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OrCAD Capture: What's New

Contents

1What’s New in OrCAD Capture 16.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

New Features and Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Ease of Use Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8User Interface Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Scripting Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11PCB Flow Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11DRC Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Fixed CCRs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2What’s New in OrCAD Capture 16.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

New Features and Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Usability Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Enhanced OrCAD Capture and PCB Editor Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Improved FPGA Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30New Annotation Type Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31DRC Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Netlist Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32L2A Integration in Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32User Interface Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Fixed CCRs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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1What’s New in OrCAD Capture 16.3

This chapter contains the following sections describing the OrCAD Capture 16.3 (henceforthreferred to as Capture) release.

■ New Features and Enhancements on page 8

■ Fixed CCRs on page 14


OrCAD Capture: What's NewWhat’s New in OrCAD Capture 16.3

New Features and Enhancements

The OrCAD Capture 16.3 release brings you the following new features and enhancements:

■ Ease of Use Enhancements on page 8

■ User Interface Enhancements on page 9

■ Scripting Support on page 11

■ PCB Flow Enhancements on page 11

■ DRC Enhancements on page 13

Ease of Use Enhancements

In the 16.3 release, OrCAD Capture (Capture) and OrCAD Capture CIS (CIS) include anumber of usability enhancements to provide an improved experience to users.

Following are some of the usability enhancements in 16.3:

■ “Auto Wiring” on page 8

■ “Associate Project Type” on page 8

■ “Design Navigation Improvements” on page 9

Auto Wiring

In complex designs containing a large number of parts, the task of wiring the parts togetheris often a time consuming and tedious task. Wiring multiple pins to a bus can also be a tediousand repetitive task. Capture now includes an Auto-Wiring feature that allows you to wire twoor more pins or wires on your schematic page.

To wire multiple points on your page, you simply need to select all the points and choose theavailable Auto Wiring options (Auto-Wire Two Points or Auto-Wire Multiple Points)

Besides wiring multiple points on your page, you can also wire points to a bus using the Auto-Connect to Bus option.

Associate Project Type

When you create a new project in Capture, you select the project type. After working on theproject you may need to change the project type. For example, you may need to change the



project type from Schematic to Analog or Mixed A/D type. Capture now includes the option tochange the project type of any existing Capture project.

Design Navigation Improvements

Capture 16.3 now allows you to create Intersheet references on flat designs, simple as wellas complex hierarchical designs.

Design navigation in Capture now also includes signal navigation feature to navigate theconnected signals on a design. This feature allows you to select a signal that you want totrace Capture then browses for all the connected signals on the design. Finally, you can selectand highlight the signals from the browse list.

User Interface Enhancements

In OrCAD 16.3, OrCAD Capture and OrCAD Capture CIS comes with many enhancementsto provide an improved usability experience to users. Starting from.

Following are some of the interface enhancements in 16.3:

■ “Color Wire” on page 9

■ “Color Part” on page 10

■ “Embedded Images” on page 10

■ “OLE Object Support” on page 10

■ “Bezier Curves & Elliptical Arcs” on page 10

■ “PCB Editor 3D Footprint Viewer” on page 10

■ “User Defined Pin Shapes” on page 10

Color Wire

You can now change the look and feel of a wire or a net on a schematic page by changing thecolor, line style or line width.



Color Part

Capture now allows you to alter the look and feel of the block to change the color of a specificblock in your design. You can even add a picture to the block that acts as a visualrepresentation of the implementation below the block.

Embedded Images

Now you can embed a large number of image types into a schematic page. The image typesnow supported by Capture include BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG and TIFF.

OLE Object Support

OLE Object support in Capture allows you to embed or link an object on your schematic page.The object types that you are allowed to embed or link are defined by the applications andfiles available on your computer. This feature allows you to annotate your schematic pageswith any external data (information) that you need to enhance the usability and readability ofyour design.

Bezier Curves & Elliptical Arcs

Capture now allows you to place elliptical arcs and multi-point bezier curves on yourschematic pages

PCB Editor 3D Footprint Viewer

The PCB Editor 3D Footprint viewer provides a three dimensional view of the footprint symbolof a selected part on the schematic or the part editor. Along with the footprint symbol, theviewer also displays pin numbers and pin names.

On the viewer, you can view a footrpint from different perspectives: top, bottom, front, back,left, right and isometic (a 120˚ angle view).

Besides viewing the footprint, you can also use the 3D measure tool to measure any distanceacross the footprint canvas and across the x, y or z axis on the canvas.

User Defined Pin Shapes

You can now create your own pin shapes Capture. You then use these pin shapes when youcreate new part or if you want to edit the pins on an existing part.



The pin you create can include any shape available in Capture including elliptical arcs andbezier curves.

Scripting Support

The 16.3 release of Capture includes a scripting functionality that allows you to execute aCapture command through a command prompt. Capture also provides the facility to store andlater replay the command.

