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Newbie on PCB Editor

sympatique

Hello everyboby !!!

 

I am newbie on PCB editor , I have make my shematic with Orcad Capture CIS, And I really don't know where to retrive the

information on how to transfer my shematic on the PCB Editor.  I have made the cross reference report, design rules check, and

the netlist...

I work with version 16.0

Thank you for reading my mesage.

Thank you for your help.

 

  • BillZ

    Hi

    In the Capture help there is a section learning OrCAD Capture. Select the lesson OrCAD Capture to PCB Editor design flow. There are detailed step by step instructions on how to create and Import a capture netlist into PCB Editor.

    Regards,

    BillZ

    EMA Design Automation  

  • John Davies
    I have found this to be a convenient way of creating a board.

    1. Start PCB Editor and use the New Board Wizard (menu "File > New"; set "drawing type" to "Board (Wizard)") to set up the bare board (outlines, design rules and so on). Make an allegro subdirectory, save the bare board in this and quit from PCB Editor.

    2. Create a netlist in Capture for PCB Editor. Select the bare board for the "Input Board File" and use a different name for the Output Board File. This will merge your schematic with the bare board and open PCB Editor.

    The Flow Tutorial suggests that you send the netlist to PCB Editor first, then set up the outline and design rules. I find that the wizard makes the procedure above easier but the outcome is the same.
  • tltoth

    Don't forget that all pin in Capture part has to be numbered.

    PCB Editor accepts only numbered pin parts.

  • John Davies
    Another point is that all pins on a component must either be connected or explicitly marked as not connected. You should place "No connect" symbols on all unconnected pins in Capture. If the symbol in capture does not show all the physical pins of the components, you must add the NC (no connect) property to the component for the unused pins. For example, a single op-amp often uses 7 pins of an 8-pin package, leaving pin 8 unused. This is all explained in the Capture User's Guide, chapter 14 on Using Capture with PCB Editor. Personally I think that the libraries supplied by Cadence should have the NC property correctly assigned, but this does not seem to have been done.
  • sympatique

    Thank you to all for your help. Thank to John Davies, titoth and BillZ.

    I made the netlist process and it seem to goes so far so good.  I have some ERRORS ... (device library errors) telling me JEDEC_TYPE property ' **********' is illegal. 'Package name has invalid characters or is too long' 

    For exemples : 'DIP.100/88/w.300/l.450'    or 'AXRC05"   How can I change thode library and having the good Footprint.  Especially for the discrete part. I made a good way to now... after this issue i think that it will be easier.

    Thank you for your help..

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