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Footprint Viewer Not Present / Missing in OrCAD Capture 17.2

kwgilpin

The footprint viewer functionality appears to be missing in OrCAD Capture 17.2.  Can anyone else confirm and/or suggest a fix?

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  • JFuoco
    in reply to mrigashira

    Hi , I just tried to do this and the "Show Footprint" command doesn't do anything. I wonder if it is because I have the tcl script (mentioned above in this thread) installed, and maybe it's blocking the integrated feature? Any ideas?

  • mrigashira
    in reply to JFuoco
    steve said:
    If you have used the tcl file above you need to rename the file capFootprintViewer.tcl to .old or move it away from the capAutoLoad directory, then restart Capture

    Yes, I believe you should try that as mentioned by steve. You might also want to doublecheck the INI file, first, it has to be the one in your %HOME% directory (example: C:\Users\jfuoco\cdssetup\OrCAD_Capture\17.2.0\Capture.ini) and second, the variables and values in the [Footprint Viewer Type] and [Allegro Footprints] sections are correct. 

  • JFuoco
    in reply to mrigashira

    Bingo, that fixed it. Weirdly when I was viewing this thread I hadn't seen the response from but upon renaming the file to .old all is well. Thanks guys!!

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  • JFuoco
    in reply to mrigashira

    Bingo, that fixed it. Weirdly when I was viewing this thread I hadn't seen the response from but upon renaming the file to .old all is well. Thanks guys!!

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