The Cadence® OrCAD® PCB Designer Basics suite contains everything needed for
schematic capture with a fully integrated design flow. A common database architecture,
use model and library offer fully scalable PCB solutions for both OrCAD and Cadence
Allegro® product lines, giving you the ability to grow and expand as designs and design
challenges increase in complexity.
OrCAD PCB Designer Basics includes:
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Cadence OrCAD Capture, a comprehensive solution for entering, modifying, and verifying complex system designs quickly and cost-effectively
- Cadence OrCAD PCB Editor Basics, based on Allegro technology: an intuitive, easy-to-use, constraint-
driven environment for creating and editing PCBs
- Proven, scalable, cost-effective PCB editing and routing solution that grows as needed
- Provides a complete interconnect environment
- Includes a comprehensive feature set
- Features a front-to-back constraint management system for constraint creation, management, and validation
- Increases productivity through application integration
- Tight front-to-back integration
OrCAD Capture offers a comprehensive solution for entering, modifying, and verifying complex system
designs quickly and cost-effectively.
SCHEMATIC EDITING enables users to place and connect parts from a comprehensive set of functional
libraries.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT enables users to collect and organize all the resources needed for the project
throughout the design flow.
HIERARCHICAL DESIGN AND REUSE enables subcircuit reuse—without having to make multiple copies.
LIBRARIES AND PART EDITING enables users to create and edit parts in the library or directly from the
schematic page without interrupting workflow.
EASY DATA ENTRY allows designers to access all part, net, pin, and title block properties or any subset
and make changes quickly through the spreadsheet property editor.
NOTE: The OrCAD Capture product in the PCB Designer Basics suite has the following capability
limitations for creating a PCB Editor netlist:
- PCB Editor Basics netlists are limited to a design containing less than 500 components and/or 2000 nets.
- The PCB Editor netlister is the only netlister available with this suite.
- High-speed signal flow properties such as PROPAGATION_DELAY,
RELATIVE_PROPAGATION_DELAY, RATSNEST_SCHEDULE and DIFFERENTIAL_PAIR in your
design are not transferred to the PCB Editor board.
FEATURE SUMMARY
| Limited database (layers, components, connections)* |
Exposed copper DRC |
| Netlist/crossplace/crossprobe |
Interactive routing/etch editing |
| Padstack and symbol editor |
Automatic silkscreen generation |
| Split plane support |
Customizable/automated drill legend/NC output |
| Multiple via sizes, blind/buried via support |
SKILL runtime, macro, and script support |
| Autoplacement/Quickplace/Floorplanner |
Variant assembly drawing creation |
| IFF import |
Variant bill-of-materials generation |
| 2-D drafting and dimensioning |
Dynamic shapes with real-time plowing and healing |
| Gerber 274X, 274D artwork output generation |
CAD interfaces – DXF (Ver.14), IDF (Ver. 2 and 3) |
| Multiple UNDO/REDO |
PCB interfaces – OrCAD Layout, PADS (Ver.5), P-CAD (Ver.8) |
| Valor ODB++, ODB++(X) and universal viewer |
Constraint manager (physical, spacing, properties, and DRC) |
| HTML-based reports |
Manual testprep |
PCB EDITING ENVIRONMENT provides an intuitive, easy-to-use, constraint-driven environment for creating
and editing simple to complex PCBs.
CONSTRAINT MANAGEMENT system displays physical and spacing rules along with a spreadsheet
interface that enables the user to define, manage, and validate the different rules in a hierarchical fashion.
FLOORPLANNING AND PLACEMENT is driven by the constraint and rules-driven methodology.
INTERACTIVE ETCH EDITING delivers controlled automation to maintain user control, while maximizing
routing productivity.
DYNAMIC SHAPES technology offers real-time copper pour plowing/healing functionality. Shape parameters
can be applied at three different levels.
PCB MANUFACTURING features include a full suite of photo-tooling, bare-board fabrication and test outputs,
including Gerber 274x, NC drill, and bare-board test, generated in a variety of formats.
NOTE: The OrCAD PCB Editor Basics product in the PCB Designer Basics suite has the following capability
limitations:
- Your board can have up to four layers only
- You cannot save a board that has more than 500 components and/or 2000 nets
- You cannot save a board, if the design logic imported is more than 500 components and/or 2000 nets
- Pentium 4 (32-bit) equivalent or faster
- Windows XP Professional, Vista Enterprise
- Minimum 512MB (1G or more recommended for XP and Vista Enterprise requirements)
- 300MB swap space (or more)
- CD-ROM drive
- 65,000 color Windows display with minimum 1024 x 768 (1280 x 1024 recommended)