OrCAD Capture CIS

 

 

 

Schematic Capture Wired to Component Information

Cadence® OrCAD® Capture CIS includes a built-in component information system that reduces the amount of time you spend researching, manually entering and managing part data.

Select parts based on their electrical characteristics and Capture CIS automatically retrieves data needed by both purchasing and manufacturing and manages it from your schematic. If either the schematic or the centralized database change, you can update the data with a press of a button and confidently generate a complete, accurate Bill of Materials or netlist at any time. You'll secure complete, correct part data early in the design process. Pass complete component specifications to board designers and other members of the design team and greatly reduce the potential for downstream errors that trigger unnecessary board turns. Whether you're a small organization or need to collaborate with dozens of engineers across multiple locations, Capture CIS gives you a quickly implemented, flexible, scalable solution.

OrCAD Capture CIS

ActiveParts - The New Online Component Library

ActiveParts is a fully integrated Online Component Library accessed through OrCAD Capture CIS allowing you to search for and select components from more than 2 million components. Placing a part from the ActiveParts page into a Capture schematic is as easy as a click of the mouse. ActiveParts Library entries contains parts, with detailed descriptions, from over 4000 vendors.

For any part, the OrCAD Capture symbol can be previewed before placing the part in a CIS schematic. Many of these parts have Cadence® OrCAD® Layout footprint information mapped to their symbol as well as a link to manufacturer datasheets. Once selected, ActiveParts allows you to download the symbol, save a copy of it in a local OrCAD Capture library, and add the part information to your local OrCAD Capture parts database.

Click here for more information on ActiveParts

Schematic Editor

OrCAD's flat and hierarchical schematic page editor builds on OrCAD's legacy of fast, intuitive schematic editing. It combines a standard Windows® user interface with functionality and features specific to the Design Engineer, for accomplishing design tasks and publishing design data.

  • View and edit multiple projects in a single session
  • Reuse design data by copying and pasting within or between schematics
  • Select from a comprehensive set of functional part libraries
  • Search and place the latest parts directly from the Internet
  • Place, move, drag, rotate, or mirror individual parts or grouped selections while preserving both visual and    electrical connectivity
  • Replay complex edits or customize your design interface with the Visual BASIC compatible macro language
  • Ensure design integrity through Design and Electrical Rule checkers
  • Create custom title blocks and drawing borders to meet your company specifications
  • Insert drawing objects, bookmarks, logos and bitmapped pictures
  • Choose from metric or imperial unit grid spacing, to meet all drawing standards
  • Design digital circuits with VHDL or Verilog text editor

Interchange Architecture

Through Interchange Architecture, OrCAD Capture and OrCAD Capture CIS accept OrCAD plug-ins for programmable logic design and analog simulation. You can create and simulate your entire design within a single environment. The centralized project manager organizes your entire design and process flow.

  • Plug-in PSpice® for analog simulation
  • Interface with Cadence® Allegro® layout products, with full forward and backward connectivity
  • Interface with Cadence® NC-VHDL Desktop and Synplicity Synplify® for FPGA design
  • Interface with NC VHDL Desktop and Cadence® NC-Verilog® Desktop for board-level multi-chip simulation
  • Cross-probe nets and signals between schematic and simulation windows
  • Cross-probe nets and parts between schematic applications

Project Manager

Manage your entire design using a sophisticated project management system. An expanding-tree diagram lets you efficiently navigate and organize all of your design files, including those generated by OrCAD's plug-in modules.

  • Project Creation Wizard guides you through all the resources available for a specific design flow
  • Centralized management handles interchange of design resources for OrCAD plug-ins
  • Browser lets you hierarchically navigate the entire design structure and "visit" specific selections instantly
  • Archive capabilities ensure the portability of your entire design project

Hierarchical Designs

With OrCAD Capture and OrCAD Capture CIS you can easily organize and reuse duplicate circuitry through the use of hierarchical blocks.