Every user action performed in Capture is logged in the form of a command. This commandthat logged is registered with a TCL interpreter. When the command is played back, Captureuses the TCL interpreter to retrieve the command and execute it in the resident application.However, this process is completely abstracted from the Capture. This makes logging andreplaying of a set of commands an intuitive and simple task.

The user resources are then better utilized to actually identify the type of script (set of steps)that is required for a specific task.

PCB Flow Enhancements

In OrCAD 16.3 now provides a new locking mechanism and warning filter features to furtherenhance your PCB flow experience

Following are some of the flow enhancements in 16.3:

■ “Locking Objects on Board & Schematics” on page 11

■ “Output Warnings Filter” on page 11

■ “Power Pin Enhancements” on page 12

Locking Objects on Board & Schematics

The Capture - Allegro flow now includes an object locking feature. This feature allows you totemporarily lock and object on your schematic or board while you are cross-probing. This willhelp to avoid shifting (with the potential of breaking connectivity) of a component on theschematic or board during the cross-probe operation.

Output Warnings Filter

During PCB netlist creation, you now have the option to ignore the following electricalconstraints:



❑ PROPAGATION_DELAY

❑ RATSNEST_SCHEDULE

❑ RELATIVE_PROPAGATION_DELAY

❑ DIFFERENTIAL_PAIR

❑ NET_SPACING_TYPE

❑ NET_PHYSICAL_TYPE

❑ ELECTRICAL_CONSTRAINT_SET

❑ RATSNEST_SCHEDULE

❑ VOLTAGE

❑ MIN_LINE_WIDTH

❑ MIN_NECK_WIDTH

❑ MATCHED_DELAY

This means that these electrical warnings are ignored when the design is forward annotatedto layout. Also, if any of the above constraints is defined on the board, these constraints willagain be ignored in the back-annotation process.

You can now also decide if you want to output netlist warnings during the netlisting. And youcan choose specific warnings (by ID) to ignore.

Power Pin Enhancements

When you take your design to the board, by default, all powers pins will be shorted together(all VCC pins are shorted and all GND pins are shorted). This means that on your board youwill need to route all the power pins. In the case of large pin devices (like FPGAs), this canbe a tedious and time-consuming task.

Capture now includes a new Assign Power Pins command that allows you define invisiblepower pins as NC pins. This ensures that you then only need to route the power pins that arenot set as NC pins.

Since you design may potentially have a large number of schematic folder and pages,Capture allows you to specify the Assign Power Pins command for invisible power pins atmultiple levels of the design. At the design level, you can view the list of the invisible powerpins in the entire design. You can also select and view the invisible power pins at schematic



folder level, schematic page level or even down to the level of one or more selected objectson a schematic page.

DRC Enhancements

In OrCAD 16.3, OrCAD Capture and OrCAD Capture CIS comes with many enhancementsto provide an improved usability experience to users. Starting from.


■ “Electrical Rules” on page 13

■ “Check & Save” on page 13

Electrical Rules

The DRC check in Capture is now separated out between physical rules and electrical rules.So you can now choose to run design checks from the available physical and / or electricalrules.

Check & Save

The new Check & Save option (available through the project manager File menu) allows youto run a DRC on the currently checked electrical rules in the DRC dialog. Since the DRC rulesare defined by project, you need to define the electrical rules for a project and run the DRCcheck once on the current project. Subsequently, you can use this shortcut to execute theselected electrical DRC checks on the design.



Fixed CCRs

The following lists the problems reported and fixed in Capture16.3. For detailed informationabout a fixed problem, contact your customer support.

CCR ID Description

CCMPR00010116 Add Intersheet references doesn_t work in ComplexHierarchy

CCMPR00011833 Junction not automatically placed when it should be.

CCMPR00013373 Select length of pin graphics

CCMPR00016310 Simple hierarchy; intersheet refs not refering to H-block

CCMPR00107219 Capture.ini switch is needed as a Registry entry likePSpice

CCMPR00134692 DDB_WARN: POWER_GROUP prop. not allowedwrongly coming

CCMPR00136260 Problem with netlisting the design in PSpice

CCMPR00145226 placing of pictures/graphics stored in jpg/jpegformat.

CCMPR00207620 Part in MISC2.OLB has incorrect pin out

CCMPR00226478 generate allegro netlist if hier block has no symbol

CCMPR00282027 Problem with Split Part and part graphics

CCMPR00299384 Part rotation resets the text to default position

CCMPR00380714 Ability to have Power pin set to Not Connect

CCMPR00382860 Display parts and nets in different colors

CCMPR00428261 spaces at end of pin name Could not create new pininst library correction utility

CCMPR00461052 command line arguments for cis.exe

CCMPR00568273 documentation of variables in Capture.ini

CCMPR00585904 Find a schematic page with help of nets

CCMPR00591847 Add Intersheet References does not work on simpleH design.



