OrCAD PCB Designer Professional
Now uses the Cadence Allegro PCB engine
Cadence OrCAD PCB Designer Professional
No pin limits,
No layer limits...
This page describes detailed features of the OrCAD PCB Designer Professional Suite.
The suite includes:
OrCAD Capture,
Cadence PCB Editor Professional
Cadence Specctra for OrCAD Auto-interactive Router
Cadence Allegro 3D
OrCAD SigXplorer,
OrCAD PSpice AD AA Lite
To compare the full range please visit the matrix
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LICENSING AND SUPPORT | |
| VIDEO | Floating Networked License | |
| VIDEO | 12 Months Maintenance Support Included In Purchase Price | |
| SCHEMATIC ENTRY + DATA MANAGEMENT | ||
| VIDEO | Graphical, flat and hierarchical page editor and Picture block hierarchy | |
| VIDEO | OrCAD Marketplace to download OrCAD apps | |
| VIDEO | OrCAD PSpice AD Lite (up to 75 nodes) | |
| VIDEO | Net Groups - Complex bus definition | |
| VIDEO | AutoWire | |
| VIDEO | 44,000 Schematic symbols | |
| VIDEO | Coloured Components / nets | |
| VIDEO | Tcl TK scripting support | |
| VIDEO | Online design rule check including custom DRC capability and Waive DRC | |
| VIDEO | Forward and back-annotation of properties / pin-and-gate swaps | |
| VIDEO | Schematic Part and Library editor | |
| VIDEO | Cross-probing and cross-placing | |
| VIDEO | FPGA design-in / pin import & export | |
| VIDEO | Multiple PCB netlist interfaces | |
| VIDEO | SI Topology creation | |
| VIDEO | Digi-Key (PartLink App) Component Parametric data directly from web | |
| VIDEO | Property editor for pins, components, nets | |
| VIDEO | OrCAD SigXplorer SI Analysis | |
| VIDEO | Intelligent PDF creation | |
| VIDEO | Advanced Annotation | |
| VIDEO | Design Compare (detail and Graphical) | |
| VIDEO | Default Demo designs | |
| VIDEO | Extended Preferences | |
| VIDEO | Export ISCF (Intel Schematic Connectivity Format) | |
| VIDEO | Export / Import XML | |
| VIDEO | Altium Importer Schematic (PCB also available) | |
| VIDEO | Eagle Importer Schematic (PCB also available) | |
| VIDEO | OrCAD PSpice AD Lite (up to 75 nodes) | |
| PCB EDITOR | ||
| VIDEO | Physical, Spacing, Same net, Netclass and Class to Class rules | |
| VIDEO | DFM Pad Entry / Exit Rules | |
| VIDEO | Dynamic pad suppression / Unused Pad removal | |
| VIDEO | Cross Section Editor | |
| VIDEO | STEP 3D In/Out | |
| VIDEO | Padstack Editor IPC2581 Compliant | |
| VIDEO | Interactive Routing using Working Layer (layer selection popup) | |
| VIDEO | Multiple placement options, manual, quickplace, auto and room | |
| VIDEO | Placement directly from schematic, individually or window select | |
| VIDEO | Dynamic Shapes (dynamic copper pours) Plow and Heal | |
| VIDEO | Push, Shove and Hug interactive editing | |
| VIDEO | Embedded net names | |
| VIDEO | Curve Routing | |
| VIDEO | Auto Finish (Route Completion Tool) | |
| VIDEO | Through Board Transparency (OpenGL) | |
| VIDEO | Multi‐line routing (Group Routing) | |
| VIDEO | Fan‐out generators | |
| VIDEO | Flip Board | |
| VIDEO | Excellon NC Drill File export | |
| VIDEO | Gerber 274X, 274D artwork Output | |
| VIDEO | IPC2581 Import / Export | |
| VIDEO | Mentor® ODB++ and universal viewer | |
| VIDEO | DFM Checks including soldermask, solderpaste and more | |
| VIDEO | Dynamic rat suppression | |
