Schematic Design with
OrCAD Capture Training Courses
Learn all the necessary steps required to create a schematic using OrCAD Capture. New users will learn the essentials needed to generate a design, how to navigate the tool, run DRC checks, prep the design for netlisting, and generate BOMs.
Includes an OrCAD Certification Opportunity.
There are no prerequisites for this course.

What you will learn:
- How to build new parts and symbols
- Design-checking best practices
- Techniques for assigning reference designators
- Creating a BOM (Bill of Materials)
- Adding part and net properties
- Creating flat designs
Class | Location | Date | Class Type | Status | Price | |
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OrCAD Capture Essentials | Live Online | Mar 9, 2021 | Live Online | Open | $799 | Register |
OrCAD Capture Essentials | Live Online | Apr 13, 2021 | Live Online | Open | $799 | Register |
OrCAD Capture Essentials | San Diego, CA | May 11, 2021 | Classroom | Open | $799 | Register |
OrCAD Capture Essentials | Live Online | Jun 8, 2021 | Live Online | Open | $799 | Register |
OrCAD Capture Essentials | San Jose, CA | Jul 13, 2021 | Classroom | Open | $799 | Register |
OrCAD Capture Essentials | Live Online | Aug 10, 2021 | Live Online | Open | $799 | Register |
OrCAD Capture Essentials | Albuquerque, NM | Sep 14, 2021 | Classroom | Open | $799 | Register |
OrCAD Capture Essentials | Live Online | Oct 12, 2021 | Live Online | Open | $799 | Register |
OrCAD Capture Essentials | Westford, MA | Nov 9, 2021 | Classroom | Open | $799 | Register |
OrCAD Capture Essentials | Live Online | Dec 7, 2021 | Live Online | Open | $799 | Register |

OrCAD Certification Included*
This class is a comprehensive course aimed at helping students learn an efficient, front-to-back schematic and simulation workflow. This package includes Capture Essentials and PCB Editor Essentials training.
Includes an OrCAD Certification Opportunity.

What you will learn:
- How to build new parts and symbols
- Design-checking best practices
- Techniques for assigning reference designators
- Creating a BOM (Bill of Materials)
- Adding part and net properties
- Creating flat designs
- Run DC bias, DC sweep, AC sweep, and Transient analysis
- Edit Stimulus to create any kind of input waveform
- How tolerances work and how they affect convergence
- Run sweeps using parametric analysis
- Bring models from the internet into PSpice
- Run Monte Carlo and Worst Case analysis'
- Create linear and non-linear transformers
- Model parts mathematically using ABM's (Analog Behavioral Models)
- Run digital and mixed-signal simulation
Class | Location | Date | Class Type | Status | Price | |
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OrCAD Schematic and PCB Front-to-Back Flow | Live Online | Mar 9, 2021 to Mar 11, 2021 | Live Online | Open | $2395 | Register |
OrCAD Schematic and PCB Front-to-Back Flow | Live Online | Apr 13, 2021 to Apr 15, 2021 | Live Online | Open | $2395 | Register |
OrCAD Schematic and PCB Front-to-Back Flow | San Diego, CA | May 11, 2021 to May 13, 2021 | Classroom | Open | $2395 | Register |
OrCAD Schematic and PCB Front-to-Back Flow | Live Online | Jun 8, 2021 to Jun 10, 2021 | Live Online | Open | $2395 | Register |
OrCAD Schematic and PCB Front-to-Back Flow | San Jose, CA | Jul 13, 2021 to Jul 15, 2021 | Classroom | Open | $2395 | Register |
OrCAD Schematic and PCB Front-to-Back Flow | Live Online | Aug 10, 2021 to Aug 12, 2021 | Live Online | Open | $2395 | Register |
OrCAD Schematic and PCB Front-to-Back Flow | Albuquerque, NM | Sep 14, 2021 to Sep 16, 2021 | Classroom | Open | $2395 | Register |
OrCAD Schematic and PCB Front-to-Back Flow | Live Online | Oct 12, 2021 to Oct 14, 2021 | Live Online | Open | $2395 | Register |
OrCAD Schematic and PCB Front-to-Back Flow | Westford, MA | Nov 9, 2021 to Nov 11, 2021 | Classroom | Open | $2395 | Register |
OrCAD Schematic and PCB Front-to-Back Flow | Live Online | Dec 7, 2021 to Dec 9, 2021 | Live Online | Open | $2395 | Register |
This one-day class will cover component data management with Cadence OrCAD Capture CIS and the OrCAD Component Information Portal™ (CIP), including product interface fundamentals, automating the part introduction process, and effectively managing the part database.

What you will learn:
- Manage parts and symbols in a relational database
- Assign user privileges
- Track historical changes of active and legacy parts
- Manage the integrity of active and historical parts
- Use distributor searching to locate necessary parts
- Align new part introduction with corporate protocols
- Create and formalize new parts
- Link legacy data to approved parts
- Swap out parts using Link Database Part
- Finalize and document the design
- Manage variants
Class | Location | Date | Class Type | Status | Price | |
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Component Data Management with OrCAD Capture CIS and CIP | Live Online | Apr 16, 2021 | Live Online | Open | $500 | Register |
Component Data Management with OrCAD Capture CIS and CIP | Live Online | Jun 11, 2021 | Live Online | Open | $500 | Register |
Component Data Management with OrCAD Capture CIS and CIP | Live Online | Aug 13, 2021 | Live Online | Open | $500 | Register |
Component Data Management with OrCAD Capture CIS and CIP | Live Online | Oct 15, 2021 | Live Online | Open | $500 | Register |
Component Data Management with OrCAD Capture CIS and CIP | Live Online | Dec 10, 2021 | Live Online | Open | $500 | Register |