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Using custom footprint ... not messing with the instalation

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Hi.

I have the following custom footprint with files:

fp1.psm; fp1.dra; r411_367.pad

If I put these fles (I tested) in C:\Cadence\SPB_16.3\share\pcb\pcb_lib\symbolsfootprint the footprint will be shown in Capture->ShowFootprint.

The problem is that I don't want to mess around the installation that doesn't belong to me. I nees to keep my files out of the installation as much as possible.

Even so, I tried to mess with PCB Editor  (** my personal lib folder is H:/hm/proj/Electronica/_lib/PCB ***)

... so that:


set  padpath      = . symbols .. ../symbols C:/Cadence/SPB_16.3/share/local/pcb/padstacks C:/Cadence/SPB_16.3/share/pcb/pcb_lib/symbols C:/Cadence/SPB_16.3/share/pcb/allegrolib/symbols H:/hm/proj/Electronica/_lib/PCB

set  psmpath      = . symbols .. ../symbols C:/Cadence/SPB_16.3/share/local/pcb/symbols C:/Cadence/SPB_16.3/share/pcb/pcb_lib/symbols C:/Cadence/SPB_16.3/share/pcb/allegrolib/symbols H:/hm/proj/Electronica/_lib/PCB

... but still I can't convince Capture to find out the footprint if the filesare not located in C:\Cadence\SPB_16.3\share\pcb\pcb_lib\symbolsfootprint


Is there a way to convince Orcad Capture to find out my own lib's, specially footprints, messing around with the installation as less as possibe?

Thanks
Martins

 


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