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Different GND symbols in OrCAD Capture

Hi experts,

I'm working on board, which has a GND structure like below. While I found even the symbol name is different (GND_A, GND_B), while the net name is all "0". Can you tell me how to solve this problem?

Thanks

Chris

oldmouldy over 9 years ago

The "0" symbol is design to use with the PSpice simulator which needs a "0" node to function, it was placed in the "capsym" library for convenience. If you use this, instead of the "regular" power symbols, it has an overriding "NodeName" property, value of "0", from the library definition. It would probably be best to replace this symbol in the Design Cache with one of the regular power symbols and then check the power connections in the schematics.
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ChrisZhao over 9 years ago

Thanks for your comments, I'd like to use the regular power symbols, while I don't know how to differentiate the GND_A, GND_B and GND_C in my design,
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oldmouldy over 9 years ago

You could display the Name property to distinguish them, if you want a different graphical appearance, you would need to design you own Power Symbols, in a library, New Symbol, Type Power Symbol.
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ChrisZhao over 9 years ago

I displayed the name of property of GND, it worked.

Thank you very much!

Chris
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