Concept vs Orcad schematic capture

OrCad's Capture has long been considered a "best in class" tool. It can be easily integrated as a front end to any design tool. CIS allows it to interface with database applications - SAP, Access, etc. Macro/script capability is limited.

Concept fits more into a Cadence only design flow. Strength is in macro/script capabilities.

1) Have a good librarian that knows the tools, and something about design
2) Have a central library
3) Properly train the engineers on how to use the tool
4) Have the process properly documented (rules)
5) Make sure engineers follow the rules

Doesn't matter what tool you use...

I use both Concept and Capture. Each has it's own inadequacies and faults. I maintain the schematics for the boards I do. The engineers do the 'grunt', up front circuit design to get 99% of the way there, but I have the final schematic under my control. If it was totally my responsibility I'd re-train the engineers, but that's not my position. I support them with tool expertise. They depend on me to get it right, and I don't spend a whole lot of time cleaning things up. If they want to make things hard, and do it there way, that's fine. I simply point them to other designers to support them. (They spend many an hour cleansing the database)

Proper tool use is always your fail-safe option.

Only hearsay, but many, many, many engineers find Capture easier. But that's because it's easier to do things on-the-fly. But we know what that leads to right? $$$

Having supported both tools I have chosen *only* OrCAD CIS for my tool flow. The amount of effort to generate and maintain large pin parts in Concept was too much. I find the OrCAD schematic editor much more intuitive.

Before I had to support the librarian side of things, I too (an engineer) used to state that Concept was very easy to use...now I say the same for OrCAD and can't for Concept.

In orcad we can creat part from Xilinx .pad file. Is it possible in Concept HDL? If so, how can we do it in Concept HDL?

Concept hdl symbols are ascii... so convert xilind .pad (also in ascii) to concept parts should can be done automatically (at least all electrical information, the real design (which pin in which location in the draw) should be hand finished...