Allegro/OrCAD/PSpice Version History

Review a schematic design using comments and markups. Mark any area in the design canvas using rectangular or arrow markups and add text comments in for efficient design reviews.

Find objects by parts, pins, nets, text, class, with additional search criteria for object properties and display properties. Efficiently replace values using the new replace dialog box.

The settings of a design template can now be saved as a .dtp file and loaded to reuse in a design. Save and load templates for later reuse in schematic designs allowing you to quickly configure design properties such as text font and size.

View and review schematics directly within the Cloud environment. This feature provides real-time collaboration and feedback, streamlining the design review process. Add markups and comments on schematics to ensure all stakeholders are aligned.

Share workspaces directly via the Web, making collaboration with team members and stakeholders easier. This feature enables seamless sharing of design data, eliminating the need for manual file transfers and ensuring that everyone has access to the latest design information.

You can now publish a new component at the time of creating it within the Component dialog box. The publish functionality is also available from the component dialog box when you edit an existing component.

Multifactor authentication has been added to provide an additional layer of security and prevent unauthorized access to your account. (Available beginning in Version 23.1 ISR6)

Access control provides both an internal workspace for organizational access and an external workspace to include users outside your organization. (Available beginning in Version 23.1 ISR6)

Create region specific shared workspaces for Asia, Japan, Europe and USA. (Available beginning in Version 23.1 ISR6)

Single click action to assign default roles and access to all users in an organization. (Available beginning in Version 23.1 ISR6)

Cloud compatibility with CIS has been incorporated (Available beginning in Version 23.1 ISR6). Import and reuse existing CIS database configuration files in cloud workspaces.

Bulk upload of files directly from the File Manager UI with drag and drop functionality. Publish dialog remembers the last published workspace and the publish button is available within the component dialog box.

Predictive Analytics including part forecasting (lead time, inventory change, price change, market availability), the ability to set lookback and forecast duration to view historical data, dynamic synchronization with your design, the ability to launch LiveBOM on a local design, and duplicate and unassigned reference designator handling has been added. (Available beginning in Version 23.1 ISR6)

Automatic ASME 2 level alphanumeric revision scheme within cloud workspaces.

Cross-probe between LiveBOM and the schematic to efficiently identify at-risk components in the design.

Connect to on premise CIS database within LiveBOM to analyze supply chain risk for CIS database components in your schematic designs.

Enhancements to LiveBOM and ease of use with the inclusion of supply chain lead time and customizable property columns.

Cadence Doc Assistant presents help content as individual easy-to-read topics and has improved the speed and relevance of search capabilities. New documentation has been provided for library and part management, part authoring, and more.

Access all the library sources along with complete part details in a unified view. The intuitive user interface provides access to various libraries supplied by Cadence, PSpice libraries and models, and external providers.

A new content provider has been integrated into the unified CIS environment. In addition to Ultra Librarian and SamacSys, SnapEDA can now be accessed directly through the schematic.

Create new components from scratch using available libraries or existing parts from content providers. An easy-to-use dialog box lets you easily configure a description, category, logical symbol, footprint information, PSpice models, and electrical specifications. Incorporate lifecycle status, manufacturing part numbers, and more.

Quickly create parts from templates containing verified symbols, footprints, models and properties and organize the parts in the workspace efficiently.

OrCAD X provides a new collaborative development environment to create shared workspaces containing work-in-progress components, projects, libraries, and design files. Create multiple workspaces for different projects and user needs. Share workspaces, define user access and roles to efficiently collaborate with team members.

Cloud optional workspace allows you to access data from anywhere and sync data between the local disk and cloud to keep all team members up-to-date.

OrCAD X Presto is fully integrated into Capture CIS allowing you to perform design synchronizations from the schematic to PCB and vice versa. Cross-probing capabilities between the schematic and PCB help to efficiently complete the layout design.

LiveBOM is a dynamic bill of materials (BOM) that is generated using up-to-date supply chain data with zero configuration. The rich UI provides live part status from cloud libraries including real-time component availability, price data, alternative parts, life cycle status, dynamic part information and more.

View, search, and place components from PSpice libraries as well as SamacSys and Ultra Librarian in one centralized location with an intuitive user interface.

Access the PCB viewer directly from OrCAD Capture and cross-probe between schematic and PCB without needing a PCB license.

Support for hyphens and underscore in BOM Variant names.

Copy-paste occurrence-based parts across the design. Occurrence properties of selected instance are preserved and copied in the new design.

Access additional Texas Instrument Libraries from OrCAD Capture including 5000 TI-PSpice Models across 100 unique model categories and as many as 4000 test circuits.

Dedicated actions for updating schematic and layout individually.

Increase schematic PDF readability with the ability to set the schematic print theme independent of the canvas theme.

After installing QIR 1, as you launch OrCAD Capture, you will see a renewed, content-rich, and reorganized Start Page. It has been designed for you to easily access a variety of information and projects. From this page, you can read about OrCAD Capture, go through brief descriptions of the available features, and access quick start guides and video walkthroughs. You can also access help content, product announcements, and industry news. The page provides contact information for your local channel partners or Cadence Customer Support.

The 17.4-2019 release introduces the concept of universal projects, which allows you to create a project without having to select a project type. Further, with the new user interface, you can create a project along with the option to enable PSpice simulation.

OrCAD Capture provides you with a large set of user-friendly tools and features to easily capture your schematic design. With the 17.4-2019 release, the workspace has been enhanced to ensure fast schematic design creation in an optimized manner. Many new improvements have been done in the Capture workspace to ensure greater ease of use and a satisfactory user experience.

In the 17.4-2019 release, Capture opens in a dark theme by default. A dark theme reduces power usage, improves visibility, and makes it easier for screens to be read.

Toolbars have been reorganized according to function, and the icons in these toolbars are arranged based on their menus. You can toggle individual icons on or off in the toolbar.

Panes are now displayed consistently across all OrCAD applications. All resources opened from a project are displayed as horizontal Tabbed Documents in the canvas area. By default, all panes displaying any kind of output are at the bottom of the application. If multiple panes are open in the output window, they are displayed as docked and tabbed panes.

The Find command is now available as a separate pane, called the Find pane. It allows you to specify a property value string and lets you select the object that you want to find. Capture then searches for all objects that match the specified string.

The enhanced user interface of Design Rules Check introduces a new option—Online DRC. Set this to On if you want to check and list design rule violations dynamically as you create or update a schematic design. The Design Rules Check window enables you to set the rules to be run in Batch and/or Online mode.

To efficiently and easily synchronize changes from schematic to layout, and from layout to schematic, a new user interface, Design Sync, has been introduced in 17.4-2019.Using the Design Sync window, you can view the differences between a schematic and the layout for a board, and synchronize the layout from schematic or schematic from layout. Designed with the capability for in-memory synchronization, you can use Design Sync to review the type of change, addition, modification, or removal of a design object without saving the design/layout.

Using the Place – Search Providers menu, you can search for and download millions of electronic components, symbols, footprints, manufacturer datasheets, and 3D STEP models from Cadence-supported content providers — SamacSys and Ultra Librarian. You can easily find the part you require and place it in your design. The part, its associated metadata, and any available ECAD models are saved to your local library.

With QIR 7, you will see the following enhancements in part editor:

• In-place editing of text objects
• Enhanced Edit pins dialog box
• View package information
• Additional grid control

Constraint Manager is a cross-platform, spreadsheet-based application used to manage constraints across all tools in the Cadence® PCB and IC Package design flow. With this hotfix, Constraint Manager is integrated with OrCAD® Capture.