OrCAD Tutorial: How to Add the Footprint Property How to Generate a netlist

Add a footprint attribute to a single component

The first method: directly modify

1 Double-click on a component to bring up the property editor dialog

2 Right->pivot in the upper left corner to change the view

Change the rear view as shown

3 Modify PCB Footprint Properties

The second method: Add the footprint attribute in the component library and update it to the schematic

1 Open the library

2 Open the component edit page

3 menu opTIon->package property

Popup Edit Properties dialog

Modify the PCB Footprint property and save it.

Back to the schematic, open the cache and select the component to edit the Footprint. Right click the replace cache

The replace cache dialog box appears. Select the replace schemaTIc part properTIes check box and the preserve Refdef check box in the AcTIon. Pictured

Adding FOOTPRINT attributes in bulk

the first method:

Select all the same components that you want to modify.

Right, Edit property, pops up the property editor from the window.

Left blank space, right->pivot, change the view, as shown

Left-click on the PCB Footprint box, with the text part, select the entire column.

Right click to edit

The following dialog box pops up to edit the package information.

OK, the selected component package information is added to the Property Editor. Click the Apply button and the information is added to all selected components in the schematic.

The second method:

Project management window, select a page

Right->Edit object properties

Open the property edit window

Use the Pivot command to change the view display

Page enlargement: CTRL+Mouse wheel push up.

Page zoom out: CTRL+mouse scroll down.

Left-click on Footprint blanks

Right-click any box to be edited and select Edit

Popup property value edit dialog

Modify the property value, OK.

Click the Apply button in the Property Editor and the information is added to the schematic.

In combination with the above methods, flexible use can quickly complete the modification of PCB Footprint attributes.

step:

1 Throughout the schematic, check that the electrical connections are correct, the logic functions are correct, and the power connections are correct.

2 Renumber the index, select the .dsn file, tool->annotate

The annotate dialog box is popped up. Various options are shown in the figure. The meaning of each item is very clear.

OK, cancel all index numbers.

Renumber, select the incremental reference update in Action in this step annotate dialog.

3 Perform DRC check.

If there is an error, return the modification, there is no error, continue to the next step.

4 Select the .dsn file, tool->Creat Netlist

The Creat netlist dialog box pops up. Select the netlist format to be generated here. Here is the PCB Editor netlist. The options are as shown in the figure.

Software Generated Netlist

After the end, the netlist file is displayed in the output in the project manager.