CCMPR00593076 Cannot redisplay an invisible OFFPAGE connector’sname

CCMPR00607432 error code SPCODD-409 need to be documented

CCMPR00617784 Trying to open page 2 of the design Capture crashes

CCMPR00620303 Enhancement:Shortcut key for "Select Entire Net"

CCMPR00621054 Renamed net in netlist isolates components from therest of the net.

CCMPR00623218 display pin names assosicated with a net in netProperties

CCMPR00623777 Place Wire not working correctly

CCMPR00627048 enahcnement to have new check option forDRC0042

CCMPR00627232 incorrect Rinf netlist creation in Capture

CCMPR00629008 enhancements for find command

CCMPR00631910 Capture hangs when working with search option

CCMPR00634749 Enhancement to change back the way arc wascreated earlier before orcad 16.2

CCMPR00636156 Unable to convert SDT Schematic to Capture Design

CCMPR00636585 Rotating components in Capture reset propertyposition

CCMPR00637768 Enhancement to assign different colors to differentnet based on a unique property

CCMPR00641406 SPB 16.2 default print option changed to Inst mode

CCMPR00642095 Ability to disable the Pop-Up description of elements

CCMPR00642436 Save As symbol in part editor is not working fine

CCMPR00643330 path to allegro.cfg in opj file

CCMPR00650541 usage of PACK_IGNORE property

CCMPR00652200 How do I move the Find Window dialog to the rightside with the Place Part dialog?

CCR ID Description



CCMPR00653784 Off-page connector name change to internal startinglike "I12345555"

CCMPR00653902 Enhancement ?Print Option? setting in Capture.inifile

CCMPR00657131 Reference used in netlist formatter creates emptyoutput and no warnings/errors

CCMPR00657180 Enhancement:Tooltip for DRC markers

CCMPR00657640 Zoom using Ctrl+Scroll mouse is different from Zoomusing key " I "

CCMPR00663260 Enhancement: ALG0051 message should be morespecific

CCMPR00666186 Enhancement FishEye functionality in Variant ViewMode

CCMPR00668081 Capture Crash during Edit options

CCMPR00668799 Placing specific part crashs OrCAD Capture

CCMPR00672345 Remove tutorial for Orcad Layout or put it at the endin flowtut document

CCMPR00673410 search by net name is finding electrical

CCMPR00674555 If the DSN filename contains spaces; autobackup willnot write any DBK files to

CCMPR00679960 Capture crashes from diff pair setup menu

CCMPR00687074 Part disappears when you open it

CCMPR00687354 Not able to create allegro netlist 228ERROR(SPCODD-228): Cannot package

CCMPR00694139 Case difference of net and bus while generatingFPGA netlist

CCMPR00696534 Pin Visibility check box doesn’t work while creatingpart from spreedsheet editor

CCMPR00703905 Need Hot Fix number Info on Help >> About

CCMPR00706729 Import properties fails with ERROR [IMP0020]

CCMPR00710859 Unable to create Diff Pair from Autosetup

CCR ID Description



CCMPR00712299 Internal application error while creating new design

CCMPR00716212 PACK_SHORT property gives package error forvisible POWER pins

CCMPR00722346 DRC checks for mismatches in labeling Net

CCR ID Description





2What’s New in OrCAD Capture 16.2

This chapter contains the following sections describing the OrCAD Capture 16.2 (henceforthreferred to as Capture) release.

■ New Features and Enhancements on page 20

■ Fixed CCRs on page 35



New Features and Enhancements

Capture 16.2 release brings you the following new features and enhancements:

■ Usability Enhancements on page 20

■ Enhanced OrCAD Capture and PCB Editor Integration on page 30

■ Improved FPGA Functionality on page 30

■ New Annotation Type Option on page 31

■ DRC Enhancements on page 31

■ Netlist Enhancements on page 32

■ L2A Integration in Capture on page 32

■ User Interface Updates on page 33

Usability Enhancements

In OrCAD 16.2, OrCAD Capture and OrCAD Capture CIS comes with many enhancementsto provide an improved usability experience to users. Starting from new ways of managingmultiple windows to the ability to place wires and parts using a crosshair cursor; allenhancements are created to increase ease of use.


