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Locate a component by its reference on PCB - possible ?

pyohayo

Hello,

Locate a component on PCB (with zoom on it) by its refernce on is very useful function, especially on complex PCBs with thousands nets/components. But it seems that this feature is missed in OrCAD Allegro (or it's hiden by some sophisticated interface).

When I specify the component reference in the Find by Name entry (please, see the picture in attachment), nothing happens !

Moreover, when I move cursor out, the entered text disappears !!!

Is it bug, or I missed something ?

Thanks in advance.

Pavel.

  • Roger BFS

    Pavel,

    As initially suggested by oldmouldy, check out the rather long thread-discussion-analysis on this forum regarding the "Find/Zoom" operation.  No need to repeat.

    /forums/t/23167.aspx?PageIndex=1

    Regards,

    Roger

  • pyohayo

    Indeed it also works. After clicking on "Show element" zoom option became activated. Then when I type component reference in the "Find by Name" (followed by Enter), the component is zoomed and "Show Element" window opens (window where are displayed different parameters of the component -  Reference, Package, Device Type, Value, etc.). But once activated, "Show element" remains active: recurring clicks on "Show element" have no effects. But, of course it's minor drawback.

    Regards.

    Pavel.

  • ScottCad

    A very handy Macro from a prior discussion assigned to the f key. Add this to your env file to find symbols by reference dez.

    Works Great !

    funckey f "prepopup ; pop dyn_option_select 'Selection set@:@Clear all selections' ;set prompt ; prompt 'Find Ref Des' ; refdes $prompt ; zoom selection"

    You can also modify it to find nets, in this case it uses the n key.

    funckey n "prepopup ; pop dyn_option_select 'Selection set@:@Clear all selections' ;set prompt ; prompt 'Find Net Name' ; net $prompt ; zoom selection"

    Thanks Scott

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