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OrCad PCB Editor File Extensions - a definitive list *please*

ElectroMan

In the process of creating footprints, board layouts, format symbols and the like, OrCAD PCB editor creates a plethora of files and some sub-folders.

We have a repository and want to save out ONLY the files we NEED to save instead of this maelstrom of files and folders.

I have been looking for a definitive list of file extensions used by or generated by OrCAD PCB editor so that I can determine exactly which files we MUST save and which may be discarded.

e.g. A PCB footprint requires a *.DRA and a *.PSM file. All other files may be discarded.

Can anyone help me with such a list?

  • steve

    .brd - board file

    .mdd - place replicate module file

    .dra and .psm - package symbol

    .dra and .bsm - Mechanical symbol

    .dra and .osm - format symbol

    .dra and ssm - shape symbol.

    .dra and fsm - flash symbol.

    .pad - padstack.

    pstxchip.dat, pstxnet.dat and pstxprt.dat (and if you use constraint manager in the front end pstdedb.cdsz) - netlist files.

    .dsn - schematic file.

    .opj - schematic project file but can be re-created so you may not need this.

    .olb - schematic library file.

  • ElectroMan
    in reply to steve

    Fantastic!  Some of these I figured. Some were a surprise..

  • Mysil B

    On the same topic - is there any way to configure OrCAD PCB and Capture to store all auto generated files in a sub directory?

  • steve
    in reply to Mysil B

    For PCB Look at Setup - User Preferences - File_management - output_dir. For Capture you can drive the netlist file location (when you create the netlist, the same for BOM genertaion and DRC checking but this is a manual browse for a location before you generate.

  • Mysil B
    in reply to steve

    All right, those files are already sorted, and by editing the User Preferences we can keep many of the config files in a single shared folder on our server.

    There seems to be a lot of autosave files left, and some other various files:

    For the autosave files, I'm trying to set the name as follows, crossing my fingers:

    How can we structure OrCAD to store the various other files into sub directories?

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