■ Tabbed windows with docking, floating, and MDI Child capabilities on page 21

■ “New Dockable Place Part dialog” on page 23

■ Incremental Package Placement on page 23

■ Ability to close all open windows on page 24

■ Display of net names for selected nets on the status bar on page 24

■ Increased choices for lines on page 24

■ Enhanced Search functionality - Find toolbar & Find window on page 25

■ Non-Linear Editor (Fisheye) on page 26

■ Resizable Split Part window on page 26

■ Junction Dot Size on page 26



■ Fullscreen Mode on page 27

■ Enhanced Navigation using Zoom and Pan features on page 27

■ Customizable Toolbars on page 27

■ New Project Manager Shortcuts on page 28

■ “Property Editor Enhancements” on page 29

■ “Cross Hair mode” on page 30

Tabbed windows with docking, floating, and MDI Child capabilities

Now it is easier to manage multiple open windows through tabs that show tooltips withwindow names when pointed. You can click a tab to activate the associated window or pressCTRL+TAB to navigate through different open windows from right to left. And pressCTRL+SHIFT+TAB to navigate in the reverse order.



The Session Log and Project Manager windows give you the flexibility to dock them or keepthem as floating. You can right-click the title bar of these windows to get options to dock thewindows to the top, bottom, left, or right of the main window.



You can also specify to open these windows as MDI child windows in the maximized,minimized, or restored states.

New Dockable Place Part dialog

The modal Place Part dialog can now be made dockable. Allowing you to place the windowanywhere within the Capture window and also work in a modaless manner. Giving you theflexibility to move between the different docked windows you have positioned in your Capturewindow.

Incremental Package Placement

When you place instances of heterogeneous parts containing multiple packages, OrCADCapture Place Part command now ensures that the reference designator for the part is auto-incremented. This feature was available only for homogeneous parts in previous releases ofCapture.



Ability to close all open windows

You can close all open windows with a single action by choosing Windows - Close AllWindows.

Display of net names for selected nets on the status bar

You can check the name & ID of a net by simply selecting the net or a wire in the net. Thestatus bar displays the name & ID of the net when it is selected.

The name and ID is also displayed in a tooltip that can be viewed if you place the mousepointer over the net.

Increased choices for lines

With OrCAD 16.2, you can have additional choices for line style. Two new line styles havebeen added to provide thicker line choices. This also enhances printability of the designs.



Enhanced Search functionality - Find toolbar & Find window

Search functionality is enhanced to include a new Find toolbar. This includes a new Searchoptions button that allows you to narrow down or expand your search to the types of objectson the canvas.

Once the search is complete, the new Find window groups the search results by object typemaking it easier for you to track down your result. You also have the option of saving thesearch results to an HTML.

The new Find window is dockable, allowing you to conveniently position the window.

You can search at the design or page level. While the search results display in the Findwindow, the Session log shows details of the search like the total number of that object typefound and the result page where the object was found.

You can zoom directly to the items found by double-clicking them in the Find window.



Non-Linear Editor (Fisheye)

OrCAD 16.2 now includes a new Fisheye feature that provides an enhanced method tonavigate and zoom into your design.

In the Fisheye view, you can focus and zoom into on one or more objects on your page. Thiscauses all other viewable objects on the page to be demagnified allowing you to view in detailonly objects of interest.

You can also set up a dynamic view that zooms into objects as you pan across the page. Thisbring into focus (and magnifies) any object that the mouse pointer hovers over. This dynamiczoom feature can be used with the selective zoom feature. You can even decide the zoomfactor when working in this mode using the Eye Magnification feature.

Fisheye can be used completely in conjunction with all the current Capture features like placepart, edit part or routing. So you can work on a schematic as before but with these featuresof selective and dynamic zoom.

Resizable Split Part window

The Split Part window has become easier to use. You can now resize the window to adjustthe number of pins visible.

Junction Dot Size

Now you can choose the size of the junction dot that appears when two wires are connectedto be Small, Medium, Large, or Very Large. You can set the junction dot size by choosing theoption from the Junction Dot Size drop down list in the Miscellaneous tab of the Preferencesdialog box.



Fullscreen Mode

You can change to fullscreen mode by pressing CTRL+F8. You can then exit the fullscreenmode by clicking the Close Fullcreen button or by pressing the Escape key.

Enhanced Navigation using Zoom and Pan features

OrCAD Capture 16.2 now includes an improved zoom functionality and a new panning featureto help you navigate and work with dense designs.

■ To zoom into a specific section of you schematic you just need to hold the right mousebutton down and drag it over the portion you want to zoom into. The portion will bezoomed as soon as you release the mouse button.

■ When navigating a dense design and large design you would either need to zoom out ofthe design and zoom into a specific section or use the scroll bars to move around theparts of the design that were outside the viewable area. You can now use the panningfeature to move around the design as you move the cursor without needing to use thescrollbars. You need to simply click the scroll mouse button. The pan cursor & pointerappear, and the page pans as you move the mouse.

Customizable Toolbars

OrCAD Capture 16.2 now provides highly customizable toolbars. You can now pick andchoose the toolbars you want to view or hide. And the state of the toolbars is maintained whenyou close and open Capture.

The new Customize dialogs includes two tabs Toolbars and Commands.

■ The Toolbars tab allows you to add and remove toolbars. It also allows you to create newtoolbars. You can decide whether or not you want to view tooltips.



