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How to Reorder a Component's Part Properties (Property Editor) in OrCAD CIS 17.2

ctocci

Hi,

In previous versions of OrCAD Schematic Capture, upon double-clicking on any component, one could manually change the order of any attribute simply by using the mouse and dragging that parameter to a new location within the properties column.  Now when I attempt to do the same thing, the attribute (say Tolerance...an attribute I created) will not move.  It starts to move to the new location, but stays right where it started.

Did something change in 17.2?  I even copied an old prefprop.txt file from my OrCAD 16.2, but it will not change the order of the component properties no matter what I do.

So what is happening here?  Is there another way in 17.2 that did not exist in previous versions?  I have noticed that version 17.2 has another location for the prefprop.txt file.  The one I initially edited was the wrong on which was in the c:\cadence\SPB 17.2\tools\capture directory which is where they have been previously.  Now they are in the C:\SPB_Data\cdssetup\OrCAD_Capture\17.2.0 directory.  However, how does one change this other than the usually manual entry?

CT

  • Newtham

    I have a similar problem. It's very annoying not to be able to reorder the column positions. I looked up how to create my own filter, and that got me close. I could eliminate the columns I didn't need.

  • Robert Finley

    Hover over the words in the column title.  When you hold down the select button, you will see a small horizontal rectangle show up.
    Holding select, move the mouse horizontally.

    Notice the black vertical line turns red as you move the mouse, showing the new destination.

    Latest SP on 16.6

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