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Bug in Capture: Properties Spreadsheet

Allan M
Allan M over 10 years ago

Hi all,

This is a hard bug to describe.  I have a complex multi-page schematic.  No heirarchical blocks, just multiple pages, off-page connects and refdes control (page number prefixes for ref des).  I select all the components in a particular page, (i.e. selection filter set to parts only), right-click on one of the selected parts and click on Edit Properties to bring up the property spreadsheet.  I then sort by the value column (double-click the column header).  I then change a value of one part and then drag the value into multiple cells (i.e. drag the little plus sign on the bottom-right corner of the first cell).  The problem is that more than one column gets changed.  I wanted the value to change but another column somewhere to the left gets changed as well as if I dragged the top cell contents to lower cells on that column as well.

This bug has caused a big headache for me as I use the value field for components that have values, such as resistors or capacitors, but for ICs or connectors, etc. I put a dummy value in this field (that I filter out later in the BOM output) and create a part number property to display on the schematic (helps with BOM generation).  When I do the drag operation to the value field, all my part numbers get changed.  I have lost several hours of work due to this bug.

I tried a to create a dummy design and could not reproduce the bug.  It does not always happen either.  The bug seems intermittent (or perhaps I am unable to identify what characteristics are present to make the bug happen).

Has anyone else encountered this?

Regards

Allan

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  • Allan M
    Allan M over 10 years ago
    I forgot: My configuration is OrCad PCB Designer Professional Version 16.6-2015 on Win7-64
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