■ Use the Commands tab to add or remove buttons from the toolbars. Also, clicking oneach button in the tab displays a short description of the button.

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New Project Manager Shortcuts

The right mouse button shortcut menu in the Project Manger includes some new usefuloptions.



■ Annotate: You can now choose to annotate a design or selected parts of a design byselecting the Annotate menu item from context menu in the Project Manager. You will seethis option either at the design or page level.

■ Cut / Copy & Paste: The Project Manager context menu also includes the new Cut /Copy & Paste options. You can cut or copy a page from one design folder and paste intoanother folder. Note, while you can perform the copy operation at any time, you can doa cut operation only if that particular object is not current open, You can even cut or copya design folder from one design and paste it into another design.

Property Editor Enhancements

In OrCAD 16.2, the OrCAD Capture Property Editor is enhanced to:

■ Include value editor that allows you to edit property values without having to resize thespreadsheet columns.

■ Immediately refresh property editor when a property is deleted.

■ Include a tooltip for cell values. So, if you do not want to increase the column width, youcan point to a cell whose value is large than the column width.

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■ Retain the order of properties columns or rows. So if you rearrange the property columnsor rows, the order is maintained within your current session.

Value editor



Cross Hair mode

When placing a part on a very dense design, it is often not easy to find your way around thedesign. To make this task more manageable, you can turning on the Cross Hair mode. Thiswill place a Cross Hair at the edge of the mouse pointer. As you move your cursor across thepage the cross hair will make it easier to locate objects like pin and nets or very small partsin your design.

Use the F6 key to toggle this mode on and off.

Elliptical Arcs

You can now draw arcs that are part of an ellipse. This means the arcs do not need to becircular, they can be drawn as part of an ellipse.

Enhanced OrCAD Capture and PCB Editor Integration

OrCAD Capture 16.2 comes with better integration with PCB Editor. The following crossprobing and cross placement features enhances flow between Capture and PCB Editor:

■ Now you can place one or all component in a page by just selecting the component inCapture, provided PCB Editor is in the Place Manual mode

■ When design and board are out of sync and when you try and highlight a part/pin/signalin PCB Editor that has been deleted in Capture design then for such components anappropriate warning message is printed into the session log.

■ While doing cross-probing from Capture, you no longer need to do Allegro Select. All youneed to do is to turn on the highlight mode in PCB editor and select the component inCapture and it will get highlighted in PCB Editor.

Improved FPGA Functionality

In 16.2, OrCAD Capture has improved support for FPGA flow with the followingenhancements and new features:

■ Support for split part: With an ever-increasing pin count and complexity for FPGA parts,the easy to use GUI based options of Capture that can be used to create single sectionand multi-section FPGA parts based on I/O bank will simplify the task of users.

■ Power Pin visibility options: Users can now make power and ground pins invisible bychecking a single option.



■ More Pin defaults and pin shapes: Users can configure pin-shapes and pin-directions inFPGA Setup before doing Generate Part.

■ Specifying pin groups: Users can specify pin groups based on I/O Banks or I/O standard.

■ Modifying Pin defaults: Users can modify the direction and shape of pins in FPGA partsfrom GUI options.

■ Exporting FPGA: Users can export FPGA components by using the Export FPGA dialogbox. The export FPGA completes the bi-directional link between FPGA Designers andPCB Designers to pass the constraints information not available in previous releases.

■ Reserve Pins: Users can now reserve Input, Output and Bidirectional pins in an FPGAcomponent using the Reserve Pins dialog box from within the FPGA Export dialog box.

OrCAD Capture now comes with a new FPGA Options dialog box that enables users tospecify FPGA settings while creating a FPGA part. This dialog box can be opened from theGenerate Part dialog box.

Capture includes a FPGA toolbar for quick access to some of the important FPGAcommands.

New Annotation Type Option

The annotation dialog box now includes a new Annotation type list. When annotation yourdesign you can now choose from three sequence options:

■ Default: This options annotates you design in the same sequence and manner asprevious versions of OrCAD Capture.

■ Left - Right: Use this option if you want the objects in your design to be annotated inthe left to right order in which they are placed on the page grid.

■ Top - Bottom: You can annotate the objects in your design from top to bottom order onthe page grid using this option.

For a detailed description of this feature see Annotation Sequence in the Capture UserGuide.

DRC Enhancements

The Design Rule’s Check in Capture is enhanced to improve performance on very largedesign and to include some new design checks.



■ In OrCAD 16.2, DRC will now check for unconnected Global nets across schematics ina design.

■ The “Report misleading tap connection" check is enhanced to report missing bustaps as well.

■ When working with very large FPGAs, designer may accidentally route a signal of thesame name from two different pins using two separate module ports/pins of the samename. The “Check hierarchical port connections” option is enhanced to include acheck that identifies two identical module ports/pins within a schematic.

