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#1 Nov 17, 2020
schematicsuser
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nested hierarchical blocks in Capture

I'm a frustrated Orcad Capture user.,  The "Schematics" capture tool (originally designed by MicroSim and briefly carried along by Cadence) is no longer available so I must use Capture now.  Has anyone figured out how to nest hierarchical blocks to various levels?  By nest I mean place a symbol referencing a schematic within another symbol referencing a separate schematic within another symbol referencing yet another schematic etc etc...  Some symbols reference a schematic with only other interconnected symbols.  The actual detailed schematic may be at the 3rd or 4th level down.

In "Schematics" this was very simple to do.  I had full circuits at 4 and 5 levels deep with nested symbols/schematics.  Unfortunately, I no longer have access to that Schematics based platform.  Capture is a cumbersome often frustrating tool that tries to do too much.  Anyway, has anyone done the above?  Cadence Orcad user guide only describes hierarchical port to one level of depth.

Tue, 2020-11-17 18:34
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Nevermind, I figured it out, no help from Cadence by the way...their support sucks.

 

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