Contents
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Setting up the ODBC data source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Creating and setting up a configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Creating a configuration file and setting options . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Defining part reference associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Setting administrative preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Setting ICA supplier preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Saving the configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Setting up the ICA to access external part data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Creating Crystal Reports templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Working with OrCAD CIS 49Chapter 3
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using the CIS interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using the part manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using the CIS explorer window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using docking windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using the database parts and OrCAD CDS windows . . . . . . . 55
Placing database parts on your schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Using the explorer to locate a database part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Using the query feature to locate database parts . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Creating and executing a query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Placing a local database part on your schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Browsing part properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Creating a new database part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Deriving a new database part from the local part database . . . . . . 63
Using the ICA to locate and create a new database part . . . . . . . . 66
Learning about ICselector search techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Using the ICA to locate a part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Using the ICA to create and place a part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Linking a placed part to a database part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Copying part properties using the part manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Viewing and updating part status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Opening the part manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Updating the part status for your design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Saving the status report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Creating design variants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Creating design variant names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Setting design variant properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Generating design variant reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Previewing or printing design variant schematic pages . . . . . . . . 90
Creating reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
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