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34 OrCAD Capture Reviews
It is a very intuitive program to use and allows cut and paste from my existing schematics which is handy. The install process was quite tedious reqiring dongle installation but there are other methods of licensing I believe, like node locking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I haven't found any bad features about the program Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
In this software is very user friendly, very easy to makeing circuit. Many short cut avaliable to makeing circuit. In this software find maximum number of component footprint, symbol etc. In this software DRC( Desgin Rule Check) easily perform. Online DRC also avaliable. In this software BOM( Bill of material)create very easy. In this software show also global voltage also. In this software easy to sync to PCB editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
In This software some Bug are avaliable.In capture liberary footprint no soldermask & pastemask not present. In this software liberary not work in Real time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is a comprehensive design environment for all aspects of electronic design process from schematic capture. compatible with other design software. it includs a simulation tools that enables the engineers to simulate and analyse the designs before their commiting to hardware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
it can be slow and expensive. easily configurable but not necessarily beginner friendly. the orcad capture analysis and simulation tools are not as advanced for PCB design solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Orcad is capable of getting all your PCB and system-level schematics done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Orcad is a capable software. However, it is old and not intuitive. I know many more senior engineers that use OrCad for many applications without issues; however, there are better solutions that have come out over the past decade. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Orcad capture is a very nice tool for schematic design, entry, library creation including all logic symbols & it's management, assigning attributes, BOM generation & export etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The earlier versions of Layout tool was not that much user friendly and advanced but the latest version seems to be have very nice and advanced features starting from placement to routing to release. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It does it job very quickly and doesn't get stuck. Importing old schematic to new tool might need some learning curve or help from support team. It does nice job in making large hetro symbol and organizing it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Very hard to find some of the regular action like zoom, nets, bus. It is not integrating well with other database. Support team is less efficient then Mentor tool support team. They can really improve in integration like Digi key and mouser website import. They have this feature but it is not working well or I would say hard to find it. MySQL database integration can be improved as well. Mentor tool DxDesigner has auto save feature which is most useful. You don't have to worry about loosing your work while in OrCAD, you have to remember every time you stand up from your work or lock your computer. It happens sometimes that application get crashed if you lock your laptop because your license can get disconnected from server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Since many of us were introduced to ORCAD in lab during graduation studies, it sort of built a notion that its more specific towards academics, but throughout the years it has evolved to be targeted more towards industry, keeping the edge it had being an education oriented software of PSpise simulations, making it very powerful tool.
It retained keyboard shortcuts etc. from the very early versions which is useful for returning users.
One good feature is cross platform schematic translators for Altium and Eagle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
lack of Integration of all components in one suite, generally EDA and other engineering software are moving towards more integrated approach collecting every component in one suite. It would have been more convenient if ORCAD improved more in this regard. While user friendliness of UI is not very Ideal, usage in general is easy to get accustomed to, and after you are familiar with the design flow. In terms of time required to master it, I will still consider it as a con. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It has a lot of features, some more useful than others, but that seems to the same for their competitors. The Danish distributor made a great effort with additional menus. Made a bit easier to use it and not forget anything. Just follow the order in the menus, and all is there Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Some features were difficult to find, and some could be found in different ways. Not so consistent. Have a feeling Cadence is doing what big costumers ask them to. That's why several functions can be entered in different ways. True or not? Don't know Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It works. The user interface is ok. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I am a long time Orcad schematic user. Orcad's latest version is a blatant attempt to mimic Altium and get some of their business. Not only does it bog down my system and run much slower, often when I run a command, there is a noticeable delay before execution. The widows do not expand when you want to choose a component to place so you need to work in a tiny window and scroll, scroll scroll (I have hundreds of parts to choose from even with over 20 libraries). It's still has bugs left over from years ago. For example if you want to update a part from your library, watch out! It won't update the new part number so you need to manually edit any part(s) you update of the BOM will be incorrect. If you want to back annotate a schematic from another PCB software (we use PADS), Orcad v17.4 cannot back annotate any longer from anybody else's package. Really bad! I could go on and on but I'll stop here. They are not responsive to user feedback either so don't even bother.
I don't particularly care for Altium, but I'd certainly recommend it above v17.4. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
