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- Welcome to the demonstration version of OrCAD Capture for Windows.
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- Thanks for taking time to review the latest version of OrCAD Capture for
- Windows. Please take a moment to look through this file. It contains
- information that isn't addressed in the online help or in the Getting
- Started with OrCAD Capture for Windows guide. If there is other
- information you need, please contact OrCAD and we'll be glad to help you.
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- This demo version of Capture contains all the product's features. The
- only exceptions are that it will not save or write design and library
- files (you can, however, produce BOMs, netlists, print outs, etc.)
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- INSTALLING CAPTURE
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- Please refer to the Getting Started with OrCAD Capture for Windows guide
- for details on installing Capture and Win32s (where applicable).
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- STARTING THE CAPTURE DEMO
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- 1. When the installation of the demo software completes, you'll have
- an opportunity to run the interactive tutorial. The lessons in the
- tutorial provide an overview of Capture's functionality and the
- excercises will lead you through some examples.
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- 2. Double-click the Capture Help icon to review our online documentation.
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- 3. Double-click the Capture demo icon to start OrCAD Capture for Windows.
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- 4. From Capture's File menu, choose Open and then Design. The standard
- Windows File Open dialog appears. Sample schematic designs are located
- in the "SAMPLES" subdirectory. To load a sample design, just
- double-click on it.
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- 5. Once a design is loaded you can open one of the schematics it contains
- by double-clicking on a schematic on the left side of the design manager.
- This displays all the schematic pages found in the selected schematic.
- To open a schematic page, just double-click on it.
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- 6. To open a new, blank design or library, click on the leftmost button on
- the tool bar. Capture opens whatever was last active (a design or library).
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- WHAT YOU HAVE
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- Here is an index of the sample files found:
- \SAMPLES\DGUIDE.DSN Demonstration guide example
- \SAMPLES\CMOSCPU.DSN A simple hierarchical design
- \SAMPLES\FULLADD.DSN A complex hierarchical design
- \SAMPLES\TUTOR2.DSN The design used in Capture's Tutorial
- \SAMPLES\BENCH93.DSN A large design from '93 PCB Design Conference
- \SAMPLES\BCD.DSN A BCD counter cell from an FPGA design
- \SAMPLES\8BITBCD.DSN Design targets Actel ACT 1 FPGA
- \SAMPLES\AMULT.DSN Design targets Xilinx XC4000 Demo Board
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- QUESTIONS?
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- If you have any questions about Capture or would like more product
- information, please contact OrCAD DIRECT at 503-671-9505 or send email
- to info@orcad.com. If you reside outside of North America, please
- contact the OrCAD Reseller in your region or send email to intl@orcad.com.
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- Thank you for considering OrCAD Design Desktop for Windows products.
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- Bringing Electronic Design to the Desktop
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