thanks anyway
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