Question about Orcad capture 16.6 CIS BOM output for components not stuff

Hi Colin Liu,

BOM_IGNORE property works in such a way that it does remove the component from Part Manager itself so that it will not be present in any variant. So it is not possible to view the components with BOM_IGNORE property attached to them.

But I have crated below tcl script which modify the footprint value of those components which have property BOM_IGNORE . You can change the lFootPrint  from "smdres" to your desired one.

You need to copy the below line in txt file and save it as change_footprint.tcl file.

Then go to capture command window and type source {<pathtotclfile\change_footprint.tcl >}

# Setting footprint value to component who have property BOM_IGNORE property

set lSession $::DboSession_s_pDboSession
DboSession -this $lSession
set lNullObj NULL
set lStatus [DboState]
set lDesign [$lSession GetActiveDesign]
set lSchi_Name [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString]

set lPart_Name [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString]
set lPart_Name1 [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString]
set lPrpName [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString]
set lPrpValue [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString]
set lPrpType [DboTclHelper_sMakeDboValueType]
set lEditable [DboTclHelper_sMakeInt]
set lDeviceDesignator [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString]
set lFootPrint [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString "smdres"] ; #Set footprint value "smdres"

if {$lDesign != $lNullObj} {
set lSchematicIter [$lDesign NewViewsIter $lStatus $::IterDefs_SCHEMATICS]
#get the first schematic view
set lView [$lSchematicIter NextView $lStatus]
set lPage_Name [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString]
while { $lView != $lNullObj} {
#dynamic cast from DboView to DboSchematic
set lSchematic [DboViewToDboSchematic $lView]
$lSchematic GetName $lSchi_Name
set lPagesIter [$lSchematic NewPagesIter $lStatus]
#get the first page
set lPage [$lPagesIter NextPage $lStatus]
# puts [DboTclHelper_sGetConstCharPtr $lSchi_Name]
while {$lPage!=$lNullObj} {
#placeholder: do your processing on $lPage
$lPage GetName $lPage_Name
# puts [DboTclHelper_sGetConstCharPtr $lPage_Name]
set lPartInstsIter [$lPage NewPartInstsIter $lStatus]
#get the first part inst
set lInst [$lPartInstsIter NextPartInst $lStatus]
while {$lInst != $lNullObj } {

$lInst GetReferenceDesignator $lDeviceDesignator
set lPlacedInst [DboPartInstToDboPlacedInst $lInst]
set lPropsIter [$lPlacedInst NewEffectivePropsIter $lStatus]
set lStatus [$lPropsIter NextEffectiveProp $lPrpName $lPrpValue $lPrpType $lEditable]
while {[$lStatus OK] == 1} {
set lPropName [DboTclHelper_sGetConstCharPtr $lPrpName]
set lPropValue [DboTclHelper_sGetConstCharPtr $lPrpValue]
if {$lPropName eq "BOM_IGNORE"} {

$lPlacedInst SetPCBFootprint $lFootPrint
# puts $lPropValue
puts [DboTclHelper_sGetConstCharPtr $lDeviceDesignator]

}
#get the next effective property
set lStatus [$lPropsIter NextEffectiveProp $lPrpName $lPrpValue $lPrpType $lEditable]
}
delete_DboEffectivePropsIter $lPropsIter
#get the next part inst
set lInst [$lPartInstsIter NextPartInst $lStatus]
}
delete_DboPagePartInstsIter $lPartInstsIter
catch {DboTclHelper_sEvalPage $lPage}
#get the next page
set lPage [$lPagesIter NextPage $lStatus]
}
delete_DboSchematicPagesIter $lPagesIter
set lView [$lSchematicIter NextView $lStatus]
}
#get the next schematic view
delete_DboLibViewsIter $lSchematicIter

} else { puts "No Active Design"}

Hope this helps!

Thanks sir. Got your point. By the way, we also find there is “Exclude prefixes”  function in the UI. I think it should be worked if I add prefix such as "NC_xxx" to components which not stuffed.  But it seems not work when I just type NC in this item. It can work if I type the complete name， for example “NC_R1”, the R1 do not exist in BOM at this time. I guess it may not need to type every component whole name with the same no stuff prefix. Could you please help to check it. Does it have any special format?