  • Just one instance of the circuitry for you to create and maintain
  • Unlimited referencing and reuse of circuitry throughout your entire design
  • Automatic creation of hierarchical ports eliminates potential connection errors
  • Spreadsheet view of entire reuse hierarchy tree lets you manage/edit all property occurrences from one location

CIS (Component Information System) Speeds Design and Lowers Costs

Many production delays and cost overruns can be eliminated through efficient management of component information. With OrCAD Capture CIS, you'll reduce or eliminate a number of problems:

Board rework due to incorrect component data

Even something as simple as changing the wattage on a resistor without changing the corresponding footprint and part number can throw the schematic, PCB layout and bill of materials out of sync. This can easily trigger an expensive, unnecessary board turn.

Production delays caused by out-of-stock parts

Inadvertently specifying an obsolete component or one with a long lead-time can cause an unplanned, costly delay. All too often, these problems aren't discovered until the product is on the verge of going to manufacturing.

Higher-than-anticipated component costs

Without directly accessible cost information at design time, it's easy to introduce high-priced parts and miss the opportunity to use lower-cost substitutes.

High inventory costs due to duplicate parts.

Redundant parts are often introduced into the inventory system when functionally equivalent parts are already available and in stock. With OrCAD Capture CIS, you'll solve many problems associated with incorrect or incomplete part data. The key to the system is an embedded part selector that accesses information in corporate MRP or ERP systems, engineering databases and on the Internet. The CIS system synchronizes the externally sourced data with your schematic database, so you output bills of materials completely, accurately and automatically. With OrCAD Capture CIS, you will:

  • Promote the reuse of your company's preferred components
  • Reuse known good part data
  • Assist in the rapid introduction of new parts into the approval process
  • Ensure design data integrity, through part property validation
  • Have confidence in the accuracy and completeness of your Bills of Materials and Netlists
  • Enable electronic sharing of information with purchasing, manufacturing and other    departments, to eliminate delays and surprises and reduce product costs

OrCAD Capture CIS is built into the industry-standard schematic package as a simple extension of the part selection process. It solves a critical problem for engineering organizations, in a way that works for the individual engineers who use it everyday.

Database Integration

OrCAD Capture CIS works with any database that complies with Microsoft's ODBC standard. You can directly access data in an MRP, ERP or PDM system, and/or an intermediate database dedicated to engineering component data.

  • OrCAD Capture CIS integrates easily with your existing MRP, ERP or PDM systems
  • Standard drivers are supplied for ODBC-compliant databases including Microsoft® Access, Microsoft Visual    FoxPro, Microsoft SQL Server as well as Microsoft Excel
  • Flexible system lets you migrate to a more efficient DBMS while adding additional users, without impacting or    retraining existing OrCAD Capture CIS users

Getting Started with OrCAD Capture CIS

Use the CIS Database Creation Wizard to automatically create a new preferred part database. This wizard will populate your database with property information extracted from your existing OrCAD Capture schematics. Latest version of the Wizard is available free of charge.

Quick start with our CIS Starter Database available for free download. Designed to get you started if you do not have preferred part data of your own.

Part Selection

Part Placement

While placing a part from your locally or network installed libraries, you can confirm the part visually, edit its properties as necessary and then place it -all in the same sequence.

  • Zero-in on the exact library schematic part you want with the use of wildcards
  • Reuse parts by placing them directly from the project design cache
  • Apply auto-numbered reference designators, according to your preference settings

Placement From Preferred Part Databases

With OrCAD Capture CIS and its ability to interface to centralized part data, you'll avoid tedious part searches and manual data entry.

  • Access centralized and comprehensive part information without leaving your OrCAD Capture design environment
  • Explore, query and filter according to your part-specification criteria, and "zero-in" on a specific physical part
  • Give preference to pre-approved, "known-good" parts that are already in your company's MRP or ERP system
  • Graphically confirm your selection and the part appears at your cursor for placement in your schematic
  • Eliminate hand-typing of part properties; any required information housed in the database is automatically    annotated with the selected part

New Part Introduction and tracking

If you can't find an appropriate part in your approved part database, OrCAD Capture CIS assists with the introduction of new parts into your part approval system.