| VIDEO | Move with autoroute adjust (Slide) | |
| VIDEO | Route cleanup, optimization (Glossing) | |
| VIDEO | Impedance Calculator | |
| VIDEO | Interactive / Automatic Silkscreen generation | |
| VIDEO | Blind Buried Single Click multiple via instantiation | |
| VIDEO | Manual Design For Test (DFT) / Test Prep | |
| VIDEO | Component Height DRC | |
| VIDEO | Aligment x and y for components and modules | |
| VIDEO | Associative Dimensioning | |
| VIDEO | Split View | |
| VIDEO | Snake Routing for Hex pattern ICs | |
| VIDEO | STEP 3D viewer for selected item or complete PCB. | |
| VIDEO | MCAD/ECAD Incremental design data exchange (IDX) | |
| VIDEO | Import Altium PCB (schematic also available) | |
| VIDEO | Import EAGLE PCB (schematic also available) | |
| VIDEO | Import PADS & PCAD | |
| VIDEO | Import IFF RF Shapes | |
| VIDEO | Import Export IDF DXF STEP | |
| VIDEO | Application Mode (General, Etch, Placement) | |
| VIDEO | Application Mode (shape) | |
| VIDEO | Scribble Sketch Routing | |
| VIDEO | Full Skill Support | |
| VIDEO | Group route Bus Route and via patterns | |
| VIDEO | Line Fattening | |
| VIDEO | Differential Pair Static Phase Control rules | |
| VIDEO | Differential Pairs Physical rules and routing | |
| VIDEO | Propagation delay rules (Relative) for nets or groups | |
| VIDEO | Propagation delay rules (Min/Max) for nets or groups | |
| VIDEO | Dynamic Heads‐up Display for critical rules | |
| VIDEO | Hug Contour routing (Flex) | |
| VIDEO | Shape based curve fillet support, tapered traces | |
| VIDEO | Placement replication, template based design reuse | |
| VIDEO | Constraint Regions, region based rules (Rigid‐Flex; BGA regions) | |
| VIDEO | Total Etch Length - Max/Min Length | |
| VIDEO | Delay Tuning | |
| VIDEO | Automatic Design For Test (DFT) / Test Prep | |
| VIDEO | Impedance Single Ended Worksheet | |
| VIDEO | Net Scheduling, T‐Point rules (pin to T‐point), T-Point definition | |
| VIDEO | Via array / Shielding - Shape and Trace based | |
| VIDEO | Extended (X)net rules | |
| VIDEO | Pin Pair rules | |
| VIDEO | Segment over void detection | |
| VIDEO | Spread lines between voids | |
| VIDEO | Multi Cross Section support for Rigid Flexi | |
| VIDEO | Rigid Flexi Zone Management | |
| VIDEO | Dynamic Zone Placement | |
| VIDEO | Inter Layer Checks for Rigid Flexi | |
| VIDEO | Layer set rules | |
| VIDEO | OrCAD PSpice AD Lite (up to 75 nodes) | |
| VIDEO | Pre- & Post-route signal integrity analysis | |
| Graphical topology definition and exploration | ||
| Interactive waveform viewer | ||
| Macro modelling support (DML) | ||
| IBIS 5.0 support | ||
| IBIS ICM model support | ||
| Spectre-to-DML | ||
| HSPICE-to-IBIS | ||
| Lossy transmission lines | ||
| Coupled (3 net) simulation | ||
| Differential pair exploration and simulation | ||
| AUTOROUTER | ||
| VIDEO | 6 Signal Layers at a time (no board layer limit or pin limit) | |
| Shape-based or Gridded routing | ||
| SMD Fanout | ||
| Trace Width by Net and Net Classes | ||
| 45-degree / Memory Pattern Routing | ||
| Interactive Routing with Shoving and Plowing | ||
| Interactive Floorplanning | ||
| Online Design Rule Checking | ||
| Flip, Rotate, Align, Push, and Move Components | ||
| Placement Density Analysis |
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