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run tcl script from matlab
HelloI'm trying to create a matlab script to invoke capture.exe and run a tcl script.I was able to figure iut how to open the capture from matlab by using the function system("...\capture.exe");I was...
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DDR4 Trace Length Matching with Via Z-Axis Delay and Via-In-Pad
I have a design implementing two ranks of DDR4 memory consisting of 10 DRAM chips total. One rank is on the top layer and the second rank is on the bottom layer directly below. The topology is fly-by...
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Use DXF to define custom pinshapes in symbol
Hi all, I'm using Orcad PCB Professional 17.4-2019 S017I've got a symbol with some funky pads on it, one the padstack editor cannot generate.Here's where I'm trying to get to. Green is mask boundary,...
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PTF failure
I am currently working through the Allegro Librarian XL labs. Things are going fine, but at times the ptf completely fails to load. As I create a new part table, the ptf editor loads for a brief second...
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Default column ordering in CIS database parts window
I learned from user guide that if I set up the column ordering or column width in CIS database parts window, it will be saved for next session. My question is that, instead of every user have to do the...
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Making an SMD coaxial connector footprint violates DRC
I am completely new to Allegro and am trying to make a footprint for an SMD coax connector with launches the signal to a micro via and is surrounded by ground. It looks like:And my question concerns...
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HDL Multi-section parts are not displaying properly. U1a, U1b etc not seen.
When a schematic symbol is placed on a schematic like a quad op-amp, and packaged, other systems will mark them as U1a, U1b, U1c and U1d for example.In HDL, there is only the pin numbers that shows...
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Probelm PDF Export in Orcad Capture CIS
Hi all, I'm writing this topic because a I'm spending a lot of time for create a good intelligent PDF but I don't able to fix the problem about page size.In my schematic properties I have page Size...
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Create Netlist Error in OrCAD Capture 16.5
While trying to Create Netlist for my project (I uploaded it in zip file) I get the following error:The format on which I'm trying to create the netlist is by choosing orIntegra.dll in Formatters, and...
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Is it possible to renew ORCAD license online?
My license is expiring very soon. All I need is simply to renew it for another year. Communicating with the representatives doe s not make it easy, they are trying to upscale the price, sell me more...
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Deleting an Invisible/Empty Dynamic Shape
Hi All,I've managed to create a very small dynamic shape in my deisgn (a 200um circle). It doesn't fill, and I don't seem to be able to reach it with any tool. The only way I have to see it is to edit...
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Variable Capacitor (C_var) simulation?
Hi, I cannot seem to figure out how to properly parametrize the variable capacitor (C_var) in OrCAD PSpice. If someone could please assist me in this? Maybe I'm missing something, but there seems to be...
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Import from Altium to OrCAD PCB Designer has illegal extents
A board I just imported from Altium into OrCAD 17.4 has huge extents: left X -4000000.00. lower Y -4000000.00, width 13999999.00, height 13999999.00. Units are mils, origin is at 0,0, accuracy is...
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syntax errors in pspice type cell view - virtuoso
Hello,I tried to create a Pspice Model for the CD4046 PLL of TI, as I managed to do before for the amplifier TL071, and use it as a symbol in my schematic, but I encountered 2 syntax errors:1....
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Capture - Random behaviour in Property Editor
Well, I'm sure the behaviour is not randomly, but it certainly feels like that. In the Property Editor, when I right click on a property and choose Display and then change the Display Format from “Do...
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OrCAD Capture - Version 17.4-2019-S016-Issue Export - PDF
Hi,I am having issue to export PDF file and have download ghostscript exe as well.Path I am following as bellow File -> Export -> PDF -> ok.It is not generating PDF files, except it generates...
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About OrCAD DFM Checker license of current version (17.4)
Hi All.there was OrCAD/Allegro DFM Checker which made by EMA(cadence chennel partner) on 17.2 versionbut I wonder that that program(license) integrated with OrCAD/Allegro PCB upper 17.4? regards.
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Cell Utlilization
What is the meaning of Cell utilization and core utilization? PDF given in another forum with the same concept/question is bit confusing. What I understood is Cell utilization = (Total number of cells...
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Changes to parts storage from 15.7 to 17.4
Dear Community,Under OrCAD CIS 15.7, the individual parts could be stored in a MS Access Database where a resistor symbol and footprint could be stored with different values for the same symbols and...
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Default Find Filter Settings
Whenever I change from Etch -> Shape, it deselects "Pins' in the Find Filter. When I change back to Etch, "Pins" is still deselected. I find myself always having to check this box and its a little...
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