I just started to learn the Orcad PCB system for a month now and found that viewing PCB footprints en mass is not easy. In fact there are no way to view them other then putting a bunch of footprints on a pcb design and zoom on the interested footprint. I've done substantial search on the web as well as in Cadence website about how to view footprints. Found some answers but not too functional. The best one can do is use the Allegro Free Physical Viewers to view footprints one at the time. Kind of tedious when searching through a thousand footprints.
Hence, here is a wish I am sending to whoever as the capability to make such program, I cant do that because I am not a programmer but I assume it could be done relatively easily.
The Wish: Have an application that could be embedded in Windows where one can peruse through the Windows Explorer and view Footprints just as one can view bitmap files or jpeg files with the Windows Explorer Preview capability. Presently, a user can Left Click on a jpeg picture file and immediately preview this image on the Preview panel in Windows Explorer. Or, one can choose the Small, Medium or Big Icon representation and see all photos displayed in one folder. Why not having a Windows Application that could do the same with *dra files or *.llb files or *,olb files. Such an application would be the best and quick viewer of footprints and parts available out there.
Anyone up to the Challenge... ?
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