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OrCAD schematic capture - how best to break up a connector?

I am capturing aircraft wiring diagrams and need to be able to break up connectors with a random number of pins associated with any given connector. The only choices I know of are: placing a whole connector symbol where all the pins are included; placing single pins that are associated to one connector; or creating multiple symbols for a part. What I need is a broken (partial) connector symbol in which I can call up specific pin numbers. If I create multiple symbols for a part I would have very many variants for any given part but I don't see another way of getting to the final result I'm looking for. Any suggestions, ideas or methods would be greatly appreciated.

redwire over 13 years ago

I think you've covered all the bases. The one I prefer is the individual symbol per pin and then block them together on the schematic by functional groups. See the attached JPEG.
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marioi over 13 years ago

Good morning RedWire, That looks great and is very close to what I need. Thanks for the example.
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Frozen001 over 6 years ago in reply to redwire

How is this really accomplished? If each pin a a separate symbol, how do the multiple symbols get mapped to one single connector?
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redwire over 6 years ago in reply to Frozen001

Make a homogeneous part with N number of sections equivalent to the total pins of the connector. Each section contains one pin. Then you use each pin of the main part individually in the schematic. The compiler joins all the sections into the main part.
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