00 - Tutorial Overview

This tutorial enables you to evaluate the power of the OrCAD X tools for the PCB design process. You can run through the steps to perform the basic tasks in the PCB design process in sequence.

You will start with capturing the circuit diagram in Capture, followed by circuit simulation using PSpice, through to the PCB layout stages, and finally, complete the design cycle by generating the manufacturing output.

This document does not cover all the features of a tool. It only highlights the tasks that you need to perform in each OrCAD X tool so that your design works smoothly through the flow.

Audience

This tutorial is useful for:

• Designers who want to use OrCAD X tools for the complete PCB design flow or for analog and digital simulation flow.
• First-time users of OrCAD X Capture, PSpice, and PCB Editor.

Using the tutorial

To run through the complete tutorial, you need the following tools:

• OrCAD X Capture CIS
• PSpice AD
• PCB Editor

All these tools are available with the OrCAD X Standard and OrCAD X Professional licenses.

Sample Design

The design created by the end of this tutorial is available at the following location:

<installation_directory>\share\orcad\tutorial\tutorial.opj