Netlist Enhancements

■ OrCAD Capture 16.2 includes a new PACK_SHORT property used to short pins on apart. Multiple groups of pins, each group having two or more pins, can be shorted.

■ The correct net names are updated in the netlist for invisible power pins if there is a globalnet short and POWER_GROUP is not specified. As a result, users need not manuallyupdate invisible pins.

■ You can now specify the location where the netlister will search for the Allegro.cfg file bycreating an environment variable CDS_SITE to point to the path of the .cfg file. So youcan now create a common custom cfg file for all users.

L2A Integration in Capture

The Layout to PCB Editor Translator converts PCB designs created in OrCAD® Layout toAllegro® PCB Editor designs.

■ You can translate PCB design databases created in any version of Layout and preparethem for use within PCB Editor.



■ The Layout to PCB Editor Translator converts designs (.MAX files) created in Layout todesign databases (.BRD files) that can be read by PCB Editor.

■ You can also specify the option Overwrite existing files if you want to overwrite theexisting files such as the design fie.

■ The Layout to PCB Editor now also allows you to choose to synchronize the Capturedesign and PCB Editor board files.

■ During the translation process, the footprint names are changed. If you select theSynchronize dsn with brd option the footprint names are synchronized with the Capturedesign.

User Interface Updates

The enhancements made in OrCAD 16.2 within the display canvas of OrCAD Captureinclude:

■ New Icons on page 33

■ Tabbed windows with docking, floating, and MDI Child capabilities on page 21

■ Branding Changes on page 34

Pink Gradation & Images in Menus

A pink coloring gradation appears when you move the mouse pointer over a menu item,bringing the menu item into focus and easier to differentiate from other items in the menu.

Besides this, if any menu item has a corresponding toolbar button, the toolbar button icon willappear alongside the item text. This makes it easier to correlate the item with the menubutton. Further making it easier to use menu buttons when you are familiar with them afterusing the menu items.

New Icons

In OrCAD 16.2, OrCAD Capture and OrCAD Capture CIS have been upgraded with new,softer looking icons. This upgrade brings uniformity across many of the generic icon styles indifferent Cadence products. Several new icons have also been added across many of thefunctional groups.



This upgrade brings uniformity across many generic icon styles. Several new icons have alsobeen added across many functional groups.

Note: For a quick introduction to the new-look icons in OrCAD Capture 16.2, view thefollowing multimedia demonstration:

New-Look Icons in OrCAD Capture 16.2

There are seven toolbars in OrCAD Capture and OrCAD Capture CIS. For a detaileddescription of the Capture toolbars click: Toolbars in OrCAD Capture 16.2

A description of the new CIS toolbar is available at: Toolbars in OrCAD Capture CIS 16.2

Toolbar Customization

A total change in the Capture toolbars includes a standard Windows application stylecustomization of toolbars. This allows you to select the toolbars you want to see.

Further it also allows you to choose the icons that appear in each toolbar

You can even create your own completely customized toolbar, give it a name of your choiceand put whichever toolbar icons you want.

Branding Changes

The corporate logo of Cadence now appears in the upper right corner of the main applicationwindow of OrCAD Capture and OrCAD Capture CIS. The corporate logo and a red line underthe top-level menus are common across all products.



Fixed CCRs

The following lists the problems reported and fixed in Capture16.2. For detailed informationabout a fixed problem, contact your customer support.

CCR ID Description

11554 (PCR 322742) Elliptical arcs - and method change

13669 (PCR 337376) No warning when crossprobing deleted part inCapture

15426 (PCR 352911) Customer suggests improvements in Property Editor

25297 (PCR 421669) Doing a SAVE AS should point to CURRENTdirectory

25842 (PCR 425237) Enhance Capture, Allow use of heavy dashed lines

26953 (PCR 431677) Request for - close all windows, or pages option

30842 (PCR 453347) Select multiple component with a single function forplace in Alg

54304 (PCR 556980) Unconnected net DRC error if GND/PWRinstantiated on Diff sch

58025 (PCR 563054) drc 0004 error not shown for pins conflicts on adesign

82682 (PCR 605060) Lack of consistency with DRC report.

