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Orcad Library Share

RGrimes
RGrimes over 14 years ago

Hello,

I am not an Orcad user, just a simple IT guy trying to get Orcad setup for the few EE's we have at my company. My company purchased PCB Design and didn't opt for CIS. We are coming from Mentor Graphics where we had the ability to save library files in a network share and point the application to that share when opening projects. I have gone through some of the tutorials and read some forums and it is pretty obvious CIS is typcially used when sharing/maintaining library files. CIS isn't an option for us though since we only have a couple EE's using these files and the cost can't be justified. I realize there is a concern about file management and data loss, but I am just curious if there is any way to simply save library files in one location and have the EE's point their Orcad PCB design application to that by default?? If so, how would one accomplish this?

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  • Alok Tripathi
    Alok Tripathi over 14 years ago

    I believe you are looking for a way to configure OrCAD Capture part and symbol library for subsequent execution or usages. One simple way to accomplish this is by adding/updating following section in Capture.ini.

    [Part Selector Configured Libraries]
    Number of Configured Libraries=2
    Library0=\\PC-windows\CADENCE\SPB_16.5\TOOLS\CAPTURE\LIBRARY\Arithmetic.OLB
    Library1=\\PC-windows\CADENCE\SPB_16.5\TOOLS\CAPTURE\LIBRARY\FIFO.OLB
    [Symbol Selector Configured Libraries]
    Number of Configured Libraries=3
    Library0=D:\Cadence\SPB_16.5\tools\Capture\Library\PSpice\source.olb
    Library1=\\windows\Cadence\SPB_16.5\tools\capture\library\Discrete.olb
    Library2=D:\Cadence\SPB_16.5\tools\capture\LIBRARY\CAPSYM.OLB

    Hope this helps.

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  • Alok Tripathi
    Alok Tripathi over 14 years ago

    I believe you are looking for a way to configure OrCAD Capture part and symbol library for subsequent execution or usages. One simple way to accomplish this is by adding/updating following section in Capture.ini.

    [Part Selector Configured Libraries]
    Number of Configured Libraries=2
    Library0=\\PC-windows\CADENCE\SPB_16.5\TOOLS\CAPTURE\LIBRARY\Arithmetic.OLB
    Library1=\\PC-windows\CADENCE\SPB_16.5\TOOLS\CAPTURE\LIBRARY\FIFO.OLB
    [Symbol Selector Configured Libraries]
    Number of Configured Libraries=3
    Library0=D:\Cadence\SPB_16.5\tools\Capture\Library\PSpice\source.olb
    Library1=\\windows\Cadence\SPB_16.5\tools\capture\library\Discrete.olb
    Library2=D:\Cadence\SPB_16.5\tools\capture\LIBRARY\CAPSYM.OLB

    Hope this helps.

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