Align Components

OrCAD is a brand, are you refering to Capture, Layout or PCB Editor products?

Sorry, I'm using Orcad PCB Designer 16.0.  I'm new to Orcad.  I used Pcad and it had a align command where you could select multipal parts and align them on a grid with each other. Does Orcad have that option?

Thanks 

I believe there's a skill routine that aligns components however I am not sure if OrCAD PCB Designer supports it (try it out - the routine can be downloaded from sourcelink if it exists).

The "align_sym" routine mentioned is in the SKILL library on SourceLink, your Channel Partner should be able to provide credentials to configure an access account for in maintenance customers. OrCAD PCB Editor can run SKILL rroutines but there is no means to effectively debug them.

Otherwise you can use the "place_txt.txt" file method. Place one of the components to be aligned, if the components are not already placed. Then File>Export>Placement, will create a "place_txt.txt" file. Attack this with a text editor, set the required X and Y locations in the file, if any of the parts are not yet placed, add their references, symbols and required locations, as for the other records. Save the "place_txt.txt" file. Go back to the PCB Editor session, use File>Import>Placement, point to the "place_txt.txt" file and the components will be placed (Note: you may need to unplace the components for the placement to take effect, I cannot recall this detail!)

The place_txt.txt method works great!!!!  Thank you VERY much for the suggestion!