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Modern Hardware Design Process 1. Planning 2. Electronics Design 3. Components (selection, models, etc.) 4. Schematic Capture and Simulation 5. Constraint Management, Netlisting, and Bill of Materials 6. PCB Stackup and Signal Integrity Analysis 7. Constraints Management for PCB and Pre-routing 8. Component Placement 9. Wiring 10. Design Rule Checks and final touches Organize the Nets Identify nets that are suitable for net classes, net groups, and constraint regions. Define Net Classes At this stage the engineers have defined the net classes. To do that in OrCAD X Capture you would: 1. Open Constraint Manager from the main toolbar menu: PCB > Constraint Manager. 4 www.cadence.com OrCAD X Constraint Management Guide