105258 (PCR 652814) Junction dots management issue

116119 (PCR 665275) Add pack_short property under capture

130755 (PCR 688677) Improve crossprobe and selection between Captureand Allegro

141959 (PCR 701679) Edit >Find to have an option for searching PinNames

148804 (PCR 709224) Property Editor Spreadsheet will not update untilclosed

157713 (PCR 719345) Random Junction Points added in Version 15.1 &10.0 SP1.1

178827 (PCR 743859) Save As directory different than Open directory



191253 (PCR 757550) Printing E and F pin names overlaps pin makingunreadable

194902 (PCR 761534) Generate part should include pin types and stylesfunctions

200160 (PCR 767162) Option to change size of Connection Dot

201550 (PCR 768594) filled rectangle overrides line and text visibility

227082 (PCR 794463) Old path use in save or save as operations

229057 (PCR 796446) Increase in size of Connection Dots

233231 (PCR 800634) Capture Find filter should have pins in scope section

234578 (PCR 801991) Capture Allegro Select not required while placing thepart

243112 (PCR 810602) Property editor does not retain the user settings

295372 (PCR 870462) Hetrogenous device enhancement

298766 (PCR 873945) Maximise button for Browse Spreadsheet

298870 (PCR 874052) Printing cross hatch area loses wires

331188 (PCR 899142) Need new feature Find Pin or Find Pinname

335395 (PCR 902989) LT1369/SO in the OPAMP.OLB library is incorrect

342217 (PCR 909537) Improve crossprobe and selection between Captureand Allegro

352261 (PCR 918475) Custom pin proporties are not modifiable

355852 (PCR 400183) ability to re-size captures annotation control field

366847 (PCR 2366847) Annotation not keeping correct order

373773 (PCR 2373773) Unnecessary junctions are formed on manyoperations

381638 (PCR 2381638) Allow for multiple parts to be selected for Allegroplacement

384316 (PCR 2384316) Capture Find filter should have pins in scope section

387660 (PCR 2387660) Add shortcuts to tool palette

390674 (PCR 2390674) Export part properties

CCR ID Description



390923 (PCR 2390923) error message is meaningless 53 DDB_ERROR:Null object id specified in call to ddbStopGen

395189 (PCR 2395189) Hetrogenous device enhancement place U?A thenU?B and so on

401133 (PCR 2401133) drc 0004 error not shown for pins conflicts on adesign

406572 (PCR 2406572) Annotaion problem : Ref Des are incorrectlyassigned.

412113 (PCR 2412113) Enhacnement: Ability to enlarge the annotationwindow

419009 (PCR 2419009) Printing cross hatch area loses wires

432731 (PCR 2432731) Enhancement: Elliptical Arc drawing tool in SymbolEditor

439004 (PCR 2439004) Pin number 0 for pspice parts overrules pspice_onlyproperty

444745 (PCR 2444745) Design must be saved before the root can bechanged

445237 (PCR 2445237) ERROR [NET0011] Netlist failed or may be unusablewhile creating a PSpice net list

453628 (PCR 2453628) Enhancement: Need user selectable junction sizes

454795 (PCR 2454795) Allow usage of pin number 0 in Capture Allegro

456889(PCR 4026007) Unable to import pin type property from edited file

468563(PCR 2468563) some pins are missing while generate a part usingQuartus II Version 5.1 pin file.

468586(PCR 2468586) Enhancement for renaming of duplicate pinnameswhile generating a part through pinfile.

470808 (PCR 2470808) Map 4 capture pins to 1 allegro Pin

480171 (PCR 2480171) VDC Part gives ALG0032 Error

480795 (PCR 2480795) Error ALG0050 even if common named pins areconnected to single net.

481201 (PCR 2481201) DRC Enhancements

CCR ID Description



482028 (PCR 2482028) pack_short property not working properly in capture

483983 (PCR 2483983) Capture is checking DRC for option "Report off-gridobjects" with respect to the initial grid setting

487232 (PCR 2487232) Find Pin of selected part

489048 (PCR 2489048) Enhancement: Maximize icon in BrowseSpreadsheet window

490242 (PCR 2490242) Error in Documentation under the section "Creating aVerilog model from a hierarchical block"

490315 (PCR 2490315) Tabs on schematic page for changing the page

492458 (PCR 2492458) Resizing of split part window in capture

494194 (PCR 2494194) Capture to Allegro netlisting erorr

494228 (PCR 2494228) Capture.ini file gets Reset with Part Selector andSymbol Selector Configured Libraries sections lost

496910 (PCR 2496910) Inconsistent netlist creation

498276 (PCR 2498276) Enable position lock on Capture windows

500683 (PCR 2500683) Option to change connection dot size

501730 (PCR 2501730) list Netname in status bar when in wire mode

501822 (PCR 2501822) Doc Error Capture user guide page 507

504664 (PCR 2504664) File format useful for Alteras Quartus FPGA designtool

504969 (PCR 2504969) Maximise button for Browse Spreadsheet

511102 (PCR 2511102) Section of the ini file is getting reset on cancel to theproduct selection dialog

511322 (PCR 2511322) net name coming wrong for Power pin in PCB

516159 (PCR 2516159) Default location for Allegro.CFG

516899 (PCR 2516899) PCB Editor FlowTutorial doc

517465 (PCR 2517465) printing E and F pin names overlaps pin makingunreadable

519927 (PCR 2519927) DRC does not consider global connected power pins

520440 (PCR 2520440) Resizing the column widths in Property editor

CCR ID Description




523216 (PCR 2523216) Annotation not keeping correct order

524028 (PCR 2524028) Adding net properties for flat design results changein annotation mode

524552 (PCR 2524552) Capture crashes while cleaning up the cache

525349 (PCR 2525349) Enhancement: Warning message if design name ismiss-matching while Allegro netlist

530140 (PCR 2530140) RPD : Delta Value should be positive numeric value

530610 (PCR 2530610) Enhancement: Capture should allow makingdifferential pairs for bus >> bits using AutoSetup.

