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Possible to Tile Schematic Pages in Orcad X Professional

msenick

For years, using OrCAD work-supplied software I was to be able to tile pages within a schematic in the workspace, even from different designs, so that could do a side by side comparison. For instance, I might have page A which has control switches and a connector, and page B which has the mating connector and the devices which are connected to the connector, so that signals may be easily traced.

However, in my self-owned copy of OrCAD X (and back to 17.2) the three small buttons in upper RH corner of the page (minimize, maximize, close:  ) which would allow you to tile the pages no longer exist, only have a tab for each page which allows only a single page to be viewed at one time, cannot open two or more simultaneously.

Is there some way to enable this capability in X? It would make it much easier to look at two different schematic pages to trace signal flows between them.

  • msenick
    0 in reply to DH202507237422

    Unfortunately not. I sure wish there were, but AFAIK there is no way to do that. I used to be able to do it with our corporate OrCAD tool when I worked for WD, but the non-corporate OrCAD X Pro version doesn't seem to have that capability. I think that is what RG13 referenced in his response.

  • RFinley
    0

    If my understanding of how everything works is correct, you just need to keep 17.2 installed and use that CIS for schematic compares. 

    I have not seen a compatibility issue with a CIS DSN or OLB from 16.3 to 24.1.

    But, long story short, I still use 16.6 until Windows 11 migration kills our fascination with MGC PADS.   I have 16.6, 22.1 and 24.1 with 22.1 being the last version to directly open 16.x on the same machine and just have to avoid trying to crossprobe across generations.

  • JCTEYSSIER0
    0 in reply to RFinley

    Do you run 16.6 on a windows 11 computer?

    Not yet migrated but this day is not far.

    I still do not know if 16.6 or 17.2 still work on win11 (cadence say "no", of course, but what in real life?)

  • DH202507237422
    0 in reply to Jeet

    It looks like it is possible, although  not as convenient as older versions. See the answer to my question  "How to tile schematic windows in Orcad X".

    community.cadence.com/.../1406385

  • RFinley
    0 in reply to JCTEYSSIER0

    16.6 does not install on windows 11. 

    16.6 was used solely to convert back and forth to MGC PADS for people who are no longer with us.

    Tiling schematic pages came with 17.2.

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