  • Easily create and place a new part by duplicating and editing an existing record in your component database
  • Receive an automatic alert when your temporary part is assigned a company part number and promoted to    preferred status.

Property Management

Browsing and Property Editing You can access any or all part, net, pin and title block properties, and make changes quickly through a single spreadsheet viewer/editor.

  • Select an individual element, grouped area or entire page then add/edit/delete part, net or pin properties
  • Define selections quickly through pick lists and true/false checkboxes
  • Globally apply specific property names, as required by your personal outputs or netlists, across all your designs;    this maintains consistency, reduces manual errors and eliminates multiple re-entry
  • Browse and instantly visit any part, net, hierarchical port, off page connector, bookmark or design rule error    marker from a single reference point

Property Verification

With OrCAD Capture CIS you can automatically verify the schematic part data against the corresponding records in your centralized part database. You'll be alerted when the data in either location changes, so you can confidently output up-to-date, accurate reports and netlists at any point in the design process.

  • System automatically detects and prompts you to update properties containing incorrect data
  • Colored indicators clearly flag any part with unresolved problems
  • Tool Tips clearly specify the exact nature of any problems
  • Temporary parts are visually tracked until fully approved and part numbers have been assigned
  • Direct links to the centralized database lets you resolve or retarget problem parts
  • CIS delivers clear, visual confirmation that the component data in the design is current and accurate, so you can    confidently proceed to generate BOMs, reports and netlists

Part Re-Linking And Updating

As you refine your design, you often need to modify, substitute or update the initially chosen parts. OrCAD Capture CIS gives you the flexibility to accomplish changes quickly.

  • Update part information by re-linking the part to the database and refreshing the property data.
  • Replace a part by simply re-directing your link to a different database entry
  • Automatically substitute the part's graphical representation during the update process; OrCAD Capture CIS    handles the part replacement and maintains reference designators and connectivity where applicable.

Design Variants

OrCAD Capture CIS includes a unique Design Variants feature. With it, you can manage unlimited board assembly variations without having to maintain duplicate schematics or hand-edit bills of materials.

  • Reduce the number of files you have to handle by maintaining all your design assembly variations within a single    file
  • Modify the core schematic design and see the change automatically reflected throughout all your assembly    variations
  • Ensure the integrity of component data in each assembly through OrCAD Capture CIS's property verification    utility
  • Identify substituted and non-placed components within each assembly, assisted by graphical indicators and    comparison reports
  • Confidently generate schematic printouts and bills of materials for each assembly at any point in your design    process

Documentation

Standard Capture Documentation OrCAD Capture creates basic bill of materials outputs, drawing on the information contained in the schematic database.

  • Automated utilities assist you in packaging parts with reference designators prior to report generation
  • Visually select desired schematic and specify the order in which you want them to appear in your report output
  • Preview, print and save your reports; save formats include tab delimited, comma delimited and Microsoft Access
  • Re-sort columnar data by simply clicking on the field header in the report preview window
  • Live manufacturer URLs take you directly from your report to on-line datasheets

Directly export your report to Microsoft Excel; a single selection before preview will automatically open your local copy of Excel and import your report selections

Extended CIS Documentation

OrCAD Capture CIS takes you to a new level in report generation. Instead of limiting yourself to just those properties that reside in your schematic, OrCAD Capture CIS draws from the extensive wealth of information that resides in your Preferred Part Database. Your Bill of Materials can be generated using up-to-date, comprehensive and complete information. Reports can be created through two types of report engines; both outputs can be formatted for upload automatically to MRP, ERP or PDM systems.

Advanced CIS Documentation

The Seagate Crystal Reports print engine is built right into the OrCAD Capture CIS product. With it, you can analyze your part data early in the design process and prevent unpleasant surprises later.