533685 (PCR 2533685) EMI : SPCODD-413 error generating a netlist

534456 (PCR 4044329) Change small upper-case (caps) letters in pin nameto caps for NC pins in Capture schematic whilenetrev

535331 (PCR 2535331) Enhancement for placing a heterogeneous part

535523 (PCR 2535523) Restore previous Help content

538193 (PCR 2538193) EMI: invalid format/unable to change drive errors

538726 (PCR 2538726) Auto rename duplicate pins during FPGA import

539664 (PCR 2539664) Generate part using Lattice files

541560 (PCR 2541560) Generate part should be able to process BGA textout and die text out formats from our APD SIPsoftware

544401 (PCR 2544401) Question regarding Differential pair and BOM variant

544896 (PCR 2544896) VHDL Netlist Bus Name Issue

545321 (PCR 2545321) part configuration library information missing from INIfile while disconnecting from license

545362 (PCR 2545362) DRC tool does not recognize two identical Moduleport in same page

547445 (PCR 2547445) Export, modify and import properties on library partsnot up

548625 (PCR 2548625) Some flaws in design because of diffpair

CCR ID Description



549068 (PCR 2549068) Document for Macro Scripts

549075 (PCR 2549075) enhancement for having a feature to calculate thetotal pins in design

550580 (PCR 2550580) Allow usage of pin number 0 in Capture Allegro

551455 (PCR 2551455) latency in spawning PCB Editor from Capture onmouse event

553210 (PCR 2553210) DRC enhancement for multiple module port

555134 (PCR 2555134) cross probing of pins is not working fine

556831 (PCR 2556831) Wire invisible if covered by a slid filled shape

556867 (PCR 2556867) Some parts are causing problem while ImportProperties operation.

558642 (PCR 2558642) Need pack short property in Design entry CIS

560919 (PCR 2560919) MultiPin highlight is not working properly fromCapture to Allegro

564460 (PCR 2564460) Column width changes to default in Property Editor

564485 (PCR 2564485) ANN0011 error message should point to the locationof error

568360 (PCR 2568360) Option to Export Pin List with details of a Componentin Spreadsheet format

569639 (PCR 2569639) Enhancement: DRC that should catch any missingbus bit in the design

569691 (PCR 2569691) All the Package Part are replaced by the selectedPart while linking multi package part to database

571384 (PCR 2571384) Adding net properties for flat design results changein annotation mode


573515 (PCR 2573515) WARNING DRC0006 Net has fewer than twoconnections is false warning if on a global net inhierarchy

574259 (PCR 4055549) Edif 200 issue about Capture(SPB 15.7)

CCR ID Description



575196 (PCR 2575196) Part configuration library information missing fromINI file

575615 (PCR 2575615) Why are suffixes added to the NAME Property?

579157 (PCR 2579157) Use as default option in Cadence Product Choicesnot working

579601 (PCR 2579601) DRC Enhancements

580382 (PCR 2580382) Cannot change the value of user added property-Cap0007

580545 (PCR 2580545) EMI: Cannot find primitive part for primitive instance

584118 (PCR 2584118) capture crashing while drawing a circle using arccommand in schematic editor

584148 (PCR 2584148) Export property does not catch carriage returnpresent in property value

585922 (PCR 2585922) DRC for mismatch in bus width

587692 (PCR 2587692) Enhancement: Warning message for illegalcharacters while generating PCB Editor netlist

591015 (PCR 2591015) Design will not netlist

592248 (PCR 2592248) Message for ALG0036 Error refers to a wrong Partas Problematic

592343 (PCR 2592343) Moving text or property is causing duplicatereference designator

594239 (PCR 2594239) Location of PSpice model libraries is wrong inCapture User Guide

598750 (PCR 4062919) Auto rename duplicate pins during FPGA import

607559 (PCR 2607559) Capture crashes while adding and deleting a Libraryto the Design from Project Manager

608220 (PCR 2608220) Capture crashes after Generate Part

614659 (PCR 2614659) CIS replacing heterogeneous parts

CCR ID Description




Documents

OrCAD Capture: What’s New - bbs.hwrf.com.cnbbs.hwrf.com.cn/downpcbe/capPN-605.pdf · The OrCAD Capture 16.3 release brings you the following new features and enhancements: Ease