Orcad X Hierarch Design: how to use child refdes with SUFFIX letters R7-A, R7-B, R7-C, etc??

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I have a hierarchical orcad x design, with one schematic reused four times. 
 I want the resulting refdes's to use letters appended as a suffix, like so: R7 in the child schematic becomes R7-A, R7-B, R7-C, R7-D. 
 
 How do I do this? (this is the default for altium, and it can be done in allegro system capture.... but I can't figger it out in orcad :( Any help appreciated )

Jeet · Accepted Answer

Regarding adding suffix automatically to part references on underlying schematic page in an hierarchical schematic design is not possible in Capture. 
 If the problem is part references are getting duplicated on copying H-blocks, then enabling design level annotation will fix it. Go to Options > Preferences > Miscellaneous and select the Design Level option. Now, any new parts will not get duplicate reference even if they are in duplicate H-blocks.

If you specifically want to append suffix, then you can do it using Excel. You will have to copy the part references from capture to excel in a column and then add the desired suffix letters (e.g., A, B, C, D) to a column next to the part references column. Now, concatenate the part reference column and suffix column to create the child refdes and paste it back in Capture. 
 Hope this helps!

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