  • Apply predefined Seagate Crystal Reports templates, containing queries, formulas and filters, to extract only    the information you want to review
  • Output costed bills of materials that include subtotaled sections
  • Isolate obsolete, low-inventory or long-lead-time parts
  • Produce presentation-quality reports that include logos, graphics and automatically generated date-and-time    stamps
  • Communicate your intentions using integrated e-mail
  • Publish HTML documents to the Internet or Intranet
Reduce the Time and Cost of Manufacturing a Product

With OrCAD Capture CIS, you'll avoid delays and rework downstream in the production process. That's because you capture complete information about components early in the design process. You can solve problems before the product reaches production, when they're time-consuming and expensive to correct.

  • Pass netlists and bills of materials to production, complete with all necessary data for PCB layout, part    procurement and manufacturing
  • Retrieve correct package types and PCB footprints as you select parts, and pass them directly to the board    designer
  • Verify that parts are approved or are already in inventory to eliminate procurement delays
  • View cost information as you select parts, so you can give preference to lower-cost parts and make              design-for-cost a part of your design criteria
  • Receive immediate alerts when information about the parts in the schematic and centralized database don't    match, including mismatched schematic symbols, footprints, values and part numbers.
  • User-definable design and electrical rule checking utilities for ensuring connection integrity
  • Preview, print and save multiple application formats including Microsoft Word®, Microsoft Excel® , ODBC source    and Lotus® Notes

Connectivity Resolution

As you place parts and wires, you can be confident that the underlying connectivity is maintained at all times.

  • Visual confirmation when terminating nets on pins
  • Automatic/manual creation/deletion of junction points
  • Complete flexibility when moving and editing segments, wires or entire nets
  • Connectivity via net names to reduce clutter
  • Fast creation of control buses using signal aliases
  • Efficient management of net properties, individually and globally, through spreadsheet editors
  • Online DRC (Design Rule Checking) warns of potential connectivity issues as you add nets.

Library and Part Editor

The OrCAD product family's Library Editor is directly accessible from the OrCAD Capture and OrCAD Capture CIS user interface. You can create and edit parts in the library or directly from the schematic page without interrupting your workflow.

  • Intuitive graphical controls speed schematic part creation and editing
  • Existing parts may be modified to quickly create new parts
  • Spreadsheet and pin array utilities make short work of pin-intensive devices
  • Bused "vector" pins reduce clutter on schematics
  • Associate implementation profiles reference underlying schematics, VHDL attachments and stimulus for analog    simulation
  • Dragging-and-dropping between libraries and schematic design cache speeds creation and maintenance of    master library sets
  • Editor lets you revise a single part on the schematic, or update all occurrences
  • Revision control tracks part edits at the schematic level
  • Visibility and connectivity of power and ground pins may be controlled at the schematic level

Extended Control

OrCAD Capture CIS gives you further control over the new part by creating a temporary record for the "active" part in your local preferred database. The temporary part can be submitted into your company's part approval process, and OrCAD Capture CIS will track the status of the temporary record, alerting you when the part has been promoted to preferred part status.

Interface Capabilities

You can use OrCAD Capture or OrCAD Capture CIS with other applications with minimal translation hassles or integration problems. The industry's universal-standard design-entry application imports and exports virtually every commonly used design file format.

  • Bi-directional EDIF 2 0 0 graphic transfer, and export of the EDIF 2 0 0 netlist format
  • MicroSim® Schematic import
  • Export of more than 30 flat and hierarchical formats for all common programmable device and PCB layout tools    including EDIF, VHDL, Verilog, PSpice, SPICE, PADS and PCAD
  • Full forward and back annotation interface with OrCAD PCB Designer, including pin-and-gate swapping and    design reuse
  • Creation of custom netlists using Visual Basic
  • Export of DXF flies to AutoCAD
  • View and redline OrCAD Capture schematic with MYRIAD

Online Help

When you have a question or need to accomplish a specific task, the information you need is never more than a few mouse-clicks away.

  • Find the answer you need by searching the online help system, and navigate quickly between related topics with    extensive "hypertext" cross references
  • Come up to speed quickly with the learning OrCAD Capture and OrCAD Capture CIS online interactive training    tutorial

System Requirements

  • 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)