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OrCad Capture Netlist generation - Customizing Part Name

vitoal18t

Is it possible to customize the Part Name, as it appears in pstxprt.dat (NETLIST generated by OrCad). 

It seems to take several schematic part properties, such as footprint, symbol name, and others to create a really long and hopefully unique Part Name. 

However, in my case the Part Name gets too long and then it gets truncated to something that doesn't make sense.

There is probably a field or config somewhere to set-up what properties are taken from OrCAD to create unique Part Name in the net list. 

Thank you!

  • steve
    You can add a new property to a part called Device with the required value (unique - this is key if not unique the netlist will fail) and then that is used as the Device_Type when netlisted. More recommended you can also stop the Device_Type being truncated from Tools - Create Netlist then click on the Setup button and adjust the DEvice/Net/PIn Name Char Limit to 255 (max for PCB Editor). Capture then can build the names itself. You can also set this to be default in 17.2 from Options - Preferences - More Preferences - Netlist and enable the Apply Allegro Character Limits on all projects.
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