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Capture Symbol Property Configuartion

Matt Luckhardt

Is there a method to prevent someone from editing a symbol property in capture which is driven from the CIS library?  Currently there are some properties which are non-editable but you can always overwrite them at the instance level. 

Also is there a way for have a default property added to all symbols which are placed on schematic without it existing in the library?  We would like the property to be available to be filled in on the symbol but not driven from the library.  I know you can manually add the property to the part but this is error prone and requires the exact property name on each part and each schematic if we intend to use the property down stream in the PCB or 3rd party tools.

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  • redwire

    Are you using CIS with a database?  If so, the part fields that match the CIS database fields will be checked by Part manager and red-flagged if found to have been altered. 

    There are pros and cons with locking a user out from editing a symbol and OrCAD has always given the user the utmost in flexibility...CIS allows users to generate temporary parts and the librarian can "catch up later" while the engineer continues to do work.  Part Manager will alert you if a part is still in temporary status when the checks are run.

    I would recommend injecting properties from CIS instead of via other methods.  That should require a simple database edit and CIS config file change...  But if I remember correctly, OrCAD has always had a "property import" feature that allows one to add properties to symbols from an external control file.  I don't use that feature so hopefully someone else can chime in.  

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  • redwire

    Are you using CIS with a database?  If so, the part fields that match the CIS database fields will be checked by Part manager and red-flagged if found to have been altered. 

    There are pros and cons with locking a user out from editing a symbol and OrCAD has always given the user the utmost in flexibility...CIS allows users to generate temporary parts and the librarian can "catch up later" while the engineer continues to do work.  Part Manager will alert you if a part is still in temporary status when the checks are run.

    I would recommend injecting properties from CIS instead of via other methods.  That should require a simple database edit and CIS config file change...  But if I remember correctly, OrCAD has always had a "property import" feature that allows one to add properties to symbols from an external control file.  I don't use that feature so hopefully someone else can chime in.  

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