Creating Parts

Which version and license of the tool you are using at your end?

I tried with OrCAD X Capture 24.1 ISR 3, I am able to see Component under Place menu.

Also, shortcut M is working at my end.

I am using OrCad_Capture_CIS option + OrCad_PCB_Designer  17.4-2019 SO18 (3945310) [5/16/2021] Windows SPB 64-bit Edition.

This is what I see under the Place tab:

Effectively, I can not create new parts.

I am a new user at this company.  No prior users are still with the company.  I am stuck.

Place > Search Providers is an option for me under the Place tab, but I need to create parts in my library.  As I understand from the tutorials, that is done using Component Explorer which is initiated from Place > Component Explorer.  However, under my place tab, there is no Component option.

Are these tutorials for 17.4?!?

Also, are they for OrCAD or Allegro?

The tutorials I have reviewed are for OrCad 17.4.  I think that Place > Component > Component Explorer is not there because some librarian related workflow is intervening.  There must be a workaround.

Can you try with 24.1 version of OrCAD Capture ?

Hi. In Orcad CIS it is possible to create new symbols/Parts locally, however these parts will not be in the CIS database.

I cant really see your picture so I don't know for sure if you are using the CIS Database or not. To test this open a schematic and on the tool bar click place database part. If CIS is configured you should see a new window pop up with the parts in your database. If this does not work it could be that your database is on a remote PC and you need permissions to access the database or CIS is not configured at all.

The more immediate option would be to create symbols/parts locally instead. The easy way is to do this is to open one of the preinstalled capture libraries under your cadence folder and just add a new symbol to it or modify an existing one and save it out. You could also create a new library and create parts from scratch. To do this open capture and choose File > New Library. The library files in capture have a .olb extension when saved and should reside locally on your pc within the folder you saved them to.

To add new parts to the database you would need a tool so as to edit the database tables. There is an optional product called CIP which allows adding new parts to the database. There are other methods too if the actual database was based on something like an excel spreadsheet or access database.

Probably the first thing would be to determine if the CIS Database is configured or not.

Best regards

Hi. In Orcad CIS it is possible to create new symbols/Parts locally, however these parts will not be in the CIS database.

I cant really see your picture so I don't know for sure if you are using the CIS Database or not. To test this open a schematic and on the tool bar click place database part. If CIS is configured you should see a new window pop up with the parts in your database. If this does not work it could be that your database is on a remote PC and you need permissions to access the database or CIS is not configured at all.

The more immediate option would be to create symbols/parts locally instead. The easy way is to do this is to open one of the preinstalled capture libraries under your cadence folder and just add a new symbol to it or modify an existing one and save it out. You could also create a new library and create parts from scratch. To do this open capture and choose File > New Library. The library files in capture have a .olb extension when saved and should reside locally on your pc within the folder you saved them to.

To add new parts to the database you would need a tool so as to edit the database tables. There is an optional product called CIP which allows adding new parts to the database. There are other methods too if the actual database was based on something like an excel spreadsheet or access database.

Probably the first thing would be to determine if the CIS Database is configured or not.

Best regards

True, however you can always add it to the database through Derive DataBase Part

Yes indeed, that can work if there is a suitable part and footprint within the existing DB so as to derive something new from. However
if nothing exists like a totally new category then one would need a method to access the physical database directly through a front end such as CIP by way of an